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Opinion – Why DJ technology advances such as auto-sync won’t change a thing
Amateur DJs and EDM fans are up in arms, the new version of the Pioneer CDJ2000 contains an auto-sync button, potentially eliminating the need to manually beat match. Here’s a selection of comments posted up on the Facebook page for Toolroom records regarding the device: “Sync button…WTF!!! Djing is dead! Everybody become dj!!!I’m a dj,I was born with the Old School…The Mighty SL 1200 and a little Battle Mix!…no sync,no electronic control,nothing!…” “if people want to be a dj they … Continue reading
A note from the editor regarding copyright infringement & content theft
It’s still happening. Yep, people are still copying our content, and posting it on their own websites. They don’t email me first to ask if it’s OK. They more than often don’t link back to our site, and often they even fail to credit us at all. So this is my disclaimer. 90% of content on this website is original, and the copyright belongs to us. When we label our interviews exclusive – this means exactly that. It means we … Continue reading
the ultimate Global Gathering lowdown
A few days back from Global Gathering 2011 and my body has still not fully recovered from what can only be described as an extremely messy weekend. After re-inventing their look, changing the festival layout and overall promising a bigger and better year than any before, I was intrigued to discover what Global had to offer. It was clear from the line-up they had aimed this years festival away from their previous ‘old skool raver crowd’, ditching the likes of … Continue reading
Morning After the Night Before
It’s not often I just “write” for the site, it’s usually a review, interview or release of some sort. So today I thought it would be refreshing to actually…er, write. Last night I went to Hospitality at Digital in Brighton. Drum and Bass and Dubstep are not my most favoured genres of electronic music but they definitely have their place and few nights could rival Hospitality’s for the sheer extreme level of noise, ferociousness and debauchery. Yet, whilst taking elbows in the nose and … Continue reading
Popular Dubstep- Millions Like Us
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Dubstep has become a movement of global significance over the past decade. So rapid has it’s rise been that it has started to make pop look like an underground project forged in Croydon at the turn of the millennium. Dubstep’s upward trajectory has been sharp since it’s humble beginnings at Big Apple records up to Skream’s recent award winning remix with La Roux’s “In For the Kill”. Early proponents of the sound … Continue reading
A message from the editor
It’s easy for people who don’t know, or who did but have since forgotten, to get the impression that this site is a huge, commercial publishing platform. The fact is, although we have always aimed to push for a professional magazine-site rather than a more personal blog, what keeps this site going is personal love for the game. I have always said that the very second Maxumi stops being fun I’ll stop doing it and sell the site – I … Continue reading
Death to the DJ “bio”
DJs used to be interesting characters really. Beardy, geeky men who spent far too much time in their bedrooms having arguments over the sound characteristics of different cartridges. These days, to be a DJ is to be a model, it’s a career that attracts a high level of glamour. It’s unattainable, for the vast majority of us, and therefore highly desired. Being a DJ is no longer a hobby for the enthusiast but the chosen career of celebrities and lifestyle … Continue reading
Fabric allegedly in administration – are Night Clubs in decline?
After the loss of Turnmills, seOne, Matter and the recent threat to Ministry of Sound, you’d be forgiven for thinking the clubbing scene in London could not get any worse. But currently doing the rounds is the story that Fabric, arguably the most iconic clubbing brand in the world only after MOS, has gone into administration. Whilst the administrators Edwards Symmons are confident of finding a buyer, this is surely news that will only further unsettle London revellers, who now … Continue reading