*BOMB NOISE*
― and what, Thursday, 29 January 2009 03:54 (fifteen years ago) link
funk/soul Keb Dargehip-hop J-Roccdisco Kenny Dope/Danny Krivit
― oscar, Thursday, 29 January 2009 04:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Bob Harris
Russell Davies
― the pinefox, Thursday, 29 January 2009 10:07 (fifteen years ago) link
― ☪, Thursday, 29 January 2009 10:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr. E.R.O.L.
― elgolfo, Thursday, 29 January 2009 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Erol Alkan is probably one of the worst DJs I have seen over the last couple of years. OK technically, but extremely boring tracks.
Prosumer is probably the best DJ I’ve seen over the past year.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 29 January 2009 15:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Of all time, maybe Jeff Mills.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 29 January 2009 15:45 (fifteen years ago) link
my two favorite djs are danny tenaglia and stirmonster!
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 29 January 2009 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I'm the best. I never hear me play a song that I find boring.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 29 January 2009 16:24 (fifteen years ago) link
That's some talent, I bore myself all the time.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 29 January 2009 16:58 (fifteen years ago) link
When I get boring, I pull out and large hook, start tap-dancing, and pull myself to the other side of the room. Then I run back and quickly put on something more interesting.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
ron hardy. derrick carter... maybe colin dale, is he still around? also 4 years ago I booked frankie valentine almost by accident and hoooly shit.
― blunt, Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess Mancuso
― blunt, Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
No moonwalking?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
once I was DJing and playing Lets Start The Dance by Bohannon and when it got to the break, I ran out into the middle of the dancefloor and danced like crazy, and just when the break was ending and the song kicks back in, I jumped up in the air...landed on some spilled beer, slipped, fell over, sliced my jeans open at the knee and cut a cut that started bleeding immediately. I then limped back to the turntable on the other side of the room and cut to the next song from the other side of the table.
If that's not the best DJ, I don't know what is.
Seriously though...personal faves, historically, Ron Hardy. To my taste, Trevor Jackson. Depending on my mood and their mood, Optimo.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.kyleriabko.com/wp-content/themes/awakening/images/tjcover.jpg
― glen burnie, Friday, 30 January 2009 10:13 (fifteen years ago) link
woah, never heard of that Trevor Jackson!
― dan selzer, Friday, 30 January 2009 13:30 (fifteen years ago) link
DJs playing Bohannon are instantly teh best DJ.
― beta blog, Friday, 30 January 2009 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 30 January 2009 18:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Martin Streek was the best DJ in Toronto.. fired after 20+ years from 102.1 the Edge earlier this year, he took his own life yesterday :(
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
It's funny how this debate about the value of DJs seems to go on and on. I thought it got resolved somewhere back in the 80s.
Here are some of my favorites:Frankie Bones - probably seen him spin more often than any other DJ, his style is best represented on several mix CDs - Computer Controlled, Escape From Brooklyn, Factory 101. Check 'em out!Jeff MillsRichie Hawtin - probably the single best set I've seen was Hawtin upstairs at Axis in Boston in 2000.Kode9
― Moodles, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Where was paul jokenfold back in 93 ??
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Jeff MillsRichie Hawtin - probably the single best set I've seen was Hawtin upstairs at Axis in Boston in 2000.Kode9
i agree with these with some reservations, Jeff Mills = sometimes a bit boring, although recently seeing him play under his Wizard moniker was absolutely amazing, and he's so skilled. Hawtin ditto, can be somewhat boring, last time I saw him he was awesome and his old sets from the early 90s are A+. Kode 9 is always a great selector though i have seen him make a few dodgy transitions, last time I saw him however he was totally on point and going from funky to dubstep to grime to jungle flawlessly.
― The Sorrows of Young Jeezy (jim), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:39 (fifteen years ago) link
beta otm
― old chisel (haitch), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:42 (fifteen years ago) link
playing stadiums
― surm? lol (sic), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link
never seen Hawtin, and at this point I don't thing I'm going to ever end up doing so (especially if he always plays the shit venues with pricey admission.
That being said Jeff Mills is coming here, and as much as I'd love to see him once before I die, it's under some of the worst conditions I'd have guessed.
5 months pass...
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, July 7, 2009 10:20 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Not that I have any modicum of respect for the edge, but damn. . . do you know why they let him go?
― EDB, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
following the axis of personal anecdotes about detroit guys who deservedly fall in this thread. I had the utmost pleasure the see Dan Bell for 4+ hours, for free, at a 200 capacity bar (and with no guestlist in effect), and that man can DJ. A few weeks ago he didn't make it in due to flight cancellation, I was depressed for a few solid days after.
― EDB, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 00:37 (fifteen years ago) link
*no (conscious) pun intended on 'axis', there. haha.
DJ from Full House
― Mike Crandle, Financial Analyst, Bear Stearns, New York, NY 10185 (res), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 01:51 (fifteen years ago) link
what the fuck is up with peter hook in that youtube clip?????????????????????????????????????
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 02:21 (fifteen years ago) link
- Spencer Kincy- The Underground Resistance DJ Assault Squad- Francois K.- Dandy Jack and the Junction SM (this is for real one of the most amazing sets i have ever seen)
― gonna be a long hot summer for the MS Word paperclip (the table is the table), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 02:25 (fifteen years ago) link
he is drunk and playing a mixmag cd. is that the 'just fuck' one?
It is (and I believe there's plenty more where that came from too)
I knew someone who DJ'd under the name "DJ from Full House"
― EDB, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 02:43 (fifteen years ago) link
since the question of best dj is even more dubiuous than the opening post, I'll take it upon myself to revive this great thread. best sung/unsung dj of all time: an ILM fest
― EDB, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 02:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Saw Kerri Chandler last night and holy fuck he's good
― paolo, Sunday, 1 June 2014 13:03 (ten years ago) link
idk i'm so into move d's sets lately. he's the dj i look to for inspiration right now. i don't know that he plays the freshest stuff or has the technical game locked in necessarily, though he has his moments in both categories. in some ways he's more competent than like next-level. and he's probably been treading somewhat for years (though this has its charms for me tbh). i just really really get turned on by his vibe. it's the balance between the realness and the deepness with lightness and easily translatable material that has a "point," isn't too boring, isn't too on-the-nose. maybe a little middle-of-the-road, i don't know! also that he's all-vinyl! i'm really into that right now. hoping someone will tell me who else i should check out tbh.
― map, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 16:32 (eight years ago) link
is there an american dabbling in disco-deep-detroit right now i should dive into? with a good amount of solid material somewhere online?
― map, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link
Do you have an example of a recent good set, because for me he's been on autopilot for such a long time, I think he's very stuck in a rut
― saer, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 16:50 (eight years ago) link
what does 'on autopilot' mean for you?
i probably don't have one that would prove otherwise but i enjoyed this: https://soundcloud.com/move-d/move-d-gewolbe-2015-11-21
― map, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 17:01 (eight years ago) link
Move D at corsica studios a year ago was definitely one of the best sets I've seen in a good while (says I who doesn't go out so much anymore, but still, he was amazing)
― EDB, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 17:09 (eight years ago) link
@map can i borrow your phrase "the realness and the deepness" for my next mix?
― Thee Macallan 18 Year, Thursday, 26 May 2016 00:09 (eight years ago) link
uh sure! lol
― map, Thursday, 26 May 2016 01:24 (eight years ago) link
only if you bump this thread with "Me. I'm the best DJ. *link to mix*" when you're done with it.
― map, Thursday, 26 May 2016 01:27 (eight years ago) link
"real n' in the deep"
― nashwan, Thursday, 26 May 2016 13:26 (eight years ago) link
Me. I'm the best DJ. *link to mix*
https://www.mixcloud.com/saddadhouse/the-real-and-the-deep/
― Sad Dad House (Thee Macallan 18 Year), Friday, 17 August 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
the mad man actually did it
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 17 August 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link
apologies for the delay
― Sad Dad House (Thee Macallan 18 Year), Friday, 17 August 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
it turns out I’ve been wrong all these years: it’s Tiesto. very surprising, but what are you gonna do?
― mh, Saturday, 18 August 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
fp'd for disrespecting thee macallan
― the late great, Saturday, 18 August 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
Isn't thinking you're the best DJ an integral part of "being a dj"
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 18 August 2018 22:39 (six years ago) link
This thread has inspired me to dig up YouTubes of my favorite 90s techno DJs in action. Nice to see that a lot of these old timers are still going strong.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 21:24 (six years ago) link
I may not always remember this is the case, but every time I listen to Patrice Scott DJ in the moment I feel he is the best DJ. Very singular, yes, but…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgNpVEHoiLY
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 26 April 2020 16:12 (four years ago) link