Dance Music: Where are things at?
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BalearicSoul
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What a load of old shit...Dunno when this is from
I’ve been vegas for over 10 years and it’s always been like that. Same as Miami. Thankfully we don’t tend to follow American influences with our clubs or musicMade my first appearance in Vegas this weekend and saw Dillon Francis at XS and Steve Aoki at Hakassan.
Wont comment on the music as you know what you are getting with these two, it would be like seeing Adele and complaining she sang ballads
But the clubs were a worrying sign for the future if this VIP trend spreads further, no hope of getting anywhere near the action as everything was blocked off with VIP ropes.
The VIP's as is often the case mostly looked bored and stood videoing themselves. There were endless sparklers going off for birthday announcements...
Would have loved to have dropped a load of the crowd into a proper filthy warehouse rave and show em how it's done!
Has Patrick Toppings label just released a Scouse house donk track ? 
Vinyl is literally out of the picture in latest retrospective. Pioneer with possibly their biggest season yet, making bitches out of superstar dj's with their glossy pinball machines. It's absurd CDJ's, or any digital controller with jogwheels for that matter, are still a thing anno 2022. Luckily they do things differently in San Raf.
Eyeballing that rotary mixer
Eyeballing that rotary mixer
Just a general musing but I can’t get my head around the whole videographer thing. Seeing Jamie Jones walking around Central Park with his videographer without looking at the camera or saying anything just for social media is a bit bizarre. Not just him and I underhand he’s a nice bloke but the whole concept just seems strange
Bucko08
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They will all need their own Luca Dea soon, that lad cant be everywhere, but he tries...
FlatErik
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This season I've seen relatively 'new / beginning' dj's with 3 different videographers around them in the dj booth, professional camera's, phones etc.
Buckley
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Nah, they are always DJing, even when they're not:
Practice DJ Techniques With Everyday Objects - DJ TechTools
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The Sun God
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Amen 
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"Manufactured Moments" Is There A Loss Of Authenticity On Dance Floors?
Is it too easy to bemoan the loss of authenticity? Or does it exist lurking beneath the piles of cash? Harold Heath reminisces, discusses, and considers
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The Sun God
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another necessary Harold Heath read for anyone working in radio @Marts73 @Clara and others
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Broadcast blues: the fight to keep independent radio on air
DJ Mag looks at the challenges faced by independent radio during the current cost-of-living crisis
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Marts73
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It is a sad sign of the times. We are lucky as we use Win Amp which allows us to broadcast from home. All you need is a decent internet connection, a laptop and good quality music. Most of us have a monthly direct debit of maybe £5 which goes towards PRS and any parties we put on. No one makes any money. But it works. Our show is in it’s tenth year this year.another necessary Harold Heath read for anyone working in radio @Marts73 @Clara and others
Broadcast blues: the fight to keep independent radio on air
DJ Mag looks at the challenges faced by independent radio during the current cost-of-living crisis
And if anyone fancies having a go, give me a shout.
Marts73
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I should’ve kept quiet. We’ve just been told after our fundraiser on the 3rd and 4th of December the station is taking a break. It sounds like it’s for personal reasons and we maybe doing one offs but it’s still sad. Friendships made, families created and all that. So our last show will be next Sunday. Meeting up with my mate for a pint in the week to discuss where we go next.
The Sun God
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nooo, sorry to hear that. Maybe do a few Mixcloud or Spotify shows and see how it goes? MusicBox might be worth a shout if you want to use a studio setup. You'd have to travel into Farringdon though.
Marts73
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Cheers, pal. Mixcloud Live, podcasts, another station. All possibilities to be talked out over beers and laughs. Thing is it’s the live thing we enjoy and us reacting to an audience which is the fun bit. Podcasts are totally alien to us. Farringdon isn’t too far away from us.
The Sun God
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So a clubber (probably of a gay/freak persuasion) goes to Fabric and loses himself in the dance in time-honoured fashion and some townie straight lad films the whole thing just to have a sneer on the socials. I saw Farley was on his case immediately. at a guess some chizzed up hoolie no-mark with no understanding of clubbing at all.
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Yeah hope fabric ban the lad, should be easy given the id scan system.
Not sure they will though, as I do recall the sticker thing is more ‘guidance’ than ‘enforced’ certainly didn’t see security staff doing anything those filming / taking photos - but it does help the atmosphere a lot
Not sure they will though, as I do recall the sticker thing is more ‘guidance’ than ‘enforced’ certainly didn’t see security staff doing anything those filming / taking photos - but it does help the atmosphere a lot
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The Sun God
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when I used to go to Fabric it was very much live and let live. You had all sorts in there. yes there were sex pests and moody geezers smoking spliffs on the couches, but there were also a lot of good, up for it people in there, old timers, japanese and italian art kids, gays, rastas, straights, seasoned freaks and lost tourists. I just hope people don't get scared off being different and expressing themselves because that variety is what makes parties such good fun.
