From gbach Sent Wed, Jul 7th 1999, 23:42
From gbach Sent Wed, Jul 7th 1999, 23:42
> DJs don't do shit. If there is no wink accompanying that statement, then I have to speak up. Have you seen a good ambient (or IDM) DJ lately? Two or three turntables, a couple of CD players, a tape deck perhaps, building and layering, sampling and staging, EQing and effecting. Taking songs, tracks, snippets, sounds and transforming them to such a point that even other DJs or afficianados can no longer recognize the original sources. Building crescendo, easing into decrescendo, dropping beats, playing shit backwards, shifting tempos and time signatures and tones. Seeing the larger picture of a soundscape lasting several hours, segues to the next DJ, 2x4 DJ combos, turntable improv with guitarists and other musicians, etc. DJs do lots. At least the ones with whom I associate. G.