DJ FAIL!

Now I'm not posting this merely to poke fun or laugh or cry at the mistakes...but merely because its happened to me before and I take some comfort out of these superstars 'mucking up'.

Now I've worked at clubs which have a plug switch on the dancefloor...therefore the sound being killed wasn't my fault. However I have also been involved in 'DJ FAIL!' situations where it was my fault. Mostly related to laptop technology... although someone has pulled down my fader (that's not a euphemism!).

 

Calvin Harris shows, how it is best handled.

The Dave William mix (Nerve* Radio) - 07/10/2011

Housquare - Brooklyn
Will Gold - Afro Loco
Gary Caos - Let's Play
Electric Tango - Sax Story
Justice - Audio, Video, Disco
Wolfgang Gartner - The Way it Was
Vodge Diper - Turn Up the Bass
Dero - De Puta Madre
Burns - Iced Out (Calvin Harris Remix)
Dirty South & Thomas Gold - Alive ft. Kate Elsworth (Tommy Trash Remix)
Hardwell & Nicky Romero - Beta
Raise Your Love (James Herkes Bootleg)
Chrizz Luvly - One Time
Congorock - Sirius
Dada Life - Happy Violence
Avicii - Street Dancer (Whelan and Di Scala Remix)
Prok and Fitch vs Juan Kidd - Star Guitar
Reflekt ft. Deline Bass - Need to Feel Loved (Adam and Soha Vocal Remix)

James Herkes' Soundcloud page

Nerve* Radio Playlist - Friday 30th September 2011

Friday night tracklisting:

Gaiser - Some Slip
Xinobi - Best of Me
Manufactured Superstars - Take Me Over
Nocturne the Blonde - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Hercules and Love Affair - My House (Tensnake Remix)
Alex Kenji - Pressure (Alesso Remix)
Teenage Bad Girl - X Girl (Alan Braxe Remix)
Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica
Kaskade - Eyes
Light Year - PSA (Alex Gopher Remix)
Deniz Koyu - Tung
Liquid - Sweet Harmony (Dave Spoon and James Talk Remix)
Lindstrom - I Want It (Lindstrom and Prins Thomas Remix)
Maya Jane Coles - Little One
The Forgotten - Schadenfreude

Next Friday I'll be dropping some local production. Keep those tunes coming! Fridays 5-6pm Nerve Radio.

Amnesia closing party promo

If you haven't made it across to 'I-beefa', 'the white isle' or Eivissa as it also known then maybe you should head on down to that ticket booking office place....thingy. Or do what most people do nowadays and go online.

It will be great fun and this promo looks fricking awesome.

Bingo Players - Rattle [Teaser]

Not content with the success of 'Cry Just a Little' the Bingo Players have launched a second assault on the buzz charts with this bass fuelled monster. I expect this will go off big time...

Very excited about this one...have a listen! Lots of bass!!

Paris Hilton to become a DJ?

So Paris Hilton wants to be the 'Queen of House music'. Could she be the most successful female DJ?

From what I have read it suggests that she has simply been reading a careers book or went to a gig and saw a female DJ for the first time and thought "Yeah...I wanna do that" although I could be wrong. I think the goal of simply being the most successful DJ ever isn't necessarily bad or negative (because we all want to be successful right?) considering her current status but surely its about enjoying what you do at all times and not just some giant ego trip?

Either way if shes in it for the fame she can certainly afford the marketing and PR and all that. Anyone can take up DJ'ing nowadays...if anything its a brand that's being sold most of the time. So if Paris can start a trend....or maybe even a genre that would be to her advantage. She could slow down house to about 108bpm...oh no that's already been done.

To be honest there aren't that many female DJ's I can think of other than Annie Mac, Gina Turner, Lauren Pope and Maya Jane Coles. So there is a definitely a place for a super-superstar female DJ in a largely male environment, but will it be Paris?

Xone: DB4

Brand new bit of kit from Xone...The XONE: DB4

Key feature for this bit of kit is the 'flexible input matrix', where any audio source can be selected on any or all of the channels. So different processing is applied to the same track on separate channels and you can fade between them, or a phrase sampled in the looper of one channel can be added to the mix later in the track.

Pretty impressive and I am not sure if I have heard of this before. Looks great too. Shame about the price (rrp £1750).

All in all Allen and Heath have definitely set a benchmark here, but which is better the Xone: DB4 or the DJM-2000?

T.E.E.D - Garden

Came across this tune on YouTube. Really like the video, very arty feel.
The drum beat rocks too! Check it out.

How to be a DJ

Not sure what my thoughts on this are yet!

Classic DJ film

Feels a bit cliche but this film is definitely in my all time faves.

It's all gone Pete Tong

The closing credits tune sums up the Ibiza sunrise.

Seriously bad ass bit of footage.