I always treat every dj job I get like it is my first. Show up at the beginning of the night, if possible. Greet the security, bar/wait staff and management/booking agent/owner. Then play my best set(s) keeping in mind the venue, party theme, and reading the crowd.
The scene lost an absolute legend at the weekend, so in his honour here's a mix of his for download. 28 years ago:
This is Juan Atkins (RIP) @ Metroplex, Detroit 12.05.98
Nearly 75 minutes of deep, proper Detroit techno and house by one hell of an artist. Bless up. Download below.
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RIP Juan Atkins, who annexed the intergalactic terrain one dimension further than even Kraftwerk and Funkadelic, a creator of sleek, metallic, funky beats like a cybernetic assembly line on Mars, whose techno inventions influenced everyone from Dilla and Danny Brown to video game soundtracks to any house/techno producer who ever wanted to know what the future might sound like. And we still haven't caught up.
this was the most fun team I ever got to be around. We had the worst facilities in the country, no budget, a bunch of players no one wanted, and went undefeated. This game was Thanksgiving Weekend and then we beat Washington the next week to go to the BCS Sugar Bowl.
June Jones & Colt Brennan leading Hawaii to a 12-0 undefeated regular season in 2007 is one of the greatest college football stories of all-time.
R.I.P. legends. 💔
Rare 1967 footage showing how traditional drums in Ghana were used to send messages over short and long distances, and even perform traditional poetry.