“We’re not Beyoncé or David Copperfield motherf***a… we’re DJs.”
The argument of what real DJing is and whether Producer-turned-Djs can be addressed has DJs has been a serious pestering issue since a while now. This time is was 3LAU & Z-Trip who were at it, each fighting for their own side.
As Z-Trip spoke on the importance of improvised sets, 3LAU intervened to defend the ‘pre-planned’ process,
“I grew up… I don’t know how to DJ. I don’t know how to mix. I don’t know how to beat match… I was the kid in the dorm room in that new Zac Efron movie who just wanted to play the sounds.”
3LAU, who represents the era of producer turned DJs, the ones that became famous before ever touching a pair of turntables spoke of his EDC set saying,
“The truth is, for the hour set that I’m going to perform at EDC, that set isn’t the hour that I’m putting in when I’m playing. It’s the five days of work that I’m putting in thinking about what to mix in, what’s going to work in what key, what acapella am I going to put over the new Martin Garrix record.”
In response to 3LAU’s pre-planned methodology, Z-Trip said,
“You can still do that, and still factor in a bit of time to go off the track a little bit.”
What he meant was that DJs take the time to embed a bit of spontaneity into their performances. He admits that’s it’s ok to have pre-arranged sections with everyone having routines but hinged on the importance of offering a unique experience every time one takes the decks; ending with the very catchy line that we mentioned at the beginning of the article.
Khushrav’s passion for dance music started early on as he began creating weekly podcast episodes of the latest electronic music across genres and has mixed over 200 episodes over a span of 5years. As a dance music enthusiast, Khushrav still keeps up to date with every week’s releases, contributing to THE’s Spotify playlists.
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