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| Originally posted by Clovis Danny needs to find some new ground. He's a fucking great DJ but his recent productions are just like, token epic house tracks. I'm so over big swooshy big room proggy stuff. I like it when he keeps things deep and chunky. |
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| Originally posted by Clovis I'm so over big swooshy big room proggy stuff. |
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| Originally posted by Kris G I think it's sad that appart from those guys who made it in the 90's, hardly anyone has broken out in the DJ crowd without a hit record (Eddie and Jabiela I suppose have, but they got lucky catching the technology change-over from vinyl to CDJ-EFX). Being an amazing DJ is so hard now, everyone has access to the latest tracks and can stitch them together in software. No one (except the old school) know what a REAL DJ is anymore. |
a list djs in general charge way too much
a bi product of the superstar dj days.
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| Originally posted by djpaulc In some ways, I do relate to what elFreak has said about the productions not living up to his DJing standards - I have similar feelings. Danny is probably the DJ I admire the most as I honestly dont think there is any other DJ on the planet who can weave through so many forms of music and still keep their own unique sound throughout. He is head and shoulders above 99.9% of DJs and I think most importantly, is the fact that he earned his fame and reputation through DJing alone. But now times have changed and practically no-one gets recognised as a DJ without having their own productions out first. It is a sales driven market now with little or no room for "traditional DJs" to break in. So I think Danny has found that in order to stay within the top tier of DJs, he needs to get his own stuff out on a consistent basis. I am not saying that he is only producing out of sheer pressure to do so or that he doesnt enjoy/have a talent for it, I just think that most promoters around the world nowadays are booking DJs purely based on their productions & Danny needs releases to stay in the mindframe of the edm community. I havent been that into his new stuff so far. They are far from bad and I did think "The Shining" was a great track but the rest I have found to be just decent. I suppose given that he has been a hero of mine for so many years, I expect his releases to be 10/10 material every time! Again, I do like his newer stuff but just cant hold in the same regard as his DJing.....yet! But let's hope he gets better and better with each release. |
danny's productions are garnering some extreme reactions. personally I can't see how anyone would be less than amazed with any of them, but I guess 'September' and 'The Shining' are really just a little above average prog house. I think in 6 months dig deeper will be sounding way better than it is right now though.
no one listens to prognooooooooooooo!
-eminem.
this sounds the same as everything else out right now in this style of music imo.
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| Originally posted by Max Thomson danny's productions are garnering some extreme reactions. personally I can't see how anyone would be less than amazed with any of them, but I guess 'September' and 'The Shining' are really just a little above average prog house. I think in 6 months dig deeper will be sounding way better than it is right now though. |
Maybe we should take this discussion over to RA where, apparently, there are less critical users? 
Wait, what was the name of the song in the first youtube vid? What is the release schedule on that?
His productions might not be in the same class as his DJ sets, but I still think they're good tracks. The people criticising them in this thread are mainly the people who don't like much progressive, and as such like Howells for different reasons. That's all well and good, but you've got to accept that he has his roots in progressive house. It's always going to be an influence to him, and I fully respect the fact he's still producing tracks recognisably similar to the ones he was putting out twelve years ago, rather than selling out to a more trendy sound.
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| Originally posted by SYSTEM-J His productions might not be in the same class as his DJ sets, but I still think they're good tracks. The people criticising them in this thread are mainly the people who don't like much progressive, and as such like Howells for different reasons. That's all well and good, but you've got to accept that he has his roots in progressive house. It's always going to be an influence to him, and I fully respect the fact he's still producing tracks recognisably similar to the ones he was putting out twelve years ago, rather than selling out to a more trendy sound. |
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