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Best DJ in the World?

I know someone is going to get pissed about the subject of this post. I really havent listened to to many djs in my short life of listening to trance. What I want to know is....

I know that Tiesto listed as number 1. But how many of you actually think that he is number 1. I believe so because he was awesome live. His mixing has been slipping (my opinion)from his Magik and ISOS days but I believe it is still good.

I have been listening to PVD as of late and his mixing, I believe, is right on the mark.

Who do you think is number one?

If you dont like the subject, Just dont post. I am trying to get a feel for what people really think. I dont want to hear about how stupid I was for posing this question. I tried doing a search but I didnt come up with an answer for my question.

yes Tiesto is numero uno !!

I've listened to trance since 93-94 and to all the big djs and I can without cheating myself say that most of the DJs that once was good today are very poor. Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold etc. It's very sad since they used to push forward the whole scene. Today most of their sets are filled with poor tracks without anything cool.

When it comes to trancemusic there are very few djs today which catches my attention. One of them is John 00 Fleming. He never plays a boring set. Always top stuff from beginning to the end.

best trance dj???

probably ferry

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Originally posted by sandstorm03 best trance dj??? probably ferry

agreed

as of 2004 i voted for ferry as well
he never dissapoints and hes a nice guy as well
runner ups are marco v and john 00 flemming

Best DJ in the world? Ya never know. Of the ones I know, I'm gonna have to go by the lines of Laurent Garnier, James Zabiela, and a few others... Sasha you can't really call a DJ anymore.

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Originally posted by Ory Best DJ in the world? Ya never know. Of the ones I know, I'm gonna have to go by the lines of Laurent Garnier, James Zabiela, and a few others... Sasha you can't really call a DJ anymore.

how do u come up with that??


what is sasha then? a person that mixes beats?


ps. j00f is not a trance dj

I think most of the big name trance dj's are similarly good. Most of them I've listened to sets from sounded like on mix cd's. None of them had any experiments going on or anything interesting (aside from the track's obviouslly).
I think in the future it's going to be even harder comparing them if they don't incorporate schratching, more efx usage or clever acapella usage, since most of them will probably stop using vinyl & cd's and move on to Ableton Live (like Sasha, G & D and more). I think you simply can't compete against computers when it comes to running two tracks at the same time.

If I had to choose between them I'd probably go for Above & Beyond, if they are as good as on their last years Essential Mix (that's the best trance set I've heard for since Tiesto's remarkable essetial mix in 2001).

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Originally posted by sandstorm03 how do u come up with that?? what is sasha then? a person that mixes beats? ps. j00f is not a trance dj

DJ. Disc Jockey. As far as I know Sasha doesn't use the little round thingies we call discs. He doesn't even need to manually beatmatch.

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Originally posted by Ory DJ. Disc Jockey. As far as I know Sasha doesn't use the little round thingies we call discs. He doesn't even need to manually beatmatch.

have you ever called vinyl "disks"?


i never saw media/equipment specifications for djs

all you think sasha does now is hit the auto beatmatch button??

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Originally posted by Ory DJ. Disc Jockey. As far as I know Sasha doesn't use the little round thingies we call discs. He doesn't even need to manually beatmatch.

I've never considered records disc, so I don't get your point. A Dj in my books is they guy who's playing the music at wherever people are partying, it don't matter what he usees. I might also ad that in the 80's alot of the music played in clubs in Detroit & Chicago was played of tapes & real2real's, and thos I will never consider discs.

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Originally posted by tactik I think most of the big name trance dj's are similarly good. Most of them I've listened to sets from sounded like on mix cd's. None of them had any experiments going on or anything interesting (aside from the track's obviouslly). I think in the future it's going to be even harder comparing them if they don't incorporate schratching, more efx usage or clever acapella usage, since most of them will probably stop using vinyl & cd's and move on to Ableton Live (like Sasha, G & D and more). I think you simply can't compete against computers when it comes to running two tracks at the same time. If I had to choose between them I'd probably go for Above & Beyond, if they are as good as on their last years Essential Mix (that's the best trance set I've heard for since Tiesto's remarkable essetial mix in 2001).

lol your like saying computers are better music composers then humans..

hahaha computers have limited abbilities... and i dont think "sasha"(who ever is the best technical dj) are programming these machines...

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Originally posted by sandstorm03 have you ever called vinyl "disks"? i never saw media/equipment specifications for djs all you think sasha does now is hit the auto beatmatch button??

SASHA DOES NOT USE VINYL

Jeez. And did I ever fucking say all Sasha does is hit the beatmatch button? No, dickwad.

Tactik, vinyls aren't discs? They're thin circular objects, which would make them discs. Jesus fucking christ you people are bright. Not.

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Originally posted by sandstorm03 lol your like saying computers are better music composers then humans..

How did you make that out? I was pointing out that computers can roll two tracks at the same time without skipping a beat or losing it much easier then on 2 decks. What has that got to do with composing?

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Originally posted by Ory SASHA DOES NOT USE VINYL Jeez. And did I ever fucking say all Sasha does is hit the beatmatch button? No, dickwad. Tactik, vinyls aren't discs? They're thin circular objects, which would make them discs. Jesus fucking christ you people are bright. Not.

So a dj using tapes and real2reals in the 80's weren't dj's? Radio stations don't use vinyl or cd anymore (at least most of them), does that mean that radio dj's aren't dj's anymore, even though they choose the tracks?

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Originally posted by sandstorm03 how do u come up with that?? what is sasha then? a person that mixes beats? ps. j00f is not a trance dj

yea i forgot john 00 flemming spins country

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Originally posted by tactik So a dj using tapes and real2reals in the 80's weren't dj's? Radio stations don't use vinyl or cd anymore (at least most of them), does that mean that radio dj's aren't dj's anymore, even though they choose the tracks?

Then they aren't DJs. The term DJ is based around the usage of vinyl, is it not? You can still call them that if you want, but I won't. My point is that what Sasha does now is not what "regular" DJs do.

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Originally posted by Ory Then they aren't DJs. The term DJ is based around the usage of vinyl, is it not? You can still call them that if you want, but I won't. My point is that what Sasha does now is not what "regular" DJs do.

Fair enough, we disagree (mainly cause I'm switching to Ableton Live when "dj'ing" myself). Just out of curiosity, what do you call what Sasha (and others) do?

No idea what I would call it. A mix between live performance and DJing... without discs.

The main reason I call it dj'ing is because he's still doing the same thing, just using other methods. If anyone comes with another, better, term for it I'll probably use it. Until then, Sasha is still a dj in my books.

Thanks for everyones input

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Originally posted by Ory No idea what I would call it. A mix between live performance and DJing... without discs.

its certainly not a live performance.

richie hawtin without a shadow of a doubt.

best mixing right now? IMO it would have to be christopher lawrence. that man has come along way with his style and mixing.

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