So who's the best at mixing in the business???

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Posted by THE_Chris on Sep-13-2002 23:10:

So who's the best at mixing in the business???

Not at mixing a track, but at general mixing in a set... just in case people get confused.

I'd say Armin, or possibly even Anne Savage.

Posted by j�c� on Sep-14-2002 01:07:

i vote mauro picotto

Posted by MaGiK54 on Sep-14-2002 01:11:

Carl Cox, three turntables and two cd-player

Posted by Twig on Sep-14-2002 01:18:

Jeff Mills, Dave Clarke, Umek, Rush

worst... picotto jules etc etc

for 'trance'

PvD.. 3 decks, cd decks, MD mixer. nobody else in his field comes close.

Posted by speedracer_mec on Sep-14-2002 01:36:

ive heard Danny Tenaglia is pretty damn good

Posted by Haunted on Sep-14-2002 03:40:

quote:
Originally posted by MaGiK54
Carl Cox, three turntables and two cd-player

you ever watch any videos of Tiesto or PVD or Johan or any other dj? they all use 3 tt's and a dual cd player

Posted by tranceaddict991 on Sep-14-2002 03:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Haunted

you ever watch any videos of Tiesto or PVD or Johan or any other dj? they all use 3 tt's and a dual cd player

but coxy always uses em..and mixes songs in and out together with 2 of em..you'd hjave to see him live

Posted by torontotrance on Sep-14-2002 03:46:

Jeff Mills (Simply NO EQUAL!)

Posted by Aldrian on Sep-14-2002 04:30:

Damn!!!!!

why do you need so much turntables???? god damn those guys are extreme pros at what they are doing. major props on them.

and to add more to the mix they use cd players as well??? holy fecies!!!!!!

Posted by Trancejedi on Sep-14-2002 04:48:

It's hard to say who's the best. But of all the dj's I've seen live, Carl Cox really tore it up.

Posted by hapamoto on Sep-14-2002 05:07:

well.. also you have to look at the venue and its equipment.. for example, at this club i saw ferry corsten at here in southern california, he was only using 2 TT's, but just because thats what i saw doesn't mean that other clubs he doesn't use 3, it just depends on what is available i guess. and where they are, i'm pretty sure if a dj comes to the US for just one or two shows, they probably won't bring all their gear..

Posted by shoXx on Sep-14-2002 05:58:

Alexander & Paul.

Posted by Tsunami One on Sep-14-2002 06:01:

JEFF MILLS , DAVE CLARKE & RICHIE HAWTIN . The 3 best period.

Posted by Seventh City on Sep-14-2002 06:08:

Diggers and Anthony Pappa. Enuff said.

Posted by hapamoto on Sep-14-2002 06:30:

ok.. getting back to the question at hand, it seems that some people are picking dj's based on the amount of equipment that they are able to handle at one time.. is this what we are using as criteria? or is it ability to create a good setlist on the fly? or mixing skill and cue spotting (meaning the point at which the dj begins the fading of the next track).. there is so much u could use to judge who is the best, but i will place my vote on PvD because he keeps my attention and energy w/ all of these aspects..

Posted by clubsolutely on Sep-14-2002 07:43:

in the deep side i would say satoshi tomiie has the best skills, for the club side i'd say ferry corsten.. the only person i know who mixing in buidups...

Posted by Thierry on Sep-14-2002 07:52:

This is from what I've seen...

Trance: Paul Van Dyk (put simply, he is GOD!!!)
Anything else: Sasha (2 minute mixes are nothing to the Man Like)
Overall: Richie Hawtin (I know that people are wondering why I have him if I think so highly of PVD and Sasha, but for those who've seen him know. He'll throw 60+ tracks into one 2 hour set with absolute seamless mixing. His sets aren't just a DJ spinning records, what he does can't be described... and he's CANADIAN!!!)

Posted by Ste on Sep-14-2002 08:58:

Re: So who's the best at mixing in the business???

quote:
Originally posted by THE_Chris Anne Savage.

hit the nail on the head, she pretty much pisses on all other DJs as far as mixing is concerned, you should stand and watch her on the decks sumtimes its amazing all the shit she does with tracks. and she plays a lot of decent hard-trancey stuff these days

Posted by webbie on Sep-14-2002 09:03:

Carl Cox was one of the first to begin using 3 TTs tho, right ?
I think I read that on a page (Radio 1's ?) sometime.

Best mixer is a tricky one, there are so many too choose from
and everyone is good in their way. But I think id have to say
Sasha, never heard a flaw from him and i am a bit of a sasha-fan
now after his album airdrawndagger.

Posted by UWM on Sep-14-2002 09:08:

I've never seen him live but

Dave Seaman @ Qontact 02

AMAZING mixing, flawless

I've seen PvD, Tiesto, Oakey live, and the Dave Seamen recorded live set blows them all away