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Alright guys...

...we gotta talk about this. Someone has to explain this to me.

http://boilerroom.tv/sven-vath-120-min-mix/

How many years of DJing? How does he stay this fresh? Mind blown.

a lot of drugs. Dude probably takes iv injections of molly on a daily basis.

I see he's changed his look again. Not sure what his new nickname's gonna be tho'. Old Man Sven, maybe?

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Originally posted by paulversuspaul a lot of drugs. Dude probably takes iv injections of molly on a daily basis.

Yeah, doing drugs on a regular basis sure is gonna keep you in top shape for about 30 years of touring. Just ask Brandon Block or Mark Spoon...

Sven has mentioned in interviews several times that they key is simply to be very stringent with your excesses, and how that is especially true for him now that he has become a father. Plus, half the time he's wigging out on stage, he's most likely not on drugs. It's just the kind of eccentric personality he has always had coming out, the way he used to do it as a dancer in Dorian Gray or in OFF before he became a DJ superstar.

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Originally posted by Sand Leaper Yeah, doing drugs on a regular basis sure is gonna keep you in top shape for about 30 years of touring. Just ask Brandon Block or Mark Spoon... Sven has mentioned in interviews several times that they key is simply to be very stringent with your excesses, and how that is especially true for him now that he has become a father. Plus, half the time he's wigging out on stage, he's most likely not on drugs. It's just the kind of eccentic personality he has always had coming out, the way he used to do it as a dancer in Dorian Gray or in OFF before he became a DJ superstar.

was joking. more than aware how badly it ended up for spoon. i honestly think his wigging out is part of his act now as people are expecting it. that being said, you honestly can find more videos of sven vath on drugs even from recent times than just about any other dj.

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Originally posted by paulversuspaul a lot of drugs.

On a serious note: some hot chicks in there.

I had the pleasure of seeing Sven play last year and he was pretty hammered by the end, trainwrecking a bit on transitions, but he has so much fun with it that he manages to pull it off (it takes him almost NO time to fix his mistakes while mixing).

see he finally buzzed his hair off, that slick-back was the last stand. he looks awesome baldy, no worries.

fixing gallops will be second nature to him, a natural reaction he's been doing it so long. glad he doesn't take it so seriously. some dj's would die if they trainwrecked.

he's just enjoying himself and playing good records. vinyl and tables. true dj.

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Originally posted by Quazar I had the pleasure of seeing Sven play last year and he was pretty hammered by the end, trainwrecking a bit on transitions, but he has so much fun with it that he manages to pull it off (it takes him almost NO time to fix his mistakes while mixing).

it would be a problem if you are a top class dj , you fuck it up, and don't know how to solve it quickly unless you are a pure noob with the pitch most probably all you would have to do is move the platter onwards/backwards and readjust a tiny bit the pitch to avoid it happening again, it's very basic.

When i saw him 4 years ago he trainwrecked 3 times too, he was spinning with vinyls , point for him. If you are playing vinyls little unmatchs are almost unavoidable, thing is that good djs know that the songs are getting unmatched and modify the pitch before it's noticeable, not to mention that usually a dj feels that beats aren't matched perfectly before the average listener so he has like a 2 second room to fix it.

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Originally posted by Sykonee I see he's changed his look again. Not sure what his new nickname's gonna be tho'. Old Man Sven, maybe?

I like Papa Sven, let's just keep it.

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Skrufff: A recent survey of British DJs revealed that just 13% of them are happy, have you gone through many moments when you have got fed up with it all? Sven Vath: �Never. I was never bored and never fed up, maybe there were times when I pushed my limit too much, and there were some times I had to have my rest and think about the direction, but I always love what I�m doing. In the end, I think that�s what people feel. I came from the dance floor and I still like to dance and ever since I started I�ve always tried to play the hottest, the newest and the most advanced electronic music. I�ve always had so much fun with DJing because I always had the freedom to play whatever I want, so I was never pushed to play one particular style. I�d hate to be in a box, whether it�s house, drum and bass, techno or cheese; My mission was always to play good music on the dance floor but music that was 99% electronic. Then we started calling it house, techno, electro, whatever, but if you listen to my mix DC you�ll hear that I�m all over the place. This is for me very important.� Skrufff: Do you find yourself, being 40, taking stock; having moments thinking �what am I doing with my life�? Sven Vath: �Sure I�ve had those moments, I�ve always had always business partners with different interests, especially during the period when I was running the Eye Q and Harthouse labels and at the beginning everything was fine for the first 5 years, then suddenly we had a conflict of interests. I saw the whole thing moving in a different direction towards my partner�s ideas and then I had to quit. I also had to take the decision to close the Omen club after ten years and that was not so easy for me because I thought of the club as was my living rooms it was very hard to say now is the time to finish. I have a good inner voice and I�m always listening to my inner voice telling me when things have to stop, because if you push something too much then it will eventually run out, like a burnout. There are so many different musical styles out there today, yet I still see lots of DJs playing the same style for ten years. I can�t imagine doing this myself.� Skrufff: How easy for you was it to stop? Sven Vath: �It�s a question of discipline. I quit smoking three years ago. I stopped cocaine 16 years ago when my daughter was born. Now I have a 16 year old daughter and she�s trouble (laughing) I remember the days of the Love Parade in the 90s when we were all crazy like hell � it was fun, it was very enjoyable, I think drugs helped the whole dance scene grow, but there were too many people who saw the money in that and then the whole bad thing started. People started selling more and more drugs and more and more shit, making people sick and so on. There�s still a lot of drugs on the table, and people can choose what they take, but for me I think I have learnt my lesson. I still choose my parties where I�m going to have fun big time and when not. I know how it is these days. We have a saying in Germany � I can�t translate � there is no point to waste yourself. There�s maybe some good parties in a year where you say you want to go there and you want to party for two days maybe, but then you choose the party, then you party, then it�s fine after that. For people who are having a blast every weekend, the time will come for the big payback. What�s really helped me has been Ayurveda, I�ve been following it for ten years now. Every year between October and January, for four months I don�t have sugar, alcohol, meat or coffee and this is always a good period for me.. The first two week period it�s like a therapy where you sweat yourself out and you shit yourself out, which is very healthy. Since I�m doing Ayurveda, I�m not getting infections or catching colds anymore, I�m much fitter and I�ve trained my discipline to be able to say no. And saying �no� has helped me a lot because you carry everything in you. All the happiness you have in yourself. I�m such a lucky person that I�ve found in my life what I like to do. I like to do music and I like to entertain people and make people happy. What else do I want to have? I�m really satisfied with this.�

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