There is absolutely nothing wrong with playing old tunes, you just need to be careful about which tracks you play, and when.

My experience so far playing residencey at an afterhours club is that people love to hear tracks that they recognize, so I can easily get away with playing some of the older trance anthems. I think you need to be careful how many of them you play though.

My theory on this is that when you're playing a set, you do a bit of pre-planning as you go, as well as trying to judge what types of tracks that crowd is liking or disliking, then take that into consideration when selecting upcoming tracks. I think that there needs to be a balance between playing older favorites and introducing the crowd to new tracks, since I think part of a DJs job is to "educate" people with new material.

To give an example of this, I frequently play Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body Rock (because the extended mix just kicks ass...), and it usually gets a great reaction from people there. Then I'll play something like Ferry Corsten - It's Time, which is a relatively new and unheard track (I play the Ferry Corsten Flashover Remix).

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DJ Kibon



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DJ Kibon - August 2004