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Originally posted by Ory From what I've heard, it's mostly 30-second-cuts between tracks. I don't know, I'm just used to long 2 minute mixes Sasha-style.

Hmmm...Well, I can see how it might sound like 30 second cuts, but some of his mixes are actually like...3 min+.

Like in some cases youll think the mix is over, but he actually has left the bassline from the previous song playing througout the proceeding one, which might not even have a strong bassline (or atleast he doesnt show it to us) And then after you think youve torn it apart, you start to realise that it could have been the opposite way around, so that the bassline in the first track was never shown to you, it was the bassline from the proceeding track that was playing throughout it. I dunno I still have a hard time figuring out whats going on sometimes.

I started looking into his mixes more when i found out that he didnt do all of the crazy tricks on his albums that people think he did (not that he ever said he did) Like in "Circuit Breaker" off of the alive album...he doesnt do all of that crazy stuff in the middle, its part of the original track off of the bits for breakfast album, but i originally thought it might have been done by delays on the efx. And apparantly the scratching in Diplomat - ZX Complex was not done by him either, my friend says that it was also part of the original track.

It's not really a production, but you need to check out his Enjoy the Silence / Wavy Gravy mash-up. If that doesn't make you go moist then you need your ears checked.

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Originally posted by Ory If you listen closely, you'll realise his mixing isn't very good at all in most cases

Haha, what?

In terms of straight up DJing technique, with the possible exception of the professional turntablists like Q-Bert, there are none better than James Zabiela. I'm not sure what you mean by "his mixing isn't very good at all", but I'm going to assume that you haven't seen him live, or - if you have - that you weren't paying very close attention to what he was doing behind the decks because I don't think anyone could witness this boy in action and be anything but completely blown away by him.

To quote myself from when he came out here in June:

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Man I feel like jumping over the barrier & just masturbating over the decks.

Large quantities of beer may or may not have been involved that night, but I think that pretty much sums it up.

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Originally posted by Renegade It's not really a production, but you need to check out his Enjoy the Silence / Wavy Gravy mash-up. If that doesn't make you go moist then you need your ears checked.

It's not that good...personally I prefer just the tekara remix of enjoy the silence...

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Yeah that gravy/silence mash up was no hell.

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Originally posted by beats and beeps "OMFG he skratched teh rekkidz!"

You caught me there! After a while I've started noticing his track selection as well. I like the 'attitude' he creates for his sets unlike those other big DJ's that make people go like "OMFG teh progzor is so random and variable!!!"

Some would still say he's a typical prog-dude, though. And in a couple of years I'll probably get sick of his style as well. Right now he's doing fine, however