Still sad to say that the bottom line of all "superdj's" is not to play anything else than the "hottest new tracks".. Everytime someone drops a classic nowadays, is considered as a "bad function"
it Suckzz..
Ps. Good thread

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Originally posted by isoterra the main thing i hate about mixing classics is trying to beatmatch the soft, muted kickdrums (which almost always ends up in a mess) or trying to judge the levels of tracks with dodgy treble/bass. most classics sound horribly out of place when mixed with new stuff too, because of this. maybe i'm too producer/dj-orientated since i've not seen many other people with this view, but alas

This is exactly what I'm talking about. A lot of the sounds that dominated early trance (the low/muted kick, the general lack of compression) are simply uncompatible with modern trance. I actually think there may be some psy tracks for which it works, but I'm no dj, so I can't judge.

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Originally posted by Cobalt It's sort of struck me in the last year or so just how much good material is becoming forgotten, even by longtime scenesters. I spin a lot of older progressive trance, and it's surprising to me not only how easily most of it passes in the current club market, but that no one really knows most of the productions. Is this merely that today's in-the-know "veterans" need not have started before '99, and never bother to look to older production? Or is it that people are so caught up in new trends that they leave their old fields of knowledge behind? Isn't it rather tragic that not many people seem to have the deep, deep knowledge of a single dance music genre than one might expect? Why is this the case?

i was gonna start a thread bout practically the same thing, the fact that djs very rarely throw older tunes into their sets - it seems to be whoever can play the newer tracks is better. when im doing sets, i try and play good music end of story. if an older track is good, i will play it, regardless of when it was made/released. good music is good music at the end of the day, whether it be fresh of the shelves or sitting in your collection for a couple of years. i dont even think the older tunes should have to be considered as 'classics' in order to be accepted in a new set but that seems to be the way it has gone. i suppose its like everything else but id love to see some of the more weel-known djs throwing in a few older tunes in to their sets.

good thread by the way

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