turntablism is just a seperate thing. most of the time its doesnt even sound that good, its just simply amazing wot the guys can do with two decks and a mixer.

personally id say picotto is fairly high up the list and i know a fair few people will laugh at that but the guy has been on top of the normal djing game and also won (or was atleast a finalist) in the DMC in Italy too.

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picotto was great when i saw him recently. Definately better then cox was...

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Originally posted by muckluck Even if you're right, why would they want to learn how to beatmatch longer anyway. That's like saying Miachel Jordan really needs to practice his granny shots because my granny is better at it than him.

mixing records and creating a new atmosphere is an art of its own you dumb fuck.

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Originally posted by dj tek mixing records and creating a new atmosphere is an art of its own you dumb fuck.

What's your point, dumb fuck? These guys do things every day you've never heard of and probably will never hear of just because it's insanely hard to do and nobody has ever done it before. You think learning how to do what 99% of everyone else who calls themself a DJ knows how to do would challenge them at all?

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Originally posted by Zayatz (enter trance name)

I <3 your sig

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Originally posted by muckluck What's your point, dumb fuck? These guys do things every day you've never heard of and probably will never hear of just because it's hard to do and nobody has ever done it before. You think learning how to do what 99% of everyone else who calls themself a DJ knows how to do would challenge them at all?

what

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Originally posted by muckluck What's your point, dumb fuck? These guys do things every day you've never heard of and probably will never hear of just because it's insanely hard to do and nobody has ever done it before. You think learning how to do what 99% of everyone else who calls themself a DJ knows how to do would challenge them at all?

Ummm where can you hear all these insanely hard things? and who supposedly does this, Tek being a DJ himself has probably heard of it and knows the complicated DJ terms for it while you are sitting here calling it a "thing".

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Oh yeah internet "super-DJ" tek there. That really means a lot to me on a forum where half the users have "DJ" in front of their name, yet most of those half have never even seen a pair of turntables in real life.

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Originally posted by ZzZ The Goddess Ummm where can you hear all these insanely hard things?

You can start here sweet cheeks.

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and who supposedly does this,

Obviously guys like Kentaro, Dopey, Plus One, Tigerstyle...but who knows about what other people we've never heard of are doing in local underground battles.

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Originally posted by tiesto14 ......Tiesto is God...u should all bow to him for his contribution to the trance world....there wouldnt even be a TA if it werent for Tiesto....go ask Swamper!

Not quite, I was influenced in this order:

Robert Miles - Dreamland
Oakenfold - Tranceport
Chicane - Far From the Maddening Crowds
PvD - For An Angel
Armin - Blue Fear/Communication

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Originally posted by Jimmy Which DJ had the best technical skills in the world? What makes a DJ a technical skilled DJ, what kind of skills are required? Is it Dave Clarke? I often read he has it, but what is it that is so great about his skills? Jeff Mills? Richie Hawtin? James Zabiela? Who? And why?

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Originally posted by tiesto14 are u serious? hands down Tiesto!!!!!!

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Originally posted by ZeroVII James fucking Zabiela. Period. He's the New Wave, mark my words.

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Originally posted by Wraith I'm a Tiesto fan as well, but you are going to get flamed to death for that post. I'll just say Armin to add a bit more fuel to this sure to be flaming thread.

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Originally posted by tiesto14 I dunno....i never heard Tiesto trainwreck like the rest of the DJs mentioned so far...and no other DJ ANYWHERE got 3 in a row DJ Mag awards like Tiesto...Tiesto is God...u should all bow to him for his contribution to the trance world....there wouldnt even be a TA if it werent for Tiesto....go ask Swamper!

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Originally posted by Jimmy I am not talking about interacting with the audience, but specificly about the technical stuff, things like scratching, mixing, backspinning and more of that stuff. Can tiesto do these things? Can he do it good? Why? When you mention someone, please give some reasons. I am trying to learn about techniques.

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Originally posted by sandstorm03 i dont think you can compair djs in different genres

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Originally posted by Salem Tiesto is not very technically inclined, allthough I think he rocks. In my opinion Paul Van Dyk is the most techncially talented.

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Originally posted by torontotrance Technically the best dj is Danny Tenaglia, love him or hate him, he is quite possibly the best technical dj on the planet because he is so good at what he does. You could also add John Digweed to that list, love him or hate him as well, he is certainly very good technically. Adam Beyer will round off my list because he is so good technically as well, he just plays so well without many mistakes.

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Originally posted by Nick Mimas Mr. James Zabiela gets my pick. I think his technical skill in scratching and the effects he adds to tracks (Especially the way he does it) is some of the best in the world. Eddie Halliwell is another one who can scratch like nobody's business and also alot of the hip hop DJ's like Grandmaster Flash and Jazzy Jeff. Sasha & Digweed are two DJ's that rarely train wreck, their beat matching and transitions are just great (Please don't give me that smart ass "Yeah Ableton that's great beat matching" crap). Daft Punk are a duo that simply blow my mind. Utilising two turntables, a mixer, TR-909 and a laptop and they just do amazing things (Jeff Mills is another one who does this to me using the same equipment). Finally the three turn table wonder, Carl has been around for ages so eh has alto of experience and rarely if ever train wrecks and does it with three turntables.

This is how many incorrect posts i've found by page 1.7. I dont have the willpower to continue.

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Originally posted by Absolut_Vodka Jonathan Lisle (of Bedrock) extremely technical and skilled dj. Famous for using three decks. In his latest compilation (Original Series OS.0_2) he mixed it live using 5 decks.

Yes, this guy is fairly skilled for an edm dj. Moreso than zabiela, but just for the record, he did not use 5 decks for that cd, he used 3 denon dns5000s which are cdjs, that have a second output, so it was actually mixed on 3 cdjs, which each have 2 outputs. IE the ability to play 2 tracks off of the same cd at once. Sending each track to a seperate channel. (Denon calls this Alpha Tracking) So technically he had 6 sources (decks, tables whatever you want to call them) but they always seem to refer to it as five, I guess he never used the 6th source.

I also give the guy credit for using unpopular cd decks (they are unpopular because they are too complicated for club use) As many djs are afraid not to use pioneer cdjs, as they are "the club standard" But obviously he saw that these denon cdjs were an untapped resource, and it worked out for him. Its about time a dj took the time to read a fucking product manual, and look beyond what is flogged in clubs.

Anyways, the most technically skilled djs are obviously turntablists. People like cox, digweed, sasha, dyk, tiesto, sasha, and zabiela shouldnt even be mentioned. Now as far as which turntablist is best, I wouldnt have enough knowledge on the subject to determine that. Its most likely some nutcase in his basement which the world has never heard of.

But A-trak and Dj Dopey, and Kid Koala get mention, because they are canadian and they rawk.