wow.. first EVER thread on here..

anyway, what just came to my mind is that many of the SUPPOSED 'worlds big name dj's'... such as oakey, pvd, sasha, seaman, digweed, jules (i beg to differ), fontaine, etc... they are still considered to be at their best by many, but personally, i think that most of these names reached their peaks like years ago.. sasha was at his best around 95, van dyk at his best 99-00 (arguable), oakey at his best some 2-3 years ago when he was still resident at cream.
One of the only few names i can think of who have consistently amazed me is Dave Seaman, nick warren, avb, tiesto, parks & wilson, and pvd(but thats because i worship him)..
do you people agree that most djs have gone past their peak? and that many of those who have been consistently good in the djing have been underrated?
well anyway, that just came into my mind..

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Oakie has definately GONE DOWN! His last 2 shows in NYC were mediocre. He's a $ hungry sell out. He's stale & too mellow. His style hasn't progressed & he's still spinning Bullet in the Gun.

Digweed is on top. GU 19 is Brilliant! He is by far the Best Mixer in the industry. Pvd's style has drastically changed from dreamy epic trance to a harder progressive sound. It's great how he's evolved. His 2 anniversary at Twilo is comin up (April 13th) He's definately on Top! Mauro Picotto is getting some serious recognition. He Blew the roof off of Twilo on Dec 15th!

The sound right now isn't trance its progressive house from the Nubreed's: Pappa, Danny Howells, Steve Lawler. They're on Top of the game. Sander Kleinenberg is making his first U.S appearance March 23th.

About Tiesto...
i dlded his Live at israel...apparently recent...he plays the same tracks again and again.

PVD rox !! i mean....he rox !! real hard stuff....i heard the live in berlin (its available for dld here) and it blew me off.

Armin is also excellent in mixing...he plays some cool stuff.Ferry Corsten is also on top.

i've never heard any of Kleinenberg's live...his songs rock though.which country is he from ?

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kleinenberg is quality live as well..
he's dutch.. sometimes referred to as the flying dutchman =p.. and the thing is that not many dj's kinda fit into the sound he's into, which makes him that much more cooler =p..

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Sander Kleinenberg is Dutch I guess.

There's a slight chance that somebody corrects me mentioning that Kleinenberg is actually Belgian, but I don't think so.

I just saw that on Napster there's a set of Kleinenberg's.
Live at Impulz. Check it out, I will too.

Peaz

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Originally posted by Dwingo Sander Kleinenberg is Dutch I guess. There's a slight chance that somebody corrects me mentioning that Kleinenberg is actually Belgian, but I don't think so. I just saw that on Napster there's a set of Kleinenberg's. Live at Impulz. Check it out, I will too. Peaz

it's from Impulz,but from about a year ago (1-4-2000), I want the set from 17-01-2001

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Originally posted by Denser About Tiesto... i dlded his Live at israel...apparently recent...he plays the same tracks again and again. Ferry Corsten is also on top.

Tiesto at Zoom is from last August. That set is aight, nothin spectackular. If anyone spins the same tracks, its PVD! He needs to retire some of his records & buy new ones.

LOL @ Twilogoddess! I'm sorry but what u said was funny, u say PvD spins the same stuff but your sig. says "PvD is god". Don't take any offence to it, I just thought it was funny

it doesn't matter what tracks pvd plays.. as long as they sound good and get the crowd dancing

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I had the opportunity to see Oakey at Nation the day after Thanksgiving. In all honesty, I didn't know what to expect. What I got was pretty diesel. D:Fuse spun his last record, Oakey takes the phones, stops the currently playing tune by killing the power, lights go off, and out of nowhere Animal by LostIt.com comes screaming in.

I've never seen that many people go nuts, and yes, I have seen PVD live. Yes, I had MORE fun at PVD but I was more amazed at Oakey's set -- it was harder than what you hear on his latest mixes, almost like a Goa Mix 2000. It was a lesson in "How to do trance in only 2 hours."

I'm just saying, don't base your judgement off of CD's that hit the shelves or MP3's on Naptster, base them off of parties you've went to personally. (For instance, no one has a mix of PVD's Twilo sets which are fucking amazing -- 9+ hours? Diesel. )

Regards,
Arkainjel

ps. Twilogoddess, surely you don't think PVD should retire "For an Angel" or any of his other signature songs. ) If he DID have to, it'd be a tough choice of which to eliminate. But then again, when you rock any party for literally half a day/night, you don't have to be stingy.

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Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 LOL @ Twilogoddess! I'm sorry but what u said was funny, u say PvD spins the same stuff but your sig. says "PvD is god". Don't take any offence to it, I just thought it was funny

I'm obsessed w/PVD...madly in love but he does spin the same records in all of his sets. Mark Spoon's B-day, his essential mix, & Innercity are basically the same set. He has a bi-monthly residency at Twilo, ppl complain that everytime he comes he plays for an angel, 1998, synathesia. I can hear those songs at home, when I go out I wanna hear fresh new muzik. DJ's get records 6 months before they are even released. I understand he plays what he likes but he has to retire some stuff & get new records. He needs to retire Tell Me Why, the more I listen to it, the more I realize how cheesy it is.

I still think Van Dyke is excellent