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DJs Are Alive To Debut New Live Act
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| 23west |
I know how message board communities work, so apologies for coming in here and posting info without having integrated myself first. Please just take this as a piece of dance music news, rather than as a promotion.
Apologies if this is in the wrong forum.
DJs ARE ALIVE
The Scumfrog . D:Fuse. DJ Skribble . Static Revenger . Kristine W.
www.myspace.com/djsarealive
“It has been a long time since I’ve been this excited about a musical project. With remixing getting less challenging by the day, and underground dance music still losing ground in clubs throughout the US, I was looking for a new challenge and found it with DJs ARE ALIVE.” – The Scumfrog
With the rising use of laptops and digital files, live dance music and DJing have become as exciting as watching people check their email. Looking to bring the excitement back into the genre, five of its most visible names have united to present DJs ARE ALIVE, a collective formed by The Scumfrog, and featuring dance music heavyweights D:Fuse, Static Revenger, DJ Skribble, and Kristine W. The act will unveil its live show this February in New York City and at the Winter Music Conference in March.
DJs ARE ALIVE is a unique exploration into a “live DJ set.” The group will play “mash up” versions of classic club tracks and their own material with the aid of 2 complete onstage DJ rigs, drums, percussion, guitar, keyboards, sax, FX, and an iconic female vocalist (who also plays an impressive array of musical instruments). Just wait until you see Kristine W. kick it on the saxophone! Click the following link for a look at the first-ever DJs ARE ALIVE rehearsal at Kristine’s ranch in Las Vegas: www.myspace.com/djsarealive
After the band was formed they immediately got to work on recording a single; The Scumfrog started a groove on Pro-Tools and sent it out to the rest of the band who added additional parts. The result is “Gimme Some Love,” a track so good that DJs around the world demanded a copy before it was even completed. The finished track will be released this spring on Effin Records.
DJs ARE ALIVE is truly one of the most exciting projects to hit dance music in recent history, and while the genre is definitely Dance, the spirit is a whole lot of rock and roll. DJs ARE ALIVE sweeps the whole prima donna DJ thing under the rug, and most importantly, it’s really, really good. There is some kind of magic that’s created when these five dance icons get in the same room and jam. It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen.
You can check out the recent DJ Mag news feature here: http://www.djmag.com/newsfeat255.php |
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| Trance Nutter |
I saw this on a poster here, can't remember who the headliner was (don't think it was these guys), but the big line on the poster was "World's first live dj set".
Kinda confused me at the time as to what this would actulaly be, but its happening at a club here this weekend I think.
I'ma gonna investigate.
**Update, can't find anything. If I see that poster again I'll rip it off the pole and scan it in. Doesn't make sense that the world first would happen here though, even if its not Scumfrog et al. |
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| dan hernan |
| i read an article on dj mag were they said basically pc djing was just plain stupid and boring and they were going to make their debut on the WMC |
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| 23west |
DJs Are Alive are not billing themselves as the "World's First Live DJ set", so it may have been something else you saw, though I can't get what. However, DJs Are Alive's way of combining turntablism and mixing boards with live guitar, drums, saxophone and vocals is fairly different from any other live electronic act.
Their debut will actually be February 16th at Canal Room in NYC, with dates TBA for WMC. |
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