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DJ Dan and the DJ mag top 100
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| nikhil chinapa |
DJ Dan's ranked #5 in the world. Top house DJ in the list... and he's come out of nowhere. So when I heard he was playing at a club in Shanghai, I just HAD to go hear him play.
So I went. Super super club called G Plus... piss perfect soundsystem and acoustics (despite being covered in mirrors); but 75% of the dance floor was occupied by high tables and bar stools.
Strange. Especially since most tables were unoccupied. Maybe it's a Shanghai cultural thing
Dan was already playing when I walked in, and I heard his set for an hour and a half. It was the most purile crap I've ever heard from an globally renowned DJ. Wearing a hat, not looking up, not smiling.. and playing funky house. :confused: He then moved to electro; his transitions were awful for a dj his "calibre".
Really makes me wonder about is ranking and how the fcuk that DJ Mag system works. By the time he finished his set, he'd lost about 40% of the crowd from the floor and the club. His last 30 minutes were particularly bad. Nobody noticed him leave, nor did they give a damn. Either the Chinese didn't dig him, or they just generally don't get it... EDM, that is. Hip hop is H U G E L Y popular there.
What a waste of a great club and time.:sadgreen: |
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| RJT |
Your first mistake was putting any stock in the DJ mag poll at all.
Your second mistake was going into a night being not at all familiar with the music you were about to hear - it's hardly DJ Dan's fault that you don't like funky house and electro.
Oh well. |
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| wotyzoid |
| just dont worry about it, your argument is kind of pointless. we all know that the dj mag poll is just a popularity contest, anyway. beign ranked higher or lower doesnt make you a worse or better dj at all. |
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| nikhil chinapa |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Your first mistake was putting any stock in the DJ mag poll at all. |
I don't have faith in the poll... but I did want to go hear how an unknown DJ made it to #5. My money is he got a techie to write him clever program that multiple-voted.
| quote: | Your second mistake was going into a night being not at all familiar with the music you were about to hear - it's hardly DJ Dan's fault that you don't like funky house and electro.
Oh well. |
Your mistake is to assume I don't like funky and electro. The fact is I do, and that's what I play as well. It's Dan's fault for playing a set loaded with crappy cheese, for poor track selection and transitions, and for having the personality of a piece of cabbage left out in the sun. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by nikhil chinapa
I don't have faith in the poll... but I did want to go hear how an unknown DJ made it to #5. My money is he got a techie to write him clever program that multiple-voted.
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Calling DJ Dan an "unknown" is worth a laugh or two itself. :stongue:
Sorry you had such a time. |
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| nikhil chinapa |
| quote: | Originally posted by wotyzoid
just dont worry about it, your argument is kind of pointless. we all know that the dj mag poll is just a popularity contest, anyway. beign ranked higher or lower doesnt make you a worse or better dj at all. |
I'd be ok if it was a popularity contest. But Dan doesn't even have a great set of . It's ridiculous to even consider he'll be popular for his music, coz he was halfway to nowhere.
He hung around a space that was neither entirely cheesy, nor intelligent, nor entertaining. "Randon" is how I can best describe his set. He wouldn't have entertained ANY demographic that enjoyed any genre / style of house. |
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| RJT |
Yes, because we certainly all know that nikhil chinapa is the voice of the people!
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| nikhil chinapa |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Calling DJ Dan an "unknown" is worth a laugh or two itself. :stongue:
Sorry you had such a time. |
I could be wrong, but isn't Dan relatively unknown outside the continental US?
I'm sorry too... wish you coul've been there; misery loves company :D |
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| Ishkur |
| quote: | Originally posted by nikhil chinapa
I could be wrong, but isn't Dan relatively unknown outside the continental US?
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| Push2005 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ishkur
No. |
Yes. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by Push2005
Yes. |
Okay, that convinced me. |
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| chris harrington |
| quote: | Originally posted by nikhil chinapa
But Dan doesn't even have a great set of . |
there not that bad |
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