Word: dj
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Europe, where the British group resides, than Stateside. Only "Insomnia" from their first album Reverence has made much of an impact. Unfortunately, the Special Edition may end up facing the same fate, since Saturday 3 AM offers up only an uneven collection of remixes. From the German ber-DJ Paul Van Dyk's entrancing hi-octane remix of "Bring My Family Back" to the inane End of the Road mix of "Take the Long Way Home," the remixes show how high and how low a mix of a song can go. Sometimes those peaks and doldrums are even evident...
...friends fast," as he disappears into the crowd. I dance a bit with Team Tag-along and then leave them to meet some authentic MIT frat brothers, whom I approach as "Mambo #5" fills the murky air from the party's fog machine. Eventually I end up in the DJ Room, where the usual DJ-table crowd is gathered. With no alcohol present, the bartender serves (unlaced) brownies. Realizing it is time to head back to Harvard, I search for Tad and Team Tag-along. As I try to pull Tad away from the Jazz Quartet and the B.U. girls...
...board, from punk to techno to dub, but just underground music, because most stations in the U.K., they have advertising, so they have to find a mainstream audience, to sell adverts. [BBC] Radio One, evening-time, is bearable... you know John Peel? He's probably the most famous radio DJ in the U.K. He's always interesting, but I don't really listen to the radio or watch...
...think if you want to be a DJ and you want to be a good DJ, the one ingredient you need is a pure love for the music; that will be your main drive. If your drive is anything else, it's not worth it to you-it's not worth it to anyone that would ever hear you. That has to be your focus. Everything else will follow if that is your main motivation...
...Fifteen questions completed, Ryan headed off to the DJ booth, and I stood aside as the magic that is the music of Spin Cycle began...