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...Digweed spins above-average progressive house music, full of rhythm, body and the occasional trance-like zephyr. His style, like many other house DJs, is continuous: only one or two segments stood out as pieces with at least a vague beginning and end, while the rest was a heavily overlapped stream distinguishable only to the attentive ear. Fellow DJ superstar and frequent collaborator Sasha calls Digweed "the best DJ on the planet," but if this is true it is more for Digweed's craftsmanship (evinced by his smooth layering) than for brazen originality or nerve. Still, he does have...
...Night Long," and his silver-tongued baritone plays skillfully against Nneaka Morton's soft vocals in "I'll Be There." But it's in "When I Be On Tha Mic" that Rakim proves he is still master of tight verbal syncopation, complex rhyme schemes, and unforgettable lines: "DJs display tricks like the Matrix/Make the record fly undetected by the naked eye/So just feel the vibe 'cos your ears never...
...This is it. The DJing is a small part of what makes the night happen. The rest of the time I'm setting up promotions. I try to keep different things happening every week--a different promotion, promoting a new album or a new artist, or different DJs coming in to showcase what they have. That keeps me busy during the day. One or two days a week I'm at FNX taking phone calls from record labels and doing that side of the business. I also do a little bit of studio work where I produce my own music...
...advice for young DJs just starting out, maybe as college students...
...Four genres is hardly scratching the surface of the genre jungle, and indeed we will explore other genres in future columns. The best way, of course, to familiarise yourself with musical genres is to listen to any of the representative albums, although DJs and dance music acts often cross genres themselves. Plus, genre names change on either side of the Atlantic, which makes it even more confusing. But remember, dance music sprouts genres because beats and tempos change, so they're useful because they describe something, but they're not a code. We'll surely see new forms...