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true faith beating a tin can with a mallet, you won’t give it the
NOW:
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R Firstly, I have to say, I’m a big fan of the mag, time of day. Are you all that twisted in your ivory towers
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but like most, I lost some faith with the Top that you can’t accept that people love trance and that
100 results this year (loved the angry email). I ain’t ever gonna change?
know it’s a public vote and all that, but where are I buy your mag. I have for years. It wasn’t that long ago
these people from that made it happen, do they live you were championing trance. Get off Richie Hawtin
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under rocks? and Allen & Heath’s button-pressing cocks and wise up.
new-look DJmag.
Anyways, you guys have I don’t want to read your self-obsessed, damning
totally redeemed reports on how trance is crap. I challenge any of you to
com now!
yourselves with the Best of make a trance track. Oh, what’s that you say, you can’t?
Fresh news, videos,
British results — yes, yes It takes imagination, talent and skill to make a trance
and more yes! Steve tune. And as for Grumpy Old Raver — Deadmau5 is a
mixes and charts
Lawler... yes, Orbital... oh talent. You are just angry because you write for a
yes, and Funkagenda... big magazine instead of being the superstar DJ you will die
yes! Big ups to you and of craving to be.
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course the British talent. Music is an individual thing. I happen to detest country Pick up tickets, albums
And it makes me proud. music, but I don’t tell country lovers they are wrong in
Rule Britannia!
THE STAR LETTER wins a UDGAR LETTER wins a UDG
loving it. I ain’t that arrogant. Please, less of you telling
and much more online!
SlingBag 258. It’s the perfect
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partner for DJs, DVD
me what to like, and more articles without your personal
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enthusiasts, creative
opinions. Be objective — either that or get a new job
professionals or just to sling
beating tin cans with a mallet.
Thanks for the words of
into your car!
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encouragement Pippi,
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although the Best of David, from the window of our ivory towers, we pour
Digital for just £12 per
British results were from a scorn upon you. There’s only one place for trance: the
year
public poll too, so there is hope after all! bin.
ivory towers tuning out
I love the mag, especially the tech section. First class work Read the tunes of the decade thing. So many classics
every month. But, good Lord above me. When is this magazine missed out! How can you not include things like
gonna take its head out of its own arsehole? For crying out Outkast’s ‘Hey Ya’ or The Streets’ ‘Has It Come To This?’
loud, what is your problem with trance music? Are you all that or Spektrum’s ‘Kinda New (Tiefschwarz Remix)’?
arrogant? Granted, it’s not possible to get everything in, but surely
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I concede that Tiësto has sold out, fair play. But what the fuck you could have bumped Junior Jack out, and
people, I’ve been a fan of dance music since I was a kid. shoehorned them in?
27TH JANUARY
Everything from Ultrasonic to Deadmau5, from jungle to Still, it was a solid list, can’t argue with things like ‘Body
trance. I DJ with vinyl, CDJs and Ableton, and have been Language’, ‘Crooked’ or ‘RibCage’. Let’s hope the next
known to even stick virtual DJ on for house parties. It seems to decade offers up as many great tunes as the last.
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me, and hopefully to many others, that unless you are playing OLLY, VIA EMAIL
an over-edited fart sound with a bass drum and someone
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Carl Cox’s desert storm
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From the forums Reader chatter from DJMAG.COM
TOPIC: DJ — it’s a game that is a bit of fun. If money they should get some basic
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EMERALD
DJ Hero
anything, it might inspire someone to DJing software and do it for real! STYLE
try to learn to DJ. And it actually Hitting buttons in time to music is
The Irish techno
looks more interesting than learning just not my idea of fun.
to beat match.
renaissance
HOWARD BROMLEY: Just thinking
about this DJ Hero game — is it a CULLIE: Looks great. I love Guitar
good thing? Hero, but not really into the music so
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this should be more my bag.
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CHRIS CV: A good thing in relation
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to what? In relation to actual DJing? WIU: I think it’s a total waste of time.
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