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DJ Ravine 10 minute Happy Hardcore mix
How to DJ perfectly with Virtual DJ - Beginners Tutorial
How to DJ - Ep. 1 (1/5) - Sarah Main - Entering The Scene
How To DJ
How to DJ
(CLUB MIX) DJ BL3ND
How To DJ with Armin van Buuren (1/2), World's Number One DJ [Trance Energy 2009 Intro / Opening]
DJ Splash This Is My Life
Summer Party Mix 2012 - Mixed by DJ MICHO
DJ Fresh - 'Gold Dust' (Official Video)
World DMC DJ Champion DJ Vajra on the Rane Sixty-One
DJ Tutorial , How to bring the next toon in.

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DJ Ravine 10 minute Happy Hardcore mix
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  • Duration: 10:00
  • Updated: 31 Oct 2012
Edit: I made this a long time ago when i thought i was hot s*** and by my standards today, this is just s***. Nowadays, the only reason that stops me from deleting this video is so i can look back and see how much i used to suck. Watch my Micromix for some of my better mixing. UPDATE: This mix on MP3 now up for download!!! www29.zippyshare.com UPDATE2!! Will you be my Fan on Facebook? www.facebook.com I'm sick and tired of these 12 year olds ripping music from mixes and putting them together with a sound recorder then uploading them as this major spectacular mix without beatmatching or anything. Get some decks kids. Disclaimer: Mix was done really quick. So yes i know it's not very tight nor is the scratching tight but hey, pwns you. Tracklist: No left turn & crackerjack - Listen up Leah Cim - Shine Forever (Mikk Remix) Frisky & Hujib - The One (Re-Con Remix) Darren Styles - Save Me (Squad-E Remix) NOTE: I am using a program called Scratch Live (www.scratchlive.net in order to play audio files from my PC straight onto my Vinyl. I move over to the side to change tracks while i mix normally on the Turntables and the mixer as i would do so with regular vinyl. I'm totally nex-gen.
published: 31 Jan 2007
author: DjRavine
views: 8619415
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How to DJ perfectly with Virtual DJ - Beginners Tutorial
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  • Duration: 9:59
  • Updated: 30 Oct 2012
Update: Some people have been saying they don't have the MixLab V3.1 skin or it doesn't fit their screen. Solutions Can't find skin? Download it here and put it in your VirtualDJ skins folder located in My Documents. Do not unzip it, just leave the zip file in the Skins folder. www.speedyshare.com VDJ Mix Lab V.3.1 skin doesn't fit screen The reason for this is that your screen resolution is too small. It requires a minimum of 1280 x 800 resolution which is native widescreen for many 14", 15" laptops. Any 4:3 aspect LCD or CRT should also support this but you need to set resolution at the minimum to 1280 x 1024 which can be done by right clicking at the desktop, going to properties and then Display and changing the slider there. If your monitor doesn't go any higher and it still doesn't show the whole picture, then either A - Get a new monitor that does, or you can click the Maximize button next to the X button on the very top right to stretch it to fit your screen but it'll be in a wonky looking aspect ratio. Hey guys, Alot of people have asked me how to DJ so here it is! Download VDJ trial www.virtualdj.com The tracks used were Scott Brown - Definition of a Badboy (Cheever Remix) Compulsion & Orbit 1 - Got Any Give me feed back on how this goes!
published: 09 Oct 2008
author: DjRavine
views: 4196389
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How to DJ - Ep. 1 (1/5) - Sarah Main - Entering The Scene
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  • Updated: 31 Oct 2012
For Episode 1, Part 1, Sarah Main has the 400 series set up in her villa and talks us through the basic skills you need to get started as a DJ, step by step. So hit play to find out more, from entering the scene to setting up your DJ kit, accessing different audio formats, and the basic principles of mixing (music monitoring using headphones, beatmixing through counting beats, bars and phrases, and so on). Look out for parts 2-5 with Sarah Main, coming soon. How to DJ is produced by DJdownload.com and Ministry of Sound TV and features Sarah Main (Episode 1), Phil K (Episode 2) and James Zabiela (Episode 3). How to DJ Mini Site → www.djdownload.com Subscribe with iTunes → bit.ly RSS Feed → bit.ly
published: 20 May 2009
author: djdownloadTV
views: 148408
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How To DJ
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  • Updated: 30 Oct 2012
Learn the tricks of the trade from DJ Magic Wong. Step 1: Beatmatching. Other interviews and music news at RockInducedLabor.com
published: 19 Dec 2006
views: 1133882
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How to DJ
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  • Updated: 31 Oct 2012
www.twitter.com - Tweet me if you want any more educational videos like this one. www.boyinaband.com - More tutorials videos / excessively long bio pages A guide to some fantastically useful DJing techniques when playing in clubs that I've picked up from observing modern club DJs.
published: 06 Mar 2012
views: 174026
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(CLUB MIX) DJ BL3ND
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  • Duration: 10:44
  • Updated: 31 Oct 2012
Club Mix x_O www.facebook.com twitter.com soundcloud.com DJ BL3ND SHIRTS djbl3nd.bigcartel.com DJ BL3ND WEBSITE www.djbl3nd.net Track List 1. Make Her Say- Afrojack 2. We are Rockstars - Does it offend you, yeah/ Cold Blank 3. I got The power - Jakz 4. How i like it - Diplo & Afrojack 5. Moombah - Silvio Ecomo & Chckie / Afrojack Remix 6. I like that - Richard Vission & Static Revenger / Luciana 7. Fancy Footwork - Chromeo / Crookers Remix 8. I like to move it in here - Moby / Crookers Remix THANK YOU TO ALL MY FANS RAGE MIX IS MY NEW MIX
published: 09 Sep 2009
views: 62365118
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How To DJ with Armin van Buuren (1/2), World's Number One DJ [Trance Energy 2009 Intro / Opening]
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  • Updated: 29 Oct 2012
Armin van Buuren @ Computer Music Special: How To DJ 'How To DJ with Armin van Buuren, World's Number One DJ' DJ Tutorial How to Mix How to remix There's an English magazine called Computer Music dedicated to music production and they've just released a special issue, 'DJ Guide 2009', with a headline interview from Armin and a 15-minute video on the enclosed CD-ROM entitled 'How To DJ with Armin van Buuren, World's Number One DJ' supposedly allowing you to 'see the tricks and techniques that have put him on top'. The video was recorded before his gig at Ministry of Sound in April and it's basically Armin talking for quarter of an hour at the decks, a mixture of general DJ advice and showing how he uses cue points on the CDJ1000s together with some of the basic effects on the DJM800 mixer.
published: 01 Aug 2009
views: 302935
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DJ Splash This Is My Life
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  • Updated: 31 Oct 2012
dj splash
published: 13 Mar 2007
views: 8853030
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Summer Party Mix 2012 - Mixed by DJ MICHO
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  • Updated: 31 Oct 2012
All Rights Reserved To Their Respective Owners! I don't own the Music, I only mix it.. Enjoy! Facebook: www.facebook.com (download link is there) Soundcloud: soundcloud.com Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com 00:00 Lucenzo Ft Don Omar - Danza Kuduro (Sagi Abitbul Rmx) 04:02 RIO ft U-Jean - Animal (PH Electro Rmx) 09:24 Rene De La Mone & Slin Project - 2012 (Christopher S Rmx) 13:56 Ian Carey & Rosette ft Timbaland & Brasco - Amnesia (Firebeatz Rmx / Cazzette Another Sugar Hunt Mix / Club Mix) 19:26 Mike & Andrew Bennett - Leave It With Me (Andrew Bennett Mix) 24:15 Hatiras & A-Divizion - Live Loud (Original Mix) 30:00 Cedric Gervais - Molly (Original Mix) 35:45 Hardwell - Spaceman (Original Mix) 41:00 David Guetta ft Nicki Minaj - Turn Me On (Extended / Sidney Samson Rmx / David Guetta & Laidback Luke Rmx) 46:04 Qulinez - Troll (Original Mix) 51:26 Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound (Original Mix) 56:56 Tristan Garner - Punx (Original Mix)
published: 16 May 2012
author: miiiicho
views: 10199316
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DJ Fresh - 'Gold Dust' (Official Video)
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  • Updated: 30 Oct 2012
Download the new album 'Nextlevelism' on iTunes (Out Now): bit.ly thedjfresh.com www.facebook.com www.twitter.com soundcloud.com www.youtube.com www.djfreshtv.tumblr.com Buy now from iTunes bit.ly This is the massive video for 'Gold Dust' by DJ Fresh, directed by Ben Newman. 'Gold Dust' is out now on Ministry of Sound Recordings and is taken from DJ Fresh's third studio album, 'NEXTLEVELISM', due for release on 01.10.12. www.ministryofsound.com http www.twitter.com ministryofsound.tumblr.com http
published: 22 Jun 2010
views: 17288114
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World DMC DJ Champion DJ Vajra on the Rane Sixty-One
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  • Updated: 31 Oct 2012
Reigning World DMC DJ Champion DJ Vajra puts the new Rane Sixty-One mixer for Serato Scratch Live through its paces. For more information head here: www.rane.com Follow DJ Vajra on Twitter: twitter.com MUSIC: "Can You See" - John Herndon/John McEntire/Dan Bitney Bumps (Stones Throw Records)
published: 17 Jan 2012
author: SeratoHQ
views: 1148314
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DJ Tutorial , How to bring the next toon in.
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  • Duration: 5:23
  • Updated: 19 Oct 2012
DJ Tutorial , How to bring the next toon in. toons taken from cdpool July underground cd 2 2009
published: 10 Jul 2009
author: ellaskins
views: 42494
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DJ Earworm - United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop) - Mashup of Top 25 Billboard Hits
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  • Updated: 31 Oct 2012
download→ djearworm.com A Mashup of the Top 25 Hits of 2009, according to Billboard. facebook.com djearworm.com The Black Eyed Peas - BOOM BOOM POW Lady Gaga - POKER FACE Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O'Donis - JUST DANCE The Black Eyed Peas - I GOTTA FEELING Taylor Swift - LOVE STORY Flo Rida - RIGHT ROUND Jason Mraz - I'M YOURS Beyonce - SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) Kanye West - HEARTLESS The All-American Rejects - GIVES YOU HELL Taylor Swift - YOU BELONG WITH ME TI Featuring Justin Timberlake - DEAD AND GONE The Fray - YOU FOUND ME Kings Of Leon - USE SOMEBODY Keri Hilson Featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo - KNOCK YOU DOWN Jamie Foxx Featuring T-Pain - BLAME IT Pitbull - I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO) TI Featuring Rihanna - LIVE YOUR LIFE Soulja Boy Tell 'em Featuring Sammie - KISS ME THRU THE PHONE Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne - DOWN Miley Cyrus - THE CLIMB Drake - BEST I EVER HAD Kelly Clarkson - MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU Beyonce - HALO Katy Perry - HOT N COLD FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 1. Will this be on iTunes? --No, not the iTunes store, but it can be in your iTunes for free. Download it from my website, djearworm.com. You don't need to pay the iTunes store to put free mp3s in your iTunes software, you just download the mp3 and then double-click on it (or drag it into your iTunes if that doesn't work). 2. Why is that artist I hate in your list, and why isn't that artist I love in your list? --This is based on the Top 25 songs of Billboard's 2009 year-end list. I ...
published: 27 Dec 2009
author: Dj Earworm
views: 42321768
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DJ Fresh - Gold Dust (Flux Pavilion Remix)
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  • Duration: 2:20
  • Updated: 30 Oct 2012
Available now on UKF Dubstep 2010: ukf.me Flux Pavilion is back with his latest remix of DJ Fresh's single Gold Dust, forthcoming on Data Records UK. Follow Flux Pavilion on Facebook: www.facebook.com MySpace: www.myspace.com Follow DJ Fresh on Facebook: www.facebook.com MySpace: www.myspace.com www.facebook.com www.ukfmusic.com http
published: 20 May 2010
author: UKFDubstep
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Edit: I made this a long time ago when i thought i was hot s*** and by my standards today, this is just s***. Nowadays, the only reason that stops me from deleting this video is so i can look back and see how much i used to suck. Watch my Micromix for some of my better mixing. UPDATE: This mix on MP3 now up for download!!! www29.zippyshare.com UPDATE2!! Will you be my Fan on Facebook? www.facebook.com I'm sick and tired of these 12 year olds ripping music from mixes and putting them together with a sound recorder then uploading them as this major spectacular mix without beatmatching or anything. Get some decks kids. Disclaimer: Mix was done really quick. So yes i know it's not very tight nor is the scratching tight but hey, pwns you. Tracklist: No left turn & crackerjack - Listen up Leah Cim - Shine Forever (Mikk Remix) Frisky & Hujib - The One (Re-Con Remix) Darren Styles - Save Me (Squad-E Remix) NOTE: I am using a program called Scratch Live (www.scratchlive.net in order to play audio files from my PC straight onto my Vinyl. I move over to the side to change tracks while i mix normally on the Turntables and the mixer as i would do so with regular vinyl. I'm totally nex-gen.
published: 31 Jan 2007
author: DjRavine
views: 8619415
10:00
DJ Ravine 10 minute Happy Hard­core mix
Edit: I made this a long time ago when i thought i was hot s*** and by my stan­dards today,...
pub­lished: 31 Jan 2007
au­thor: DjRavine
9:59
How to DJ per­fect­ly with Vir­tu­al DJ - Be­gin­ners Tu­to­ri­al
Up­date: Some peo­ple have been say­ing they don't have the MixLab V3.1 skin or it doesn't fi...
pub­lished: 09 Oct 2008
au­thor: DjRavine
5:28
How to DJ - Ep. 1 (1/5) - Sarah Main - En­ter­ing The Scene
For Episode 1, Part 1, Sarah Main has the 400 se­ries set up in her villa and talks us thro...
pub­lished: 20 May 2009
3:34
How To DJ
Learn the tricks of the trade from DJ Magic Wong. Step 1: Beat­match­ing. Other in­ter­views a...
pub­lished: 19 Dec 2006
4:14
How to DJ
www.​twitter.​com - Tweet me if you want any more ed­u­ca­tion­al videos like this one. www.​boyi...
pub­lished: 06 Mar 2012
10:44
(CLUB MIX) DJ BL3ND
Club Mix x_O www.​facebook.​com twitter.​com soundcloud.​com DJ BL3ND SHIRTS djbl3nd.​bigcartel...
pub­lished: 09 Sep 2009
au­thor: XxCrazyn3ssxX
10:01
How To DJ with Armin van Bu­uren (1/2), World's Num­ber One DJ [Trance En­er­gy 2009 Intro / Open­ing]
Armin van Bu­uren @ Com­put­er Music Spe­cial: How To DJ 'How To DJ with Armin van Bu­uren, Wor...
pub­lished: 01 Aug 2009
3:27
DJ Splash This Is My Life
dj splash...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2007
61:13
Sum­mer Party Mix 2012 - Mixed by DJ MICHO
All Rights Re­served To Their Re­spec­tive Own­ers! I don't own the Music, I only mix it.. Enj...
pub­lished: 16 May 2012
au­thor: mi­i­i­icho
3:33
DJ Fresh - 'Gold Dust' (Of­fi­cial Video)
Down­load the new album 'Nextlevelism' on iTunes (Out Now): bit.​ly thedjfresh.​com www.​faceb...
pub­lished: 22 Jun 2010
au­thor: datarecord­suk
2:11
World DMC DJ Cham­pi­on DJ Vajra on the Rane Six­ty-One
Reign­ing World DMC DJ Cham­pi­on DJ Vajra puts the new Rane Six­ty-One mixer for Ser­a­to Scrat...
pub­lished: 17 Jan 2012
au­thor: Ser­a­to­HQ
5:23
DJ Tu­to­ri­al , How to bring the next toon in.
DJ Tu­to­ri­al , How to bring the next toon in. toons taken from cd­pool July un­der­ground cd 2...
pub­lished: 10 Jul 2009
au­thor: el­lask­ins
4:46
DJ Ear­worm - Unit­ed State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop) - Mashup of Top 25 Bill­board Hits
down­load→ djearworm.​com A Mashup of the Top 25 Hits of 2009, ac­cord­ing to Bill­board. faceb...
pub­lished: 27 Dec 2009
au­thor: Dj Ear­worm
2:20
DJ Fresh - Gold Dust (Flux Pavil­ion Remix)
Avail­able now on UKF Dub­step 2010: ukf.​me Flux Pavil­ion is back with his lat­est remix of D...
pub­lished: 20 May 2010
au­thor: UKF­Dub­step
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♫ DJ Elon Matana - Hits of 2012 Vol 6 ♫ *HD 1080p*
Down­load in fan page: www.​facebook.​com Book­ing : +972(0)54.650.0838 Video edit : Elad Avar...
pub­lished: 16 May 2012
au­thor: Elon Matana
3:35
Usher ft. Pit­bull - DJ Got Us Falling In Love Again [HQ] + Lyrics
Usher fea­tur­ing Pit­bull per­form­ing DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love. (C) 2010 JIVE Records, a uni...
pub­lished: 09 Jul 2010
au­thor: MrNewRNBmu­sic
58:31
DJOVER­MIX­MU­SIC - [ DJ.​ReverseZ ] - Non-Stop V.3 - [ Shad­ow Mix ]
Web­site : www.​djovermix.​com Fan­page www.​facebook.​com Face­bookDJ : www.​facebook.​com Playlis...
pub­lished: 28 Jan 2012
3:32
Daddy DJ
www.​myspace.​com...
pub­lished: 29 Jun 2006
au­thor: giltine002
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People pose with a picture of President Barack Obama during the Election Night Party 2012 following the U.S. Presidential Election, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.
The Daily Telegraph
07 Nov 2012
Barack Obama claimed a second presidential term last night as a progressive coalition of women, minorities and young people came together to return America’s first black president to the White...



Photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Todd A. Schaffer
File - The Royal Navy submarine HMS Astute arrives at Naval Station Norfolk, 28 November, 2011. Astute is the first in a new class of British nuclear submarines that sets the standard for the Royal Navy in terms of weapons load, communication facilities and stealth.
Al Jazeera
06 Nov 2012
- At an unknown location somewhere deep beneath the world's oceans, a British submarine sits primed to launch up to 40 nuclear warheads with a collective destructive power almost 300 times greater...



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Police surround the bodies of striking miners after opening fire on a crowd at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012.
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The inquiry into the miners' deaths is showing how police doctored evidence and revealing a force that believes itself to be above South African law...



Photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster
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Club Eifel's DJ Blaze performing at the 2009 Air Force Ball.

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" (sometimes spelled "disk", although this is now uncommon) referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.

There are several types of disc jockeys. Radio DJs or radio personalities introduce and play music that is broadcast on AM, FM, shortwave, digital, or internet radio stations. Club DJs select and play music in bars, nightclubs, or discothèques, or at parties or raves, or even in stadiums. Hip hop disc jockeys select and play music using multiple turntables, often to back up one or more MCs, and they may also do turntable scratching to create percussive sounds. In reggae, the DJ (deejay) is a vocalist who raps, "toasts", or chats over pre-recorded rhythm tracks while the individual choosing and playing them is referred to as a selector.[1] Mobile DJs travel with portable sound systems and play recorded music at a variety of events.

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Equipment and techniques[link]

Technics 1200 MK2, Technics 1210 MK2 & Pioneer DJM-500 shown in a common DJ configuration
A DJ at Sundance Film Festival 2003

Club DJ equipment may consist of:

  • Sound recordings in a DJ's preferred medium (for example, vinyl records, Compact Discs, computer media files, etc.);
  • A combination of two devices (or only one, if playback is digital) to play sound recordings, for alternating back and forth to create a continuous playback of music (for example, record players, Compact Disc players, computer media players such as an MP3 player, etc.);
  • A multiple Sequencer which can mix MIDI tracks with Digital Audio;
  • A sound system for amplification or broadcasting of the recordings (for example, portable audio system, PA system) or a radio broadcasting system;
  • A DJ mixer, which is an (usually 2- or 4-channel) audio mixer usually equipped with a crossfader used to smoothly go from one song to another, using two or more playback devices;
  • Headphones, used to listen to one recording while the other recording is being played to the audience, or to listen to both recordings simultaneously; and
  • Optionally, a microphone, so that the DJ can introduce songs and speak to the audiences.

Other equipment could or can be added to the basic DJ setup (above), providing unique sound manipulations. Such devices include, but are not limited to:

  • Electronic effects units (delay, reverb, octave, equalizer, chorus, etc.). Some club DJs use a subharmonic synthesizer effect which either doubles low frequencies with energy added an octave lower or synthesizes harmonics such that the impression of a very low bass sound is added to the mix.
  • A computerised performance system, which can be used with vinyl emulation software to manipulate digital files on the computer in real time.
  • Multi-stylus headshells, which allow a DJ to play different grooves of the same record at the same time.
  • Special DJ digital controller hardware can manipulate digital files on a PC or laptop;
  • Samplers, sequencers, electronic musical keyboards (synthesizers), or drum machines.
  • A Midi Controller used to trigger different aspects of DJ Software, such as Serato Scratch Live, Virtual Dj, and Traktor.

Several techniques are used by DJs as a means to better mix and blend recorded music. These techniques primarily include the cueing, equalization, and audio mixing of two or more sound sources. The complexity and frequency of special techniques depends largely on the setting in which a DJ is working. Radio DJs are less likely to focus on music-mixing procedures than club DJs, who rely on a smooth transition between songs using a range of techniques.

Club DJ turntable techniques include beatmatching, phrasing, and slip-cueing to preserve energy on a dancefloor. Turntablism embodies the art of cutting, beat juggling, scratching, needle drops, phase shifting, back spinning, and more to perform the transitions and overdubs of samples in a more creative manner (although turntablism is often considered a use of the turntable as a musical instrument rather than a tool for blending recorded music). Professional DJs may use harmonic mixing to choose songs that are in compatible musical keys.

History[link]

19th century to 1920s[link]

In 1892, Emile Berliner began commercial production of his gramophone records, the first disc records to be offered to the public. In 1906, Reginald Fessenden transmitted the first audio radio broadcast in history also playing the first record, that of a contralto singing Handel's Largo from Xerxes.[2]

The world's first radio disc jockey was Ray Newby, of Stockton, California. In 1909, at 16 years of age, Newby began regularly playing records on a small spark transmitter while a student at Herrold College of Engineering and Wireless, located in San Jose, California, under the authority of radio pioneer Charles "Doc" Herrold.[3][4]

We used popular records at that time, mainly Caruso records, because they were very good and loud; we needed a boost... we started on an experimental basis and then, because this is novel, we stayed on schedule continually without leaving the air at any time from that time on except for a very short time during World War I, when the government required us to remove the antenna... Most of our programming was records, I'll admit, but of course we gave out news as we could obtain it...[3]
—Ray Newby, I've Got a Secret (1965)

By 1910, regular radio broadcasting had started to use "live" as well as prerecorded sound. In the early radio age, content typically included comedy, drama, news, music, and sports reporting. The on-air announcers and programmers would later be known as disc jockeys. In the 1920s, juke joints became popular as places for dancing and drinking to recorded jukebox music. In 1927, Christopher Stone became the first radio announcer and programmer in the United Kingdom, on the BBC radio station.

1930s–1950s[link]

In 1935, American radio commentator Walter Winchell coined the term "disc jockey" (the combination of disc, referring to the disc records, and jockey, which is an operator of a machine) as a description of radio announcer Martin Block, the first announcer to become a star. While his audience was awaiting developments in the Lindbergh kidnapping, Block played records and created the illusion that he was broadcasting from a ballroom, with the nation’s top dance bands performing live. The show, which he called Make Believe Ballroom, was an instant hit. The term "disc jockey" appeared in print in Variety in 1941.[5]

Prior to this, most music heard on radio was live; most radio stations had an orchestra or band on the payroll.[6][7] The Federal Communications Commission also clearly favored live music, providing accelerated license approval to stations promising not to use any recordings for their first three years on the air.[5] Many noted recording artists tried to keep their recorded works off the air by having their records labeled as not being legal for airplay. It took a Federal court ruling in 1940 to establish that a recording artist had no legal right to control the use of a record after it was sold.[5]

In 1943, Jimmy Savile launched the world's first DJ dance party by playing jazz records in the upstairs function room of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds in Otley, England. In 1947, he claims to have become the first DJ to use twin turntables for continuous play, and in 1958 became a radio DJ at Radio Luxembourg. Also in 1947, the Whiskey à Go-Go nightclub opened in Paris, France, considered to be the world's first commercial discothèque, or disco (deriving its name from the French word meaning a nightclub where the featured entertainment is recorded music rather than an on-stage band). Regine began playing on twin turntables there in 1953. Discos began appearing across Europe and the United States.

The postwar period coincided with the rise of the radio disc jockey as a celebrity separate from the radio station, also known as a "radio personality". In the days before station-controlled playlists, the DJ often followed their personal tastes in music selection. DJs also played a role in exposing rock and roll artists to large, national audiences. While at WERE (1300 AM) in Cleveland, Ohio, DJ Bill Randle was one of the first to introduce Elvis Presley to radio audiences in the northeastern US.[8]

Notable US radio disc jockeys of the period include Alan Freed, Wolfman Jack, Kasey Kasem,[9] and their British counterparts such as the BBC's Brian Matthew, Radio London's John Peel, and later in the 60s, Radio Caroline's Tony Blackburn.[10]

Freed is commonly referred to as the "father of rock and roll" due to his promotion of the music and his introduction of the phrase "rock and roll" on radio in the early 1950s. Freed also made a practice of presenting music by African-American artists rather than cover versions by white artists on his radio program. Freed's career ended when it was shown that he had accepted payola, a practice that was highly controversial at the time, resulting in his being fired from his job at WABC.[11]

In the 1950s, American radio DJs would appear live at "sock hops" and "platter parties" and assume the role of a human jukebox. They would usually play 45-rpm records, featuring hit singles on one turntable while talking between songs. In some cases, a live drummer was hired to play beats between songs to maintain the dance floor. In 1955, Bob Casey, a well-known "sock hop" DJ, brought the two-turntable system to the U.S. Throughout the 1950s, payola continued to be a problem and one result of the payola scandal was tighter control of the music by station management. The Top 40 format emerged, where popular songs are played repeatedly.

In the late 1950s, sound systems, a new form of public entertainment, were developed in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica. Promoters, who called themselves DJs, would throw large parties in the streets that centered on the disc jockey, called the "selector," who played dance music from large, loud PA systems and bantered over the music with a boastful, rhythmic chanting style called "toasting". These parties quickly became profitable for the promoters, who would sell admission, food, and alcohol, leading to fierce competition between DJs for the biggest sound systems and newest records.

1960s and 1970s[link]

In the mid-1960s, nightclubs and discothèques continued to grow in Europe and the United States. Specialized DJ equipment, such as Rudy Bozak's classic CMA-10-2DL mixer, began to appear on the market. In 1969, American club DJ Francis Grasso popularized beatmatching at New York's Sanctuary nightclub. Beatmatching is the technique of creating seamless transitions between records with matching beats, or tempos. Grasso also developed slip-cuing, the technique of holding a record still while the turntable is revolving underneath, releasing it at the desired moment to create a sudden transition from the previous record. (This technique had long been used in radio.)

By 1968, the number of dance clubs started to decline; most American clubs either closed or were transformed into clubs featuring live bands. Neighborhood block parties that were modelled after Jamaican sound systems gained popularity in Europe and in the boroughs of New York City.

In 1973, Jamaican-born DJ Kool Herc, widely regarded as the "father of hip-hop culture," performed at block parties in his Bronx neighborhood and developed a technique of mixing back and forth between two identical records to extend the rhythmic instrumental segment, or break. Turntablism, the art of using turntables not only to play music but to manipulate sound and create original music, began to develop.

In 1974, Technics released the first SL-1200 turntable, which evolved into the SL-1200 MK2 in 1979—which, as of the early-2010s, remains an industry standard for DJing. In 1974, German electronic music band Kraftwerk released the 22-minute song "Autobahn," which takes up the entire first side of that LP. Years later, Kraftwerk would become a significant influence on hip-hop artists such as Afrika Bambaataa and house music pioneer Frankie Knuckles. During the mid-1970s, Hip-hop music and culture began to emerge, originating among urban African Americans and Latinos in New York City. The four main elements of Hip Hop culture are graffiti, DJing, breakdancing, and MCing (rapping).

In the mid-1970s, the soul-funk blend of dance pop known as disco took off in the mainstream pop charts in the United States and Europe, causing discothèques to experience a rebirth. Unlike many late-1960s clubs, which featured live bands, discothèques used the DJ's selection and mixing of records as the entertainment. In 1975, record pools began, providing disc jockeys access to newer music from the industry in an efficient method.

In 1975,[12] hip-hop DJ Grand Wizard Theodore invented the scratching technique by accident. In 1976, American DJ, editor, and producer Walter Gibbons remixed "Ten Percent" by Double Exposure, one of the earliest commercially released 12″ singles (aka "maxi-single"). In 1979, the Sugar Hill Gang released "Rapper's Delight", the first hip-hop record to become a hit. It was also the first real breakthrough for sampling, as the bassline of Chic's "Good Times" laid the foundation for the song.

In 1977, Saratoga Springs, NY disc jockey Tom L. Lewis introduced the Disco Bible (later renamed Disco Beats), which published hit disco songs listed by beats per minute (tempo), as well as by either artist or song title. Billboard ran an article on the new publication, and it went national relatively quickly. The list made it easier for beginning DJs to learn how to create seamless transitions between songs without dancers having to change their rhythm on the dance floor. Today, DJs can find the beats per minute of songs in the BPM List.

1980s[link]

In 1981, the cable television network MTV was launched, originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. The term "video jockey", or VJ, was used to describe the fresh-faced youth who introduced the music videos. In 1982, the demise of disco in the mainstream by the summer of 1982 forced many nightclubs to either close or change entertainment styles, such as by providing MTV-style video dancing or live bands. Released in 1982, the song "Planet Rock" by DJ Afrika Bambaataa was the first hip-hop song to feature synthesizers. The song melded electro hip-hop beats influenced by Yellow Magic Orchestra with the melody from Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express." In 1982, the Compact Disc reached the public market in Asia, and early the following year in other markets. This event is often seen as the "Big Bang" of the digital audio revolution.

In the early 1980s, NYC disco DJ Larry Levan, known for his eclectic mixes, gained a cult following, and the Paradise Garage, the nightclub at which he spun, became the prototype for the modern dance club where the music and the DJ were showcased. Around the same time, the disco-influenced electronic style of dance music called house music emerged in Chicago. The name was derived from the Warehouse Club in Chicago, where resident DJ Frankie Knuckles mixed old disco classics and Eurosynth pop. House music is essentially disco music with electronic drum machine beats. The common element of most house music is a 4/4 beat generated by a drum machine or other electronic means (such as a sampler), together with a solid (usually also electronically generated) synth bassline. In 1983, Jesse Saunders released what some consider the first house music track, "On & On." The mid-1980s also saw the emergence of New York Garage, a house music hybrid that was inspired by Levan's style and sometimes eschewed the accentuated high-hats of the Chicago house sound.

During the mid-1980s, techno music emerged from the Detroit club scene. Being geographically located between Chicago and New York, Detroit techno artists combined elements of Chicago house and New York garage along with European imports. Techno distanced itself from disco's roots by becoming almost purely electronic with synthesized beats. In 1985, the Winter Music Conference started in Fort Lauderdale Florida and became the premier electronic music conference for dance music disc jockeys.

In 1985, TRAX Dance Music Guide was launched by American Record Pool in Beverly Hills. It was the first national DJ-published music magazine, created on the Macintosh computer using extensive music market research and early desktop publishing tools. In 1986, "Walk This Way", a rap/rock collaboration by Run DMC and Aerosmith, became the first hip-hop song to reach the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. This song was the first exposure of hip-hop music, as well as the concept of the disc jockey as band member and artist, to many mainstream audiences. In 1988, DJ Times magazine was first published. It was the first US-based magazine specifically geared toward the professional mobile and club DJ.

Starting in the mid-1980s, the wedding and banquet business changed dramatically with the introduction of DJ music, replacing the bands that had been the norm. Bandleaders, like Jerry Perell and others, started DJ companies, such as NY Rhythm DJ Entertainers. Using their knowledge of audience participation, MC charisma, and "crowd-pleasing" repertory selection, the wedding music industry became almost all DJ while combining the class and elegance of the traditional band presentation. New DJs as well as bandleaders with years of experience and professionalism transformed the entire industry.

1990s[link]

During the early 1990s, the rave scene built on the acid house scene. The rave scene changed dance music, the image of DJs, and the nature of promoting. The innovative marketing surrounding the rave scene created the first superstar DJs who established marketable "brands" around their names and sound. Some of these celebrity DJs toured around the world and were able to branch out into other music-related activities. During the early 1990s, the Compact Disc surpassed the gramophone record in popularity, but gramophone records continued to be made (although in very limited quantities) into the 21st century—particularly for club DJs and for local acts recording on small regional labels. During the mid-1990s, trance music, having run rampant in the German underground for several years, emerged as a major force in dance music throughout Europe and the UK. It became one of the world's most dominant forms of dance music by the end of the 1990s, thanks to a trend away from its repetitive, hypnotic roots, and towards commercialized song structure.

In 1991, Mobile Beat magazine, geared specifically toward mobile DJs, began publishing. In 1992, MPEG which stands for the Moving Picture Experts Group, released The MPEG-1 standard, designed to produce reasonable sound at low bit rates. The lossy compression scheme MPEG-1 Layer-3, popularly known as MP3, later revolutionized the digital music domain. In 1993, the first internet "radio station", Internet Talk Radio, was developed by Carl Malamud. Because the audio was relayed over the internet, it was possible to access internet radio stations from anywhere in the world. This made it a popular service for both amateur and professional disc jockeys operating from a personal computer.


In 1998, the first MP3 digital audio player was released, the Eiger Labs MPMan F10. Final Scratch debuted at the BE Developer Conference, marking the first digital DJ system to allow DJs control of MP3 files through special time-coded vinyl records or CDs. While it would take sometime for this novel concept to catch on with the "die hard Vinyl DJs", This would soon become the first step in the new Digital DJ revolution. Manufacturers joined with computer DJing pioneers to offer professional endorsements, the first being Professor Jam (aka William P. Rader), who went on to develop the industry's first dedicated computer DJ convention and learning program, the "CPS (Computerized Performance System) DJ Summit", to help spread the word about the advantages of this emerging technology.

In 1999, Shawn Fanning released Napster, the first of the massively popular peer-to-peer file sharing systems. During this period, the AVLA (Audio Video Licensing Agency) of Canada announced an MP3 DJing license, administered by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. This meant that DJs could apply for a license giving them the right to perform publicly using music stored on a hard drive, instead of having to cart their whole CD collections around to their gigs.

Photo gallery[link]

See also[link]

Notes[link]

  1. ^ Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, written by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, Published by Headline, updated 2006
  2. ^ Brewster, Bill (2006). Last Night a DJ Saved my Life. Headline. pp. 29. ISBN 0-7553-1398-4. 
  3. ^ a b Ray Newby appearance on CBS' I've Got a Secret, September 27, 1965. Secret listed as: "'I was the world's first radio disc jockey' (in 1909)." Rebroadcast on the Game Show Network on May 22, 2008.
  4. ^ Bay Area Radio Museum. "Doc Herrold and Ray Newby". http://www.sfradiomuseum.com/schneider/radio113.shtml. Retrieved 2008-05-21. 
  5. ^ a b c Fisher, Marc. Something in the Air. Random House. pp. 13. ISBN 978-0-375-50907-0. 
  6. ^ Roddy, Bill. "NBC's Radio City, San Francisco". Roddy, Bill. http://www.americahurrah.com/NBC/RadioCity.htm. Retrieved 26 April 2010. 
  7. ^ Samuels, Rich. "The NBC Chicago Orchestra". Samuels, Rich. http://www.richsamuels.com/nbcmm/joeg.html. Retrieved 26 April 2010. 
  8. ^ Curtis, James M. (1987). Rock eras: interpretations of music and society, 1954-1984. Popular Press. ISBN 978-0-87972-369-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=F0xAUXaBYqoC&pg=PA42&dq=disc+jockey#v=onepage&q=disc%20jockey&f=false. 
  9. ^ Richard Sisson; Christian K. Zacher; Andrew Robert Lee Cayton (2007). The American Midwest: an interpretive encyclopedia. Indiana University Press. pp. 636–. ISBN 978-0-253-34886-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=n3Xn7jMx1RYC&pg=PA636. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  10. ^ Christopher H. Sterling; Michael C. Keith; Communications Museum of Broadcast (2004). Encyclopedia of radio. Taylor & Francis. pp. 375–. ISBN 978-1-57958-249-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=Z4XJQD4O_TkC&pg=PA375. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  11. ^ Glenn C. Altschuler (16 July 2003). All shook up: how rock 'n' roll changed America. Oxford University Press. pp. 152–. ISBN 978-0-19-513943-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=lMyC2FndXwkC&pg=PA152. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  12. ^ Rane.com

References[link]

  • Assef, Claudia (2000). Todo DJ Já Sambou: A História do Disc-Jóquei no Brasil. São Paulo: Conrad Editora do Brasil. ISBN 85-87193-94-5.
  • Brewster, Bill, and Frank Broughton (2000). Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey. New York: Grove Press. ISBN 0-8021-3688-5 (North American edition). London: Headline. ISBN 0-7472-6230-6 (UK edition).
  • Broughton, Frank, and Bill Brewster. How to DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records. New York: Grove Press, 2003.
  • Graudins, Charles A. How to Be a DJ. Boston: Course Technology PTR, 2004.
  • Lawrence, Tim (2004). Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970–1979 . Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-3198-5.
  • Miller, Paul D. aka DJ Spooky, Sound Unbound: Writings on DJ Culture and Electronic Music, MIT Press 2008. ISBN 0-262-63363-9 ISBN 978-0-262-63363-5.
  • Poschardt, Ulf (1998). DJ Culture. London: Quartet Books. ISBN 0-7043-8098-6.
  • Corrado Rizza, Marco Trani, "I love the nightlife"' Wax Production (Roma), 2010
  • Zemon, Stacy. The Mobile DJ Handbook: How to Start & Run a Profitable Mobile Disc Jockey Service, Second Edition. St. Louis: Focal Press, 2002

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Armin van Buuren

Van Buuren performing on Queensday in Amsterdam, 2011
Background information
Birth name Armin van Buuren
Also known as Gaia, AVB
Born (1976-12-25) 25 December 1976 (age 35)
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands[1]
Origin Koudekerk aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands
Genres Trance
Progressive Trance
Uplifting Trance
Neo-trance
Occupations Remixer, Producer, DJ, Composer, Musician, Pianist, Songwriter
Instruments Synthesizer, drum machine, equalizer, personal computer
Years active 1995–present
Labels Armada Music (2003–present), Vandit (Co-Joined), Ministry of Sound Australia
Associated acts Alibi, Dark Matter, Electrix, Lilmotion, Major League, Monsieur Basculant, Red & White, Technology, Triple A, Wodka Wasters, Nadia Ali,[2] Christian Burns,[2] Ferry Corsten,[2] Adam Young,[2] BT,[2] Sophie Ellis-Bextor,[2] Guy Chambers[2]
Website arminvanbuuren.com

Armin van Buuren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑr.mɪn vɑn ˈby.rə(n)]), OON (born 25 December 1976 in Leiden, Netherlands)[1] is a Dutch trance producer and DJ. Between 2007 and 2010, he was voted number one in DJ Magazine's annual top 100 list of the most popular DJs.[1] In the 2011 list, he ranked in second place. Since 2001, Van Buuren has hosted a weekly radio show called A State of Trance, which claims to have around 15 million weekly listeners in 26 countries,[3] which would make it one of the most listened-to radio shows in the world. His 2008 studio album, Imagine, entered the Dutch album chart at #1, a first for a dance music artist in Dutch music history.[4]

Contents

Personal life[link]

Armin van Buuren was born in Leiden, Netherlands on 25 December 1976,[1] but grew up in Koudekerk aan den Rijn. Van Buuren started making music when he was 14.[citation needed] He was inspired by French electronic music composer, Jean Michel Jarre, and wished to become a great electronic music composer like Jarre.[citation needed]

He finished high school at the Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden in 1995, and left for college to study law at Leiden University. While studying law, Van Buuren's interest for making music blossomed, and he began working as a DJ in a local club called Nexus. As his musical career began to take off, he put his law degree on hold, although he did return to finish law school in 2003.

On 18 September 2009, Van Buuren married Erika van Thiel in Wassenaar, Netherlands. They met during a vacation on Crete, and had been together for nine years prior to the marriage.[5][6]

On 12 January 2011, Van Buuren announced the pregnancy of his wife Erika on Twitter.[7] He hoped the baby, due that summer, would be his "best production ever."[7] Their daughter, Fenna, was born on 24 July 2011.[8]

Career[link]

1995–1999: Early career and success[link]

In 1995, Van Buuren had his first major success with a track called "Blue Fear", which was released under the Cyber Records label; he was 19 years old at the time. This track, which was produced in the "Euro Trance" mold, made it onto the UK Chart. Another successful track, "Communication" was released under the same label, and became popular in Ibiza, Spain in the summer of 1999. After being signed to AM PM Records, this track entered the UK Chart at No. 18 in 2000.

Armin van Buuren at Lizard Lounge, Dallas, Texas, 9 August 2008

Van Buuren began his DJ career at club Nexus in Leiden, where he learned to play long DJ sets, which were regularly six to seven hours per set.[9] During school holidays he played more than four times a week. In 1999, he met Dave Lewis who introduced him as a DJ in England and the United States.[9] His career accelerated, entering the DJ magazine Top-100 in November 2001 at Number 27.[9] He has played in more than 25 different countries and can often be found on the main stage at big summer festivals. Van Buuren played a record-breaking twelve and a half hour set for Dancetheater in The Hague (the Netherlands).[10][11] In the United Kingdom he performs regularly at Passion (resident 2002), Godskitchen, Gatecrasher, Slinky, Ministry of Sound, Peach and Golden.

In the beginning of 1999, Van Buuren started his label Armind together with United Recordings. The first release, Gig – "One," was well received. The second release "Touch Me," under the name Rising Star was signed to Ministry of Sound in the UK, before the record was released.

By the time of his third release, Gimmick – "Free" was signed to R&S Records, Van Buuren had managed to make his label popular very quickly. Under the surname Gaia he released "4 Elements" on Captivating Sounds, a sub-label of Warner Brothers. Teaming up with Tiësto, two new projects were born: Major League – "Wonder Where You Are?" was released on Black Hole Recordings and Alibi – "Eternity" was released on Armind. "Eternity" received club and chart success and was signed to Paul van Dyk's imprint Vandit Records. Another major collaboration followed this. Together with Ferry Corsten, Van Buuren recorded a riff-classic titled "Exhale" for the System F. album. Released as a single, this track reached gold status in less than a month.

[edit] 2000–2004: A State of Trance and 76

In 2000, Van Buuren started his own Armin van Buuren compilation series. He managed to find a balance between progressive house,and vocal trance music styles. His first compilation album, A State of Trance (not to be confused with his weekly A State of Trance radio shows), sold more than 10,000 copies and contains Van Buuren's well known remix of Moogwai, "Viola." His second album, Basic Instinct featured a new track: "Perpetuous Dreamer" – "The Sound of Goodbye." This track entered the Dutch charts in June 2001 at number 26. Later in the year, the track hit No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The third album, In Motion was released 6 August 2001. This album contained the real trance sound and was very popular in the United States. A fourth album, Transparence, followed in 2002. In 2003, he worked with such artists such as DJ Seth Alan Fannin throughout a global tour on Dance Revolution in Europe, selling out to crowds of 20,000 people in Armin's home country of the Netherlands.

In March 2001, Van Buuren started his own radio show on ID&T Radio (traditionally broadcast in Dutch and later English since ASOT 183). In this weekly two-hour show, entitled A State of Trance, he plays the latest popular trance music tracks. His show and the artists he features are popularized by publishing the artists and track titles on his website. This radio-show/website combination has proven popular internationally. When ID&T Radio changed genres in 2004, Van Buuren left and took A State of Trance with him. The show then moved to Fresh FM, a Dutch radio station. It is now a weekly feature on SLAM!FM, another Dutch radio station, DI.FM, an online radio station, and on XM Satellite Radio, channel 80 in the United States and Canada. A complete list of stations that broadcast A State of Trance can be found at the ASOT section of Armin's website. Also in 2004, Van Buuren remixed the 24 theme song into a trance hit. In June 2005, the 200th episode was celebrated in Amsterdam and subsequently aired on radio. The 250th (eight hour) anniversary episode was celebrated in Club Asta in The Hague, Netherlands, featuring Van Buuren, Jonas Steur, M.I.K.E., John Askew, Rank 1 and Menno de Jong.[citation needed]

In 2002, he had a residency at Glow in Washington D.C.,[9] and he has played all across North America in San Francisco, Vancouver, Houston, Toronto, Boston, Calgary, Charlotte, Chicago, Montreal, Detroit, Edmonton, Atlanta, Austin, Denver, New York City, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Seattle and at The Necto (nightclub). He has also regularly appeared at Amnesia on the island of Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain. In October that year, Van Buuren was voted Number 5 in the DJ Magazine 100 top DJ's. The following year, he jumped up to the No. 3 spot, and held 3rd place for the next three years. His work left him at the No. 2 spot, just below Paul van Dyk in the 2006 polls, and, in 2007, Armin reached #1, heading the 2007 DJ Mag Top 100. He was voted No. 1 again in 2008, 2009 and again in 2010.[citation needed]

In June 2003, Van Buuren released his debut studio album, 76, a 76-minute album divided into 13 tracks.[12]

Armin Van Buuren performing at Avalon, Boston, Massachusetts 2007

[edit] 2005–present: Shivers, Imagine and Mirage

On 8 August 2005, Van Buuren released his second studio album, Shivers. On the album Van Buuren worked with artists such as Pakistani-American singer Nadia Ali, English singer Justine Suissa and American trance duo Gabriel & Dresden.

On 11 November 2006, he had a live performance called Armin Only in Ahoy Rotterdam for the second time (after 12 November 2005) with a nine hour solo set, where he performed to over 11,000 fans.

In the summer of 2007, Van Buuren recorded and released a live set at Amnesia, Ibiza. Universal Religion Chapter 3, Live from Amnesia at Ibiza was released on 28 September 2007 as a mix compilation on Armada Records and in the US as "Universal Religion 2008" on Ultra Records on 4 December 2007.

On 17 April 2008, Van Buuren released his third studio album, Imagine. It features collaboration with singers such as Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation and Jacqueline Govaert of Krezip. The album debuted at number one on the Dutch Albums Chart. Since the release of Imagine, Van Buuren has been working with Benno de Goeij and DJ-RA of Rank 1 on solo productions and remixes.[citation needed]

19 April 2008 saw the 3rd edition of Armin Only, this time in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, Netherlands. The event was attended by 16,000 fans and (partly) broadcast live on Dutch National TV. During the second half of 2008, Van Buuren took this show abroad, with visits to Australia, Romania, Poland, Belgium, and a special New Years Eve 2008 show at Together As One in Los Angeles, U.S.

On 29 September 2008, Armin won the DJ Award for "Best Trance DJ" at Ibiza along with other nominees, that of Tiësto, Ferry Corsten and Paul van Dyk.

On 12 January 2008, Van Buuren was given the "Buma Cultuur Pop Award," the most prestigious Dutch music award.

In 2009, Foreign Media Games announced the production of In The Mix: Featuring Armin van Buuren, a music game being produced in collaboration with Cloud 9 Music and Van Buuren's Armada Music label. The title is scheduled to be released sometime in 2010 exclusively for the Wii console.[13]

He has collaborated with his brother, guitarist Eller van Buuren, in such venues as Together As One in Los Angeles, U.S., on New Year's Eve 2009, as well as on Armin's 2008 album Imagine.

On 3 March 2010, Van Buuren was awarded with the prestigious Golden Harp, for his musical work and contribution to Dutch music, by the music collecting society BUMA/STEMRA at the 2010 Buma Harpen Gala in Hilversum, the Netherlands.[14][15]

On 23 June 2010, it was announced that Van Buuren's fourth studio album, Mirage was due to be released on 10 September.[16] The first single "Full Focus", was released through iTunes Store on 24 June at midnight.[17] The song peaked at number sixty in the Netherlands. One of the confirmed tracks from the album is a collaboration with English singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor called Not Giving Up On Love, which was released as a single from Bextor's fourth studio album, Make a Scene.[18][19] Armin also wrote a song for English singer Seal, but due to the release of his greatest hits album, Hits, the collaboration never came together.[20]

On 12 September 2010, Van Buuren launched "A State of Sundays", a new weekly 24-hour radio show aired on Sirius XM Radio [21]

On 20 October 2010, Van Buuren won the award for Most Popular International DJ presented by The Golden Gnomes.[22]

On 27 October 2010, Van Buuren was announced, for the 4th year running, as the number 1 DJ, and thus prolonging his title as 'Most Popular DJ in the World'.[23]

The 2010 edition of Armin Only: Mirage kicked off on 13 November 2010, in Utrecht, Netherlands, with more shows coming in Saint-Petersburg, Kiev, Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Beirut, Poznań, Moscow and Bratislava .[24]

On 27 November 2010, Van Buuren made his third appearance in Shanghai, China.

On 2 February 2012, Van Buuren mentioned a new studio album in the works on episode #546 of his radio show, "A State Of Trance".

A State of Trance 500 (ASOT 500)[link]

To mark the 10 year anniversary and 500th episode of his weekly radio show A State of Trance, Van Buuren performed at five shows across five continents over five consecutive weeks along with various artists.

The first show was held on 19 March 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the MTN Expo Center. In addition to Armin, Blake Jarrell, Protoculture, Lange, Leon Bolier, and Jorn van Deynhoven were performers. Super8 & Tab were to be part of the South African show, however a flight cancellation caused them to be absent for the event. The event was attended by over 20,000 people.

Miami's show was performed at the Ultra Music Festival on 27 March, and part of the show were Marcus Schossow, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Cosmic Gate, Gareth Emery, Ferry Corsten, ATB, and Sander van Doorn.

Argentina held the third celebration of ASOT 500 in club G.E.B.A Buenos Aires, with Heatbeat, Jochen Miller, Dash Berlin, Markus Schulz, John O'Callaghan and W & W. It was the only of the five ASOT 500 celebrations that was held outdoors. Van Buuren recorded a live video with his cell phone and uploaded it to Twitter while playing his live set.

ASOT 500 was celebrated in the Netherlands in Den Bosch. Accompanied by more than 30 DJs from countries all over the world, the event was attended by over 30,000 people. DJs present included Markus Schulz, Gareth Emery, Above & Beyond, Paul Oakenfold and Sean Tyas. The event was radio broadcast live to over 30 countries.[25][dated info]

The final show was held in Sydney, Australia on 16 April at Acer Arena in Olympic Park. It was a sold out event weeks before the night. Artists present included Shogun, tyDi, Menno de Jong, Aly & Fila, and Alex M.O.R.P.H. Van Buuren played for three hours.

A State of Trance 550 (ASOT 550)[link]

In March 2012, Van Buuren performed in six shows across three continents as part of ASOT 550. He began his tour on March 1 in London, continued on to Moscow on March 7, and to Kiev, Ukraine on March 10. Then, he traveled to the United States to host his show at the Beyond Wonderland festival in Southern California. A week later on March 25, he closed out Ultra Music Festival 2012 for the 5th edition. This was followed by the final show in the Brabanthallen of Den Bosch, the Netherlands.

A State of Trance sponsored a tent at the Electric Daisy Carnival at Met Life stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on May 19, 2012, which by all accounts could be considered an unofficial extension of ASOT 550. [26]

Discography[link]

Year Mixes[link]

Van Buuren is well known for his annual "Year Mix" which incorporates clips and custom mashups from the year's most popular trance tracks. Each year-mix consists of about 85 individual releases, edited into a two hour mix which is released on double CD as well as aired on his weekly radio show at the end of each year. According to Van Buuren, each year-mix takes several months to make, including thousands of digital audio edits and hundreds of audio plugins.

References[link]

  1. ^ a b c d "Armin van Buuren - Armada Music". http://www.armadamusic.com/artist/armin-van-buuren/. Retrieved 17 December 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Armada Music: Armin van Buuren - Mirage". http://www.armadamusic.com/music/?release=ARDI1688. Retrieved 17 December 2011. 
  3. ^ "About - A State of Trance". http://www.astateoftrance.com/about/. Retrieved 2 December 2011. 
  4. ^ "Armin van Buuren – Imagine". dutchcharts.nl. http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Armin+van+Buuren&titel=Imagine&cat=a. Retrieved 25 March 2010. 
  5. ^ "RTL Boulevard – Armin van Buuren getrouwd" (in (Dutch)). Rtl.nl. http://www.rtl.nl/%28/actueel/rtlboulevard/nieuws/articleview/%29/components/actueel/rtlboulevard/2009/09_september/entertainment/articles/17092009_Armin_van_buuren_getrouwd.xml. Retrieved 23 June 2010. 
  6. ^ "Radio 538 | Headlines | Armin van Buuren gaat trouwen | Radio 538 = 102 FM". Radio538.nl. http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=876641/contentid=93396/. Retrieved 23 June 2010. 
  7. ^ a b "Armin van Buuren announcing the pregnancy of his wife on Twitter". Armin van Buuren. http://twitter.com/arminvanbuuren/status/25106231626563584. 
  8. ^ "Armin for "Best Dad In the World"!". http://www.arminvanbuuren.com/news/2011/07/armin-for-%E2%80%98best-dad-in-the-world%E2%80%99/. Retrieved 9 January 2012. 
  9. ^ a b c d "Armin van Buuren Profile". InternetDJ.Com. before May 2003. http://www.internetdj.com/links.php?op=viewlinkdetails&lid=686&ttitle=Armin_Van_Buuren. 
  10. ^ "Armin Van Buuren Trance Deejay Netherlands DJ Global DJ". Tranceelements.com. 25 December 1976. http://www.tranceelements.com/djs/armin-van-buuren-trance-music-biography.html. Retrieved 23 June 2010. 
  11. ^ "Armin Van Buuren Biography". Starpulse.com. 25 December 1976. http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Van_Buuren,_Armin/Biography/. Retrieved 23 June 2010. 
  12. ^ "Armin van Buuren - 76 - Release". http://www.arminvanbuuren.com/discography/?release=Arma056. Retrieved 10 January 2012. 
  13. ^ 'In The Mix: Featuring Armin van Buuren' (Wii) Shows Off Career Mode – Screen, 30 October 2009
  14. ^ "Buma Gouden – en Zilveren Harpen, Buma Exportprijs en Beste Nederlandse Lied uitgereikt" (in Dutch). Buma Cultuur. 3 March 2010. http://www.bumacultuur.nl/nl/nieuws/171/buma-gouden-en-zilveren-harpen-buma-exportprijs-en-beste-nederlandse-lied-uitgereikt. Retrieved 25 March 2010. 
  15. ^ "Armin van Buuren awarded with Gouden Harp". Armada Music. 4 March 2010. http://www.armadamusic.com/news/2010/03/armin-van-buuren-awarded-with-gouden-harp/. Retrieved 25 March 2010. 
  16. ^ "New single Full Focus available tonight at 00:00". arminvanbuuren.com. 23 June 2010. http://www.arminvanbuuren.com/news/362/. Retrieved 23 June 2010. [dead link]
  17. ^ "New single Full Focus out now! " Armin van Buuren". arminvanbuuren.com. http://www.arminvanbuuren.com/news/2010/06/new-single-full-focus-out-now/. Retrieved 10 July 2010. 
  18. ^ Levine, Nick (7 June 2010). "Music – News – Ellis-Bextor switches single plans". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a223927/ellis-bextor-switches-single-plans.html. Retrieved 10 July 2010. 
  19. ^ Levine, Nick (24 June 2010). "Armin werkte 'harder dan ooit' aan nieuwe plaat" (in Dutch). DePers.nl. http://www.depers.nl/entertainment/489763/Armin-werkte-harder-dan-ooit.html. Retrieved 10 July 2010. 
  20. ^ van Luling, Dennis (30 June 2010). "Armin van Buuren verovert ook Zuid-Amerika" (in Dutch). NU.nl. http://www.nu.nl/muziek/2281427/armin-van-buuren-verovert-zuid-amerika.html. Retrieved 10 July 2010. 
  21. ^ Armin launches A State of Sundays on Sirius XM « Armin van Buuren
  22. ^ Golden Gnome Awards
  23. ^ Armin van Buuren no 1 DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 again! « Armin van Buuren
  24. ^ Shows & Tickets « Armin Only
  25. ^ "A State of Trance 500". Armin van Buuren. Dance Foundation. 20 March 2011. http://www.astateoftrance.com/a-state-of-trance-500/. 
  26. ^ « Armin van Buuren

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Erol Alkan
Mixmag Number 1 DJ
2007
Succeeded by
Tiësto
Preceded by
n/a
Beatport Music Awards: Best Trance Artist
2008–2010
Succeeded by
n/a
Preceded by
Paul van Dyk
DJ Magazine Number 1 DJ
2007–2010
Succeeded by
David Guetta

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DJ Fresh
Background information
Birth name Daniel Stein
Also known as DJ Fresh, Fresh, Mosquito, Absolute Zero
Origin England
Genres Drum and bass, Dubstep
Occupations Record producer, DJ, Musician
Years active 1996–present
Labels Breakbeat Kaos, Data Records, Ram Records, V Records, Valve Recordings
Associated acts Bad Company UK, Pendulum, Tenor Fly, $pyda, Adam F, Andy C, Deekline & Wizard, Ivory, Soundweapon, Stamina MC, Koko, Ce'Cile, Sigma, DJ Shadow, DJ Hype, Darrison, Mary Byker, Baron, Swift, Valkyrie, Sian Evans, Rita Ora, Dizzee Rascal.
Website http://www.thedjfresh.com/

DJ Fresh (born as Daniel Stein) is an English Drum & Bass and Dubstep producer and DJ. He was one of the principal members of drum & bass supergroup, Bad Company,[1] alongside Darren White (dBridge), Jason Maldini, and Michael Wojcicki (Vegas). He also owns and runs the pioneering drum & bass label Breakbeat Kaos with Adam F.

Contents

Career[link]

Early success and 'Escape from Planet Monday' (1998 - 2008)[link]

The cover for Escape From Planet Monday

Along with the three other members of Bad Company, Fresh founded the record label BC Recordings, as well as the website Dogs On Acid.[2] Bad Company are heralded as one of the finest drum & bass acts ever, having produced numerous genre-defining tracks. Undoubtedly their most renowned track is "The Nine", a track released in 1998 when Fresh was just 21 years old. "The Nine" was later voted the greatest drum & bass track of all time by readers of Knowledge Magazine[3]

Resuming his solo career in 2002, Fresh founded Breakbeat Punk, which merged with Adam F's Kaos Recordings to become Breakbeat Kaos in 2003.[4] In 2004 Dogs on Acid was given its own imprint.

Fresh has worked with artists ranging from Pet Shop Boys, DJ Shadow, Apollo 440 to Andy C and Grooverider, and has also held a working relationship with the drum and bass trio Pendulum, whom he signed to Breakbeat Kaos in 2005.[5]

Fresh has had his own tracks included on a number of remix CDs, including the 2006 release Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back!, Andy C's Nightlife series, DJ Hype's Drum and Bass Warfare, and Goldie's Drum and Bass Classics.

In 2006, Fresh released his first studio album, Escape from Planet Monday, featuring "The Immortal", "X Project", "Nervous" and "All that Jazz" on Breakbeat Kaos.

A 100% Pure Mix of X Project was featured in the video games Wipeout Pulse (2007) and Wipeout HD (2008).

'Kryptonite' and commercial success (2009 - 2011)[link]

The cover for Kryptonite

In 2009 Fresh released a 12" of "Heavyweight" (with Fantasia on the B side) on the Digital Soundboy label. "Heavyweight" had a different style from Fresh's usual output, and gained positive reviews and a general positive response through the underground scene and within various radio stations.[6] Fresh subsequently released "Hypercaine" (including a remix from Nero) in September 2009,[7] and made BBC Radio 1's daytime playlist.

On the 1 August 2010, he re-released his song Gold Dust Featuring vocals from Ce'Cile, Where it peaked 24 in the UK and 39 in Ireland, it marked his first Top 40 hit in both countries. On 16 August, he released his second studio album, "Kryptonite" where it peaked 4 on the UK Dance Chart.

He then released his follow-up single, called "Lassitude" with Sigma and Vocals from Koko. It managed to peak 98 on the UK Singles Chart and 11 on the UK Dance Chart.

Third album, tour and continued commercial success (2011)[link]

The first single from his Third Album, "Louder" was released on July 3, 2011. The song was used as part of a Lucozade Lite advertising campaign in the UK and Ireland. The song features vocals from Welsh singer Sian Evans from the band Kosheen, it peaked number 4 on the Irish Singles Chart and was the first ever Dubstep Number 1 on the UK Singles Chart.

On February 12, 2012 the second single "Hot Right Now" featuring British/Albanian singer Rita Ora which became his second number one in the UK, and the first Drum & Bass song to chart at Number 1 in the UK. The third single from the album, "The Power",features Dizzee Rascal is due to be officially released on June 3rd 2012.

His third album is due for release in September 2012.

FRESH/LIVE[link]

The poster for the FRESH/LIVE tour.

In late 2011, DJ Fresh began a new aspect of his career by launching 'FRESH/LIVE'. This live show incorporates a drummer, guitarist, vocalist, an MC and Fresh himself on keys to perform identical renditions of his studio-produced hits in live settings.

Fresh handpicked the musicians that made up the band, calling on people he had encountered at various stages of his career. On the drums was Kodish, a man with over ten years experience as a drummer in the drum & bass scene, having performed with such eminent acts as Moving Fusion, Bad Company, and Pendulum. Guitarist Richard de Rosa founded the Ska/Swing band Scubaroots, with whom he has performed to thousands of people at countless festivals. Seemingly a master of all trades, he also produced the band's album, was nominated for producer of the year at the 2011 South West Music Awards, and had previously performed on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge with Example and Fresh. Vocalist Fleur exploded onto the scene after performing on X Factor to 9 million TV viewers in 2005 and had also previously performed with Fresh on Live Lounge, and with Ms Dynamite on 1Xtra. The MC comes in the form of Drum and Bass' rising star Messy MC, who has previously performed and toured extensively with Pendulum, The EZ Rollers, Nero, Camo and Crooked and the Hospital Records tour nights Hospitality. He also received the Award for Best Newcomer MC in 2010 at the DNBA Awards and was then subsequently nominated in 2011 for Best MC.

The UK-wide tour completely sold out, taking in seven prestigious venues: The Arches in Glasgow, Alexandra Palace in London, The Big Reunion in Skegness, Manchester Club Academy, Waterfront in Norwich, Concorde 2 in Brighton, and the Student Union in Leeds. FRESH/LIVE is set to return in Spring 2012.

Discography[link]


See also[link]

References[link]

  1. ^ IMO Records. "DJ Fresh Biography", IMO Records, Retrieved on 15 December 2011.
  2. ^ FRESH (Bad Company, Breakbeat Kaos, Dogs on Acid, UK) !' Illegal party: Accessed 22 July 2009
  3. ^ 'Kmag Announces the Top 100 Drum & Bass Tracks of All Time'
  4. ^ World's Top DJs Coming to Seoul Korea Yimes: Accessed 22 July 2009
  5. ^ Junglesound Gold)
  6. ^ "DJ Fresh Live" Last Fm: Accessed 11 August 2009
  7. ^ "BBK - DJ Fresh News // Hypercaine, Heavyweight, Kryptonite" Dogsonacid.com: Accessed 11 August 2009

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DJ Earworm in Sentosa in 2009.

Jordan Roseman (aka DJ Earworm) is a San Francisco-based mashup artist who has achieved recognition for his technically sophisticated, songwriting oriented music and video mashups.[1][2] His annual “United State of Pop” mashups, short mixes featuring the top 25 songs of the year according to Billboard magazine, have reached the Top 100 for national radio play.[3]

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Biography[link]

Roseman was born into a big family of musicians and raised in eastern Iowa and Evanston, Illinois.[2][4] In his early life, he played piano and produced original electronic music on a computer, later majoring in music theory and computer science at the University of Illinois. He began using ACID recreationally in 2003. After encouragement from DJ Adrian at Club Bootie, Roseman created the moniker DJ Earworm ("earworm" referencing a song that repeats uncontrollably in one's mind) and began releasing mashups via a website.[5]

DJ Earworm has a unique mashup style that consists of a compositional, songwriting approach. He gradually layers samples on top of one another, matching keys and subtly altering melodies. His mashups often convey an entirely new meaning than the original material, such as a political message in “No More Gas”. He has been contrasted with mashup artist Girl Talk, who has a more DJ-oriented style.[6]

He is the author of Audio Mashup Construction Kit (Wiley, 2006), a how-to manual for creating mashups.[7]

At the 2008 IDEA conference, he revealed that he has made mashups using Ableton Live₨, and now DJs live with the same software.[8]

"United State of Pop" series[link]

2007[link]

Earworm's 2007 mashup, "United State of Pop” consisted of the top 25 songs of 2007 according to Billboard.[9] The song crossed beyond the online download market, reaching the Top 100 for national radio play in February 2008. Earworm is the first mashup artist to have a bootleg mashup enter Billboard’s charts.[10] As of August 12, 2011, the song has surpassed 4.5 million views on YouTube, and it has peaked at number 71 on the CHR/Top 40 Mediabase radio chart.[citation needed]

Mix Includes:

2008[link]

On December 25, 2008 he released another mashup called "United State of Pop 2008 (Viva la Pop)", prominently featuring Coldplay's song "Viva la Vida" as the backing track, and an intro by Natasha Bedingfield's Pocketful of Sunshine beat. The official YouTube video of the song had 200,000 views within the first two weeks of release. The mashup peaked at number 58 on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart, and entered the Pop 100 chart.[11] As of December 13, 2011, the video has received over 9.5 million views on YouTube, and it has peaked at number 81 on the CHR/Top 40 Mediabase radio chart.[citation needed]

Mix Includes:

2009[link]

On December 27, 2009 he released a third year-end mashup, "United State of Pop 2009 (Blame it on the Pop)" [12] The music video has reached over 40.2 million views as of December 13, 2011.

Mix Includes:

2010[link]

On December 28, 2010 he released the fourth year-end mashup, "United State of Pop 2010 (Don't Stop the Pop), which includes the top 25 singles of 2010. The music video has reached over 13.6 million views as of December 5, 2011.

Mix Includes:

2011[link]

The fifth year-end mashup, "United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)" was released on December 25 2011. This was the first time this was not based on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart, but on the weekly charts throughout the year, which "ensures that all the late-breaking hits are included in the 2011 mix".[13] It used a combination of Rihanna's "We Found Love" , Katy Perry's Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) , Lady Gaga's Born This Way, and Britney Spears' "Till The World Ends" as the backing track. The music video for "United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)"[14] was viewed over 1.4 million times within the first day of release on YouTube.

The mashup included the following songs:

Earworm states that "It doesn't match Billboard's U.S. year-end list, since I'm basing it off of the weekly lists this year in order to more reflect what was actually popular during 2011. Because of the Billboard's early cut off date and their emphasis on chart longevity, songs that are released after August are either split between the two years tor moved to the next year. I also don't want a track appearing two years in a row just because it happened to be peaking right at the cutoff. From my perspective, a song for a aveyear-end mix belongs in the year it will be remembered from, not the year it ended its run. For instance, "We Found Love", which has been #1 for the last 8 weeks of the year, is nowhere to be seen in Billboard's Top 25, and may not make it next year either due to the bias of the cut-off date. As a bonus I am able to spend more time on the mixes and more fully realize them."

Official Mashups[link]

While most mashup artists must rely on bootleg samples and public releases to make mashups, Earworm has been contacted by prominent musicians to make mashups from their source material. DJ Earworm was given multitracks by Annie Lennox to create a unique mashup piece called "Backwards/Forwards," which contains nine of her songs.

On September 12, 2009, Earworm released an official Sean Kingston mashup called "A Beautiful Mashup."

Like OMG, Baby[link]

"Like OMG, Baby", released in the summer of 2010, was shown as part of a concert at Wembley Stadium in London for Capital FM's Summertime Ball, where all fifteen of the featured artists performed. The mashup is Earworm's fourth song to chart on the CHR/Top 40 Mediabase radio chart, where it peaked at number 83. As of August 8, 2011, the video has received 10.2 million views and counting on YouTube, making it by far his most popular non-United State of Pop mashup and surpassing the 2008 year-end video. In 2011 the song was honored with two Sony Radio Academy Awards.[15] Here is the list of songs used:

  1. Alexandra Burke - All Night Long
  2. Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love
  3. Chipmunk feat. Esmee Denters - Until You Were Gone
  4. Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers
  5. Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed
  6. Jason Derulo - In My Head
  7. JLS - One Shot
  8. Justin Bieber - Baby
  9. Ke$ha - Tik Tok
  10. Pixie Lott - Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)
  11. Rihanna - Rude Boy
  12. Scouting For Girls - This Ain't a Love Song
  13. Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
  14. Usher feat. Will.I.Am - OMG
  15. The Wanted - All Time Low

Free At Night[link]

On December 10, 2010, Earworm released a Nelly Furtado mashup titled "Free At Night", composed of 13 songs from Furtado's recent greatest hits album, The Best of Nelly Furtado. The music video has over 541,000 views as of August 8, 2011. Here is the list of songs used:

  1. I'm Like a Bird
  2. Turn Off the Light
  3. Powerless (Say What You Want)
  4. Try
  5. Força
  6. Promiscuous
  7. Maneater
  8. Say It Right
  9. All Good Things (Come To An End)
  10. Girlfriend in This City
  11. Night Is Young
  12. Stars
  13. Manos al Aire

The Only Time is Tonight[link]

To promote YouTube's Android app, Earworm released a mashup called "The Only Time is Tonight". The mashup heavily used Enrique Iglesias's "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" instrumental and vocals. It was released on May 31, 2011 on YouTube's official account.[16] On August 22, 2011, the video reached over 1.5 million views. Recently the official video for "The Only Time is Tonight" has been made unavailable for viewing on YouTube and DJ Earworm's website, although the audio for the mashup is available for download on djearworm.com [17] and unofficial copies of the original video are still posted on YouTube. [18] Here is the list of songs used:

  1. Avril Lavigne - What the Hell
  2. Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit)
  3. Chris Brown - Yeah 3x
  4. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)
  5. Kesha - We R Who We R
  6. Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World)
  7. Willow Smith - Whip My Hair

Party on the Floor[link]

Following up the previous year's "Like OMG, Baby", Earworm released another UK-oriented summertime mashup on June 12, 2011. It is entitled, "Party On The Floor". As of March 17, 2012, the music video has reached over 7 million views. This mash up was used at the start of the Capital FM summertime ball 2011 at Wembley Stadium. Here are the songs used:

  1. Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull - On the Floor
  2. Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude
  3. Jessie J feat. B.o.B.- Price Tag
  4. LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock - Party Rock Anthem
  5. Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath
  6. Example - Changed the Way You Kiss Me
  7. Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me
  8. Ne-Yo - Beautiful Monster
  9. The Wanted - Glad You Came
  10. Far East Movement feat. The Cataracs & Dev - Like A G6
  11. JLS feat. Tinie Tempah - Eyes Wide Shut
  12. JLS - Love You More
  13. Katy B - Katy on a Mission
  14. Katy B feat. Ms. Dynamite - Lights On
  15. Cee-Lo Green - Forget You
  16. Cee-Lo Green feat. Wiz Khalifa - Bright Lights, Bigger City
  17. Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull - I Like It
  18. Wretch 32 - Traktor
  19. Mann - Buzzin'

References[link]

  1. ^ Linda Haywood. DJ Earworm “Working Feverishly” to Complete United State of Pop 2010 The Global Herald.
  2. ^ a b Jason Lipshutz. DJ Earworm: Pop Music Had 'More Energy' in 2010 Billboard.
  3. ^ 'United State of Pop' is in the top 100 in the Mediabase radio play charts.Mediabase. Accessed 18 February 2008.
  4. ^ Roseman, Jordan (2006), Audio Mashup Construction Kit: ExtremeTech, Wiley, p. 9, ISBN 0-471-77195-3 
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ Hardesty L. Bootleg Battle Lines. Technology Review. He also mashed up some of Optimum's Triple Play commercials.
  7. ^ Ressel, David. Mixing musical tracks goes mainstream. Columbia News Service. 16 Jan. 2007.
  8. ^ Video from IDEA '08: DJ Earworm
  9. ^ Party, Ben. Mashup Roundup: DJ Earworm Combines 25 Biggest Songs of the Year. Mother Jones. 3 Jan. 2008.
  10. ^ 'United State of Pop' is in the top 100 in the Mediabase radio play charts. Mediabase. Accessed 18 December 31 2007.
  11. ^ Trust, G.'Best of 2009: Part 1. Billboard.
  12. ^ Greenblatt, Leah. The ultimate 2009 mash-up: This year's biggest pop hits in under five minutes. Entertainment Weekly. 28 Dec. 2009.
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Flux Pavilion
Birth name Joshua Steele
Born (1989-01-15) January 15, 1989 (age 23)
United Kingdom Towcester, UK
Genres Electronic, Dubstep
Occupations Producer, DJ
Years active 2008-Present
Labels Circus
Associated acts Doctor P, Example, SKisM, Foreign Beggars
Website facebook.com/fluxpavilion

Joshua Steele, known professionally as Flux Pavilion, is an English dubstep producer and DJ.[1] He is the co-founder of Circus Records, along with Doctor P, DJ Swan-E and Dyspro.[2] He is best known for his 2011 single "Bass Cannon", which peaked at number 56 on the UK Singles Chart,[3] and was placed on the Radio 1 A-List. Along with Doctor P, Flux Pavilion presented the 2011 compilation album Circus One, to which he contributed four tracks. In August 2011 his track "I Can't Stop" was sampled by producer Shama “Sak Pase” Joseph for hip-hop album, Watch the Throne by Jay-Z and Kanye West.[4] In December 2011, Flux Pavilion was nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll, as one of only two independent artists on the longlist.[5] On 5 March 2012, his track "I Can't Stop" was used in the viral Kony 2012 campaign, and was previously featured in SSX.

Contents

Discography[link]

Extended plays[link]

Title EP details
Boom
(with Datsik + Excision)
  • Released: 15 January 2009[6]
Lines in Wax
  • Released: 11 October 2010[7]

Compilations[link]

Singles[link]

Single Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[3]
UK
Dance

[9]
UK
Ind.

[10]
CAN
[11]
US
[12]
US
Heat.

[12]
"Bass Cannon" 2011 56 9 5 TBA
"Superbad"
(with Doctor P)
61 7
"I Can't Stop" 2012 115
[13]
68 106 18 Lines in Wax
"Daydreamer"
(featuring Example)
39 9 TBA

Other releases[link]

Single Year
"Cheap Crisps" / "How Dare You" 2008
"F*cking Noise" / "Digital Controller" 2009
"Crunch" / (with Datsik)
"Family Fortunes" / "Steppa" (with Trolley Snatcha)
"Voscillate" / "Night Goes On" 2010
"Meathead" / "Bass Abuse" 2011
"How Rude" / "Show Off"
"Jump Back" (with SKisM, ft. Foreign Beggars)

Remixes[link]

Song Artist Year Notes
"Sweet Shop" Doctor P 2010
"Cracks" ft Belle Humble Freestylers
"Blue Skies" Jamiroquai
"All The Eastern Girls" Chapel Club
"Gold Dust" ft Ce'cile DJ Fresh
"Louder" ft Sian Evans 2011 with Doctor P
"Internet Connection" M.I.A.
"Don't Do That" Culprate
"Midnight Run" Example
"Streets of Rage" Picto
"Syndicate" Syndicate Theme Tune
"Must Be the Feeling" Nero 2012

As producer[link]

Single Year Artist Album
"Level Up" 2012 Sway The Deliverance

Awards and nominations[link]

Year Organisation Award Result
2011 BBC Sound of 2012 Sound of 2012[5] Nominated

References[link]

  1. ^ Uwimana, Stacey (25 April 2011). "Flux Pavilion Interview". RWDmag. http://www.rwdmag.com/2011/04/flux-pavilion-interview. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
  2. ^ DJ Pdex. "Features: Doctor P Interview". Kmag. http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/doctor-p-interview.html. Retrieved 17 May 2011. 
  3. ^ a b United Kingdom Chart Appearances:
  4. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (8 July 2011). "Jay-Z Previews 'Watch the Throne' in New York". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jay-z-previews-watch-the-throne-in-new-york-20110708. 
  5. ^ a b Burgis, Joe (5 December 2011). "BBC's Sound of 2012 list favours mainstream acts". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8935687/BBCs-Sound-of-2012-list-favours-mainstream-acts.html. Retrieved 16 April 2012. 
  6. ^ Flux Pavilion, Excision + Datsik 'Boom' - Extended Play Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  7. ^ Flux Paviilion 'Lines in Wax' - Extended Play Play.com, Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  8. ^ "Flux pavilion discography". http://www.discogs.com/artist/flux+pavilion. Retrieved 24 June 2011. 
  9. ^ Peak positions for dance singles chart:
  10. ^ Top 40 Independently Released Singles > Week Ending > 23 April 2011 The Official Charts Company, Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  11. ^ "I Can't Stop - Flux Pavilion". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/song/flux-pavilion/i-can-t-stop/25142085. Retrieved 2012-05-30. 
  12. ^ a b "I Can't Stop - Flux Pavilion". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/song/flux-pavilion/i-can-t-stop/25142085. Retrieved 2012-05-30. 
  13. ^ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK – Update 17.03.2012". Zobbel. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/120317cluk.txt. Retrieved 2012-05-30. 

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