Re: tape-based djing


Peter T. Bense (textures@techno.org)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 23:54:22 -0400



Many of the Detroit innovators used reel to reel tape machines to play the
tracks they made during the day at the now very-defunct and very legendary
Music Institute.

-peter

>> To quote the Asian DJ Coalition website FAQ:
>>
>> "Vinyl vs CD? It doesn't really matter, either
>> format is acceptable with us.
>> However, if you use tapes, we will laugh at you."
>
>Who knows if this is legend or what, but a friend of
>mine told me that he'd heard of djs in russia who
>couldn't afford records and tables, so they dubbed
>techno, etc onto tapes, and hooked their tape players
>up to light dimmers, and beat matched that way!! Talk
>about ghetto style! That kind of ingenuity is what
>it's all about, no matter what tools you're using,
>yeah?



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