I've never heard him play live, and I'm sure he's pretty good, but if I
were to put my money down on the best old school disco/funk/warehouse DJs,
it would have to be:
Larry Levan (RIP) : he is the master. Check out his mix CD 'live at the
Paradise Garage'
Little Louie Vega : the most fluid transitions, and excellent
buildups. Bound to wreck the party, every time.
Joe Clausell : has an incredible mastery of EQ's that completely
transforms the songs into new creations, its amazing to watch him cut out
all the hi frequencies and play with a river of bass, while the crowd
sings along to all the words of the songs.
As you can see my affiliations are slightly biased towards the New York
disco DJs... but when it comes to disco I would put these guys in as some
of the masters of the art, especially as live performers.
Nat
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Gord DeVillers wrote:
> Hey all. I'll just try and spark a discussion here. I have been blown away by Dimitri's "Playboy Mansion", and his "Disco Forever" release on BBE. What's really got me is the quality of his mixing. I haven't listened to a ton of mixed albums, but I'm left wondering can this guy be that good live? Or does he make it sound so good because he's in the studio and has all the time he needs to match the track and drop it with perfection? And how does he rank as a disco/house dj to those of you who have seen a lot of them? And the other side of the coin, mixing aside, how does his choice of cuts stack up against other djs in the genre? Is he "the man" as far as rare groove disco is concerned? I'd love to hear from you disco headz
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> Gord
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