Loaded 45's
Just got back from a pretty awesome concert. I owed my friend for drinks at a previous outing, so I got him (and myself) tickets for the DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist show at the 9:30 Club in D.C. Their set was amazing tonight: 8 turn-tables, 4 for each DJ, and they did live mixing with 45 rpm records (vinyl records just slightly larger than CD's). For the average person, it'd look like they were up there just walking around and playing records -- but if you watched their hands, man, they were going nuts. These guys were mixing and scratching everything from 50's malt-shop tunes to 80's new wave to Metallica. The venue was practically packed to the roof (balcony level), so there wasn't much room for going nuts. If you like electronica or DJ antics and are searching for someone with solid skills, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist are excellent picks.
Oh, you can't see it very well in the second image, but there's a camera view
from under the DJ's sleeve so you can watch him spin!
Oh, you can't see it very well in the second image, but there's a camera view
from under the DJ's sleeve so you can watch him spin!