Corpsey
bandz ahoy
I wonder if its cos I haven't mixed myself in a few years now that I'm hardly ever excited by MIXING anymore? When I was into DNB the technical aspect (basically double dropping tunes and stuff like that) was a big thing - you went to see DJs mix, how fast they could mix, how they blended different tunes and all that. Then dubstep, less so - though you still had ppl like Youngsta who blended tunes masterfully. But since then I've very rarely heard/seen a DJ pulling off a mix that excited me more than what they were playing. I guess EZ is an obvious example of a virtuoso DJ who draws attention to his mixes. I guess in house/techno (which has been dominating more in the last few years) the approach to mixing is generally much more DELIBERATELY subtle. The point isn't to do some amazing thrilling mix but to blend things seamlessly. At least it seems that way to me.
This style of house, though, I can see it being mixed in almost a Youngsta-ish way - just cos of how minimal and sparse some of the tunes are. You could drop basslines in and out. I do think (though I'll probably get shouted down again, perhaps justifiably) that this strain of house, at least at its most obviously distinctive (Know My Name, Made U Look RMX etc.), is something similar to the techier strain of DNB, albeit with hip-hop samples instead of sci-fi shit. I mean you could do a DNB remix of 'Know My Name' pretty easily, just speed it up to 170bpm.
This style of house, though, I can see it being mixed in almost a Youngsta-ish way - just cos of how minimal and sparse some of the tunes are. You could drop basslines in and out. I do think (though I'll probably get shouted down again, perhaps justifiably) that this strain of house, at least at its most obviously distinctive (Know My Name, Made U Look RMX etc.), is something similar to the techier strain of DNB, albeit with hip-hop samples instead of sci-fi shit. I mean you could do a DNB remix of 'Know My Name' pretty easily, just speed it up to 170bpm.