I remember getting in a discussion recently with someone re: styles of mixing… The other person felt really strongly that it’s a DJ’s job to do the absolute best presentation of the songs they can. The beat-matching should be perfect, the mixing itself should be seamless, and the tracks should be kept in for a large amount of time (almost the whole song?) so that each one can speak on their own. I can definitely appreciate that style of mixing for certain types of tunes – more serious “intelligent” jungle stuff maybe. When it comes to 92-93 hardcore though, I’d much rather hear a mix with a ton of energy and someone trying to pull out all the stops: tracks mixing in and out quickly, extra acapellas dropped on top, tons of scratching etc.
\nObviously I’m not stoked to hear full-on trainwrecked DJ sets, but if the mixing is a bit loose for the purposes of making the mix more lively, so be it. Because 91-93 hardcore is so sampleadelic, a lot of tracks from then almost sound like some sort of crazy DJ mix to me, as pulled off by an alien with dozens of arms and an army of +\/- 300% turntables. Why not have the DJ mixes follow suite?<\/p>\n
Anyway, this dj mix exemplifies that crazy style of mixing perfectly. It’s by Garreth Milford, aka DJ Milf from Yolk<\/a>. In addition to all the things I mentioned above (quick mixing, scratching, acapellas), the track selection is tight – a few of my favorite tracks are in here. I don’t have time to type up a full tracklisting, but I’ll be posting some of the best tracks over the next few months.
Thanks to Fez from B2VOS for posting this last year:
\nDJ Milf (Yolk) – Untitled Mix<\/a>