Is there any DJ that is like the Eddie Van Halen or Jimi Hendrix of the DJ world?

........like someone who reshaped the DJ land scape ?

....... what would they do to reach that status, play the records just a little louder ?

Grand Master DST. Regarded as the first dj to introduce the scratch to main stream music in the Herbie Hancock song "Rockit".

Then there are always the guys like Qbert, Mix Master Mike, Craze, etc who have always been known as the baddest mf'ers around and kept the art progressing just like Hendrix and Van Halen did for their respective trade.

I never heard of them, but good to know.

I am totally out of the DJ loop

van halen is a badass on guitar but he's still a wanker and should never be in the same sentence as hendrix. when I think of jimi I don't think of Qbert and the like- those guys are more like van halen- sick skill but not known for composition.

DJ shadow, however, has really pushed turntable to the next limit as an actual tool for composition. he's more like hendrix- a great mind for music and production- and yes- he's got sick chops too. I think of shadow as a songwriter who uses the latest tools at his disposal. he innovates. just like jimi did.

but I doubt guitars will ever be replaced by turntables. that's why I play both.

I agree. Shadow is the baddest producer, period. But also a DJ. There's no better DJ at scratching than Qbert.Listen to the new Eyedea & Abilities album E&A. DJ Abilities has some very creative {censored} going on there too. I wouldn't put him in a category with Shadow or Qbert. Madlib is nice too. He's got jazzy hiphop sound but is really talented.

DJ Shadow and Kid Koala.

Grand Master Flash

Grand Wizard Theodore

DJ Charlie Chase

DJ Jazzy Jay

Kool Herc

Africa Bambatta

These men Pioneered the way for all hip hop/scratch/rap DJ's.

Grand Master DST brought it main stream with Hearbie Hancock and "Rock it". But if it wasn't for the 6 God's I mentioned DST would not even exist.

Dick, you're *fired*!

Originally posted by Dr. Tweedbucket ........like someone who reshaped the DJ land scape ? ....... what would they do to reach that status, play the records just a little louder ?

What ARE you doing here....you're trespassing.

Come back in the warm

Frankie Knuckles

He was the first to play drumloops alongside records and gave all kinds of styles kinda the same direction.

DJ Shadow is insanely good.

Originally posted by Crypticscott

n00b

Originally posted by Crypticscott

member

hey cool this is like, where OJers come to actually find something out !

awesome:thu:

Danny Tenaglia is the DJ's DJ.

V.

I think as far as being the eddie of the DJ world Qbert has it by far.

Shadow is amazing, don't get me wrong but in comparable talent and knowledge qbert is the EVH of djs.

No I think its Mr.Hands from linkin park

No mention of richie hawtin?? Geez I thought this was the dj forum. I respect shadow greatly but he really is more producer than dj. Qbert is a bad mutha with cuts but he aint rockin the 4 hour set. Mix master mike is very enertaining but as a preformer more than dj. Hawtin pushes the envelope for the dj. He was one of the first to include live samplers efx drum machines. He was the first person to use final scratch. Now he's promoting the use of ableton live. He said on his last mix cd something like 300 loops were cut n mixed using live. Watching him do that in a club for hours is unreal. I heard him mention that he's considering use 2 laptops. Hawtin has blurred the line between dj and live preformance. Research richie hawtin he is truly a pioneer of the dj industry.

Hi. Larry Lujak was a DJ here in Chicago when I was groing up. I remember h9im playing Captain and Tennelle, Neil Sedaka, and Maureen McGovern.

He was on WLS 890 AM in Chicago.

DJ.

Swann E

Kenny Ken

Oakenfold

Carl Cox

Weatherall

LTJ Bukem

Mickey Finn

Aztek (spiral tribe)

Tigger (circus warp)

For pity's sake, even Tony Blackburn is more interesting than EVH.

Wow!

Glad somebody finally mentioned Richie Hawtin. As Q-bert and Co. reshaped the idea of djing in one form, Hawtin is almost solely responsible for reshaping it in another. His live performance setup consists of (generally speaking) 2 lap tops, ableton Live! on one, Final Scratch or Serato Scratch on the other, a Red Sounds external looper, and a personally modified Alan & Heath Xone 92 Midi Mixer. Nobody in the world mixes like Richie Hawtin, he pioneered a style of djing that left the modern day "one record into another" looking like a tired practice. He's taken techno, and made it fresh. Plus8 and M-nus records are two of the most respected labels in dance music, both started by Hawtin. The artists signed to those labels have all at some point helped shape Hawtin's concepts on modern music, whilst bringing some new faces to the scene, Magda, Marc Houle, Troy Pierce, Matthew Dear, to name but a few.

There have been others who have made big moves for techno, Sven Vath, Chris Liebing, John Acquaviva, Jeff Mills, Lauren Garnier, but Hawtin is the man, he's got vision.

Wow!

Glad somebody finally mentioned Richie Hawtin. As Q-bert and Co. reshaped the idea of djing in one form, Hawtin is almost solely responsible for reshaping it in another. His live performance setup consists of (generally speaking) 2 lap tops, ableton Live! on one, Final Scratch or Serato Scratch on the other, a Red Sounds external looper, and a personally modified Alan & Heath Xone 92 Midi Mixer. Nobody in the world mixes like Richie Hawtin, he pioneered a style of djing that left the modern day "one record into another" looking like a tired practice. He's taken techno, and made it fresh. Plus8 and M-nus records are two of the most respected labels in dance music, both started by Hawtin. The artists signed to those labels have all at some point helped shape Hawtin's concepts on modern music, whilst bringing some new faces to the scene, Magda, Marc Houle, Troy Pierce, Matthew Dear, to name but a few.

There have been others who have made big moves for techno, Sven Vath, Chris Liebing, John Acquaviva, Jeff Mills, Lauren Garnier, but Hawtin is the man, he's got vision.

Thanks for seconding hawtin. Dude's a visionary. As a detroiter hawtin changed the way I dj time and time again. First with samplers and live instruments. Now I've adapted to ableton as well. He constantly ups the ante for what a dj consists of. Its all right though cause I figured dance pretty much dead until I seen him last november;)

P.s. Hawtin inspired me to do something that I believe really has yet to be done as far as djing (its a secret! )