BassNectar.....best dj in the US???

[yong]

dub artist that comes to mind for a lot of peeps.

[jsills]

tired man cut me some slack you know what im talkin bout. my apologies for being a lazy ass.

this is keeping me awake tho, yall made my day.

back to the hate....

[Mendez]

comin from the uk i would love to see bassnectar over here, i think he is a class act, not enuff ppl know about him tho over here i dnt think, but excision is the man in my opinion

[jsills]

ya thats why i said UK doenst feel him, he never play in europe. i was wondering if it was because he was unknown or if people didnt like the style he plays. hes got a universal sound but a lot of the remixes he drops are american rappers and shit that u.s. kids know that u.k. kids may not be as up on. i dont know im just speculating. if you get than chance jump on it.

[jsills]

derrr, cant type any more, im in re-re mode right now.

[samsupa]

best dj (when he is in america)

PLASTICIAN!!

[yong]

ya thats why i said UK doenst feel him, he never play in europe. i was wondering if it was because he was unknown or if people didnt like the style he plays. hes got a universal sound but a lot of the remixes he drops are american rappers and shit that u.s. kids know that u.k. kids may not be as up on. i dont know im just speculating. if you get than chance jump on it.

It's cause he plays wobbly wobble.

[jsills]

i sort of meant dj from u.s. soil but ill like you thinking out of the box on me. check for plastician



heard that yong, i feels you. personally when im crushing dancefloors that rolling sub get me amp. i produce more chilled out shit myself, but im more of a hiphop producer who is heavily infuenced by all forms of bass music. call it future crunk cyborg dub aka no wobbles. as far as production though thats a whole diff story. i feel a shitstorm of other heads over bassnect. loefah anyone??? that man knows how to make a tune bump.

by the way how is loefah live? never heard any ting.

[yong]

Loefah is the best.

[jsills]

liking you more and more Yong, you tha boss.

[seckle]

ya thats why i said UK doenst feel him, he never play in europe.

are you his booking agent or something? if he wants to play the UK he's got to get on a plane and make connections, build networks just like everyone else does. you don't clap your hands and get UK tours without putting in the work.

[claw]

lorin kills it live


everytime

[shey when]

he doesnt actually spin - but yes his mixes he does on live are brutal

[L.o.s.]

if i had to choose which are my favorite american djs and uk djs
i would say Bassnecter and Mala

for completely different reasons

[jsills]

booking agent no....im just in a fucking mood today and feel like making bash statements to try and get a rise out of peeps. its working obviously. love it.

sorry if im coming across as a dick, my sarcasm doesnt come thru im text form.


duely noted shey, dj is a pretty loose term these days in my world.

[Dark Reign]

Ive seen bassenctar a couple of times and he was dope! Last time as saw him, he slayed But N-type played right after and was better.

I think the best US DJ Ive seen is DJ Z-Trip. Big Up the Bassnectar though mans got steez

[jsills]

check for z trip, turntablism never even entered my mind, if we're talking turntablism its a whole diff game now. again with the outside the box shit, good call san.

big up the "real" djs teaching these babys about vinyl.


work day finally over, my responses will be much less frequent given the booze and greenz and whatnot. wildcard bitches.

[adam_john]

I got to hear him play at the Good Times festival in AZ. It was a sick show!

[datsik]

Lorin is amazing.. easily my favorite DJ, hes just got something else..

[mimzy]

I think the best US DJ Ive seen is DJ Z-Trip

I love hearing this guy, cuz they never know where to put him in a show. Whatever stage he's at, he's a breath of fresh air. 3 am, after many long hours of bass, hearing a guy that drops pharoah monch next to jackson 5 next to rage against the machine alongside healthy amounts of dub, dnb and hip hop is just so refreshing. A+++ would get down with again

And I think whoever mentioned the hip hop american/uk cultural divide is on to something. UK kids are sorta fundamentalist about certain aspects of the music, they've got a pretty entrenched culture. For instance, every UK DJ I've seen is pure vinyl except for Rusko, yet not a single US DJ I've seen, spare some very local dubstep DJs, are pure vinyl; even Z-Trip uses serato (a fuckin mean turntablist that one though). And I have never, in a couple years DJ'ing, going to shows, talkin shop with other DJs, ever heard anybody say any vinyl-elitist bullshit that I hear on this board, so that's why I reckon it's an entrenched cultural heritage thing, not a rational perspective.

To provide an example of an american kid not understanding something out of the UK, the ultra-synthy sound of guys like Joker and Benga is hit-and-miss for me (Bristol sound, is it?). I'm down with tracks like "Tron" and "Pleasure", but since I don't really understand the roots of it I can't listen to "Diary of an Afro Warrior" beginning to end, and I've only found one other Joker track ("Snake Eater", which is incidentally pretty soul influenced) that I can really vibe on.