How many americans, canadians, etc...

[taal mala]

most of the time it really depends on the time of night and the vibe of the event. I mostly get booked to play the slot between 12-3 so I don't usually find the chance to bring some of the deeper stuff in there. When I get a set later in the night usually like 4-5am, that's when I 'll bring out some of the deeper bristol style stuff, but I'll still drop a deep tune in the middle of a set of bangers here and there for space.

I'm really feeling loads of the tectonic stuff at the moment, as well as some of the more out there stuff like boxcutter and various production...

[nospin]

So sparse(ish), sound depth cues (Verb, Delay) and lush to buggery pads.

New Age music with a different name.

i dunno much new age music that rattles my chest cavity...LOL.

Maybe not, but essentially the same thing, but with a bass line, it seems.

i suppose one could look at it that way, but i think it's all in how it's played. a whole set of it, prolly best saved for opening or closing an evening, sure. but i wouldn't exactly call mala or pinch "new age music". i dunno. i don't even really care, so i don't know why i am writing this post. LOL. i don't need to defend music, really.

so i will stop. hehe...

to me, theres more room for experimentation (rhythmicly/sonically), subtle references to other genres. the productions are more 'tasteful', as in, they show some retraint with their talent, and give tunes more time to breathe and explore all of the elements that make up this genre... deeper...
you have to listen deeply to really notice all the amazing things really going on. but no, not just a bunch of ambient pads... if it doesnt touch on and expand on other genres that i've been into, than it doest really hit me that hard.
you can start to lose these qualities when you focus on adapting a sound to imitate a 'succesful' method of keeping people on the dancefloor. and in my experience, the harder sounds can be much more uniform... not always though

[suraj k.]

deep=soul

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[corpsey]

i stopped playing shackleton live a while back

people just leave

wounded, people got nuts if you drop a shack track here in notts!

wierd how different places can grow a collective opinion without really trying/noticing

Dunno about that- maybe a small group of people

This isn't an American thing I don't think, the deep stuff isn't getting played/well received at the big nights here by and large

[misk]

interesting to know then. i dont just get off on the deep stuff, but i think it's kind of ridiculous to go to a night where all the djs are playing the harder stuff. If you start hard, its like you have no where to go... nowhere to breathe.

maybe a lot of DJs these days just aren't really willing to take risks? Seems like the sad truth, but at the same time, i'm down to play opening slot sets, as long as i get to play some shackleton, or whatever (all my shit is live, so i dont really play shackleton. i could always rip him off for a set though, lol).

The thing that sucks, is opening slot usually means, no audience. no one to share your music with, no one to perform for, no one to appreciate. no one to test out your stuff on.

whens the last time you came to a night at 9pm?

Also, i should clarify. I dont just mean deep as in shackleton/vaccine, but deep as in half-step, dmz, etc. fuck, bury da bwoy is deep to me. Too much slowed down dnb...