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Is it just me or has there been a dip in the quality of music recently? Im only talking about say the last 2 months in particular. Was putting together a mix last week and found it genuinely difficult to find 10 tracks that (a) hadn’t been rinsed (b) I liked enough.
In fairness I look at Damo’s mix and indeed the last one, and he sources the style he favours excellently in so far as they arent all heavily played records yet they are all attractive and slick - in keeping with his style.
Im finding the usual sources of music that i would play, for me are really disinteresting at the moment. . Anybody think the same?

    if you are all over one specific genre it can get tough some months. I tend to flit about a bit, keeps me interested.

      seanc80 Over the past couple of weeks, yes. But I think there will always be peaks and troughs throughout the year. I think it’s just a case of digging a little deeper. Even if it means nicking a couple of tracks from others mixes (we all do it!) 😅
      Where do you usually do your shopping?

          Personally thought there was a dearth during the lockdown, but a pickup in quality recently

          seanc80 there’s prob a couple of pretty clear reasons for that:
          Firstly, if you’re a producer and your track is ‘da bomb’, then why the heck would you release it when most people can’t go to clubs+festivals?.
          Secondly, I don’t think the covid lockdown would have been a particularly inspiring time as far as creativity is concerned anyway.

              These are bleak times (and God are they bleak) so we should be in for a tune bonanza any time soon.

              Amps

              if you are all over one specific genre it can get tough some months. I tend to flit about a bit, keeps me interested.

              This is right. I say as a listener, not someone who djs. Sticking to one genre is something that intensified in the early 2000s by my estimation. I haven’t heard people competently playing cross-genres for years, really.

              Not to hark back to the 90s too much, but people’s record boxes were more interesting and spanned more genres than nowadays.

                Your not looking hard enough.

                  I’m thinking about Paul van Dyk tossing Missy Elliot remixes in a set and Pete Tong playing garage tunes. Even though sometimes it sounded shit. Who bothers doing stuff like that nowadays?

                    hugopal I’ve heard of a few labels holding off on releasing club orientated tracks because of the pandemic.

                      bosstrabs Bugged Out days, Sanchez going from techno to soulful house over the space of 3 hours, Clarke playing electro through to nose bleed, Garnier playing everything and making it somehow sound like it’s from the future.

                          bosstrabs

                          Garnier?

                          Beyond styles, it’s hard enough to get many DJs to waver from the exact same BPM for their entire mix. I know I’ll take some pots and pans over a seamlessly mixed hour that sounds like one long song.

                            Amps Garnier playing everything and making it somehow sound like it’s from the future.

                            This.
                            It’s like “it’s not what he plays, it’s the way he plays it”. I’ve always thought his mixmag cd from 95 is amazing, and sums that statement up.

                              SM001 A combination of …
                              Following closely artists that i like
                              Tracklists
                              Social Media
                              Closely monitoring labels
                              The usual stuff!

                                SM asked where you do your shopping, Sean. A more honest answer would be ‘Dunnes Menswear’