Dip in Music Quality

Homegrove

Nah.

SM001

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?

seanc80

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

Jules72

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

hugopal

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.

SM001

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

Millsy

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

bosstrabs

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.

Dan

Your not looking hard enough.

bosstrabs

Dan Then hit me up

bosstrabs

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?

Amps

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.

jonattonyeah

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.

seanc80

bosstrabs Thankfully nobody Dave

Dan

bosstrabs That was aimed at Sean, Dave.

TitianWarrior

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.

Millsy

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

seanc80

Millsy 🤣

mono-stereo

Some decent gear in fairness:

NasserAlazzawi

When this happens to me its because I’ve followed habits that take me down certain rabbit holes, excluding what else there is. I take a break from it and try other angles when I feel inspired to.

That said, if I were a good producer I’d be holding off releasing my club rinsers until after the pandemic. I know so many good artists who are throwing out beefy 1am driving progressive tracks when its all not so relevant with us being unable to hear them in clubs - the sales can’t be great for them unlike lighter stuff that sounds great whether club-rig-loud or relatively quiet on a couple of home speakers. That’s just my opinion.

Maybe some of the artists are holding back now?