I don’t really know much about the process of remixing a song but I can imagine it is a process that is like editing a video – layering tracks, adding beats, etc. They are clearly not doing that kind of editing live so they are basically playing something that’s already had some amount of that already done.
So what are they doing live besides maybe mixing between songs?
I just don’t understand what all the knob fiddling is about.
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Gotta link this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCpHiWwA2Rg to highlight what a very skilled DJ is capable of. You can see whats happening in real time. He used a [Vestax PMC-500](https://medias.audiofanzine.com/images/normal/vestax-pmc-500-2221148.jpg) mixer and 3 vinyl decks. You can look up what the mixer allows you to do, but compared to the modern days its actually kind of basic. Hence why (I think) Jeff’s Exhibitionist mix is seen as one of the greatest of all time.
Have to say though, Techno specifically lends itself for this type of fast paced almost free form mixing. Music genres where tracks themselves have a fixed pattern from intro – buildup – the drop – outro, the mixing style is obviously different and slower.
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