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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

ASADI Live Remixes ‘The Office’ Theme Song

Emerging trap producer ASADI has live remixed the theme song for The Office TV show in a new video routine. His version combines the song’s piano melody with trap finger drumming and pitched vocals from Kendrick Lamar’s 2013 single, “Poetic Justice.”

Related: Watch Asadi’s Impressive Finger-Drumming and Live Remixing Skills

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ASADI, Kendrick Lamar,
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

DJ Earworm Drops Mashup of Summer Hits

DJ Earworm

DJ Earworm has released Summermash ’16, his annual mashup of the summer’s biggest anthems. The four-minute track includes Calvin Harris’ “This Is What You Came For,” Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop The Feeling,” Drake’s “One Dance,” and more.

Earworm is also known for his annual United States Pop mashup, which blends the year’s hits into one song.

Watch Summermash ’16 below.

Tracks used in the mashup:

Beyonce – Formation
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
Chainsmokers ft. Daya – Don’t Let Me Down
Desiigner – Panda
DNCE – Cake By The Ocean
Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla – One Dance
Drake – Summer Sixteen
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – Work From Home
Flo Rida – My House
G-Eazy ft. Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself & I
Justin Timberlake – Can’t Stop The Feeling
Lukas Graham – 7 Years
Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza – SeeB Remix
MNEK & Zara Larsson – Never Forget You
Rihanna – Needed Me
Rihanna ft. Drake – Work
Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out
Zara Larsson – Lush Life
ZAYN – Pillowtalk

Related: Watch DJ Earworm’s Mashup of 2015’s Biggest Hits

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DJ Earworm,
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

DJ Jazzy Jeff Discusses Why DJ AM Was So Influential

DJ Jazzy Jeff and DJ AM

Earlier this month, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Scratch DJ Academy‘s Cosmo Baker held a Q&A session after the Philadelphia screening of the DJ AM As I Am documentary. Jeff, who was a close friend and partner of AM, discussed some of his most memorable moments with him, why he was such a great DJ, and how he influenced the culture.

Related: DJ AM Documentary to Premiere at Tribeca Festival

| DJ Culture, Videos
Cosmo Baker, DJ AM, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Interview, Scratch DJ Academy,
Monday, June 20, 2016

How to Take Your Tone Playing to the Next Level

69Beats

69Beats
69Beats at the Red Bull Thre3style Poland Final in Krakow on May 7, 2016. (Gniewko Głogowski/Red Bull)

Poland’s DJ 69Beats has made a tutorial that explains how to perform advanced tone play routines with Traktor and a piano-like controller. Fans had asked him to shed light on the technique after he won the Red Bull Thre3style Poland Finals in May

The method, which was first introduced in 2010 and recently explained by DJ Rafik, is a crucial breakthrough in tone playing. As 69Beats points out in his video, it is impossible to play certain melodies with traditional DJ controllers due to a limited amount of pads. That, combined with the fact that not all songs are in the same key, has resulted in a prevalence of out-of-tune tone play routines, a topic of criticism in the DJ community.

The technique is also possible with Serato DJ via the Pitch ‘n Time plug-in, as explained in a recent episode of DJcityTV’s Tips & Tricks.

Watch 69Beats’ tutorial and winning Thre3style set below.

Related: MIDI Mapping Pitched Cue Points in Serato DJ

| Music Tech, Turntablism, Videos
69Beats, Red Bull 3Style, Traktor,
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Watch Vekked’s Incredible Set for the MikiDz Show

Vekked

Vekked

Vekked, the reigning DMC world and online champion, lived up to his titles last Monday with an incredible set for DJcity’s MikiDz Show. The Canadian’s 53-minute performance was also unique in terms of selection, from hip-hop and soul to rock and drum and bass.

After his performance, Vekked took part in a candid and insightful interview with hosts MikiWAR and Styles Davis. The conversation focused on his unusual background, the current state of turntablism, his recent entry into TV scoring, and more.

Watch Vekked’s entire set and interview below and download the audio via iTunes.

Vekked with MikiDz Show hosts MikiWAR and Styles Davis
Vekked with MikiDz hosts MikiWAR and Styles Davis

The audience
The audience

Related: Watch Craze’s Epic Set for the MikiDz Show

| DJcityTV, Mixes, Videos
DJ Dainjazone, MikiDz Show, MikiWAR, Vekked,
Friday, June 17, 2016

DJ Brace Wins the DMC Online DJ Championship

DJ Brace

Canadian turntablist DJ Brace has been crowned the winner of the 2016 DMC Online DJ Championship. His final routine has received nearly 300,000 views on YouTube and props from three-time DMC World DJ Champion, Craze.

Coming in at second place was Japan’s DJ Buruaaaa, whose impressive routine was featured on DJcity last week.

In addition to being this year’s DMC Online DJ Champion, Brace is also a current DMC Online Team Champion and the 2004 DMC Canada Champion. He will attempt to win yet another title when he competes in the DMC World DJ Championships in London this September.

Watch his and Buruaaaa’s final routines below and view the full results here.

Related: Our Favorite Routines of the DMC Online Finals

| DJ Culture, Turntablism, Videos
DJ Brace, DMC,

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