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Friday, March 9, 2018

Watch: Turntablists Put New Phase Technology to Test on DJcityTV’s ‘Cutting Room’ Series

Phase

While in Poland for the Red Bull 3Style VIII World Finals, DJcityTV recruited some of the country’s best turntablists to showcase the new Phase technology on its Cutting Room series.

Premiered at NAMM in January, Phase is a wireless device that bypasses a turntable’s internal audio and eliminates the need for a cartridge. It is considered by many industry experts and DJs to be a potential game-changer in the industry.

The scratch session featured DJs VaZee, Eprom, Krootki, Falcon1, and Keeper ET, and used Fracture’s jungle single, “Loving Touch.” It was the follow up to DJcityTV’s first Polish Cutting Room session, which went down in 2014.

Watch above and visit Phase’s website for more info.

Related: Bangkok, Thailand Represents on DJcityTV’s ‘Cutting Room’

| DJcityTV, Music Tech, Turntablism, Videos
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Thursday, March 8, 2018

Enter the AhhYeah Amplify DJ Championship for Northeastern U.S. DJs

Unkle Chip
Unkle Chip at the 2017 Weekday Warriors DJ Battle at Transmission in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Source: AhhYeah)

Entries have opened for the inaugural AhhYeah Amplify DJ Championship for Northeastern U.S. DJs. The winner will receive prizes valued at more than $3,000.

Formerly called the Weekday Warriors DJ Battle, Peavey has relaunched the competition to reach a larger audience. It will be put on by DJ collective AhhYeah and co-sponsored by DJcity.

There will be three rounds: an online qualifier, three regional battles, and a final. The competitors will be judged on technical ability, song selection, crowd reaction, and originality. In a unique twist, crowd reaction will be determined by the number of social media “likes” a DJs’ video gets in the qualifier round.

27 finalists from the qualifier round will be selected on March 26 (nine from the New York City region, nine from the New Jersey region, and nine from the Philadelphia region).

The regional battles will take place from April to July. The NYC competition, which will take place on April 22, will be judged by DJcity’s East Coast Director Latin Prince as well as DJs Mell Starr, Esquire, Cypress Hill’s Eddie B. Swift, and GetLive!

The final is set to take place in New Jersey in September.

To enter the qualifier round, DJs must submit a two to five-minute video on Ahhyeah’s website by March 18. A full list of rules and details can be found there.

Watch the trailer below and stay tuned for more announcements.

Related: Unkle Chip Wins First Weekday Warriors DJ Battle

| Turntablism
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Thursday, March 8, 2018

DJcity UK’s Most Downloaded Tracks of Feb. 2018

James Hype

Below is a list of the most-downloaded tracks on DJcity UK during Feb. 2018. This list contains many deep house, UK funky, house, and hiphop tracks that may not be on other DJcity charts. To receive these updates via email, click here.

 
Related: DJcity UK Top 20 – Jan. 2018

| Charts
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

TJR Drops Hard House Track, ‘Feel My Bass’

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TJR
TJR at The Grand in Boston. (Credit: Daniel Mateus)

TJR has dropped an unreleased demo of a hard house track called “Feel My Bass.” The song, which has a BPM of 150, samples Hocus Pocus’ 1992 single, “Bow Chi Bow.”

“I started this demo last year but never finished it,” TJR wrote on Instagram. “[It] Only has 1 drop but who plays 2 drops anymore in edm, so I decided to give away for free.”

Listen below and download on DJcity.

Related: TJR and Reece Low Enlist Fatman Scoop for Party Anthem, ‘Check This’

| Tracks
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Watch: Stonic Performs New Turntablism Routine

Italian DJ/producer Stonic is back with another creative turntablism routine. Set in front of VHS-style backdrops, Stonic gets busy using The Funk Hunters’ remix of Big Gigantic’s “Got the Love.”

Earlier this year, Stonic delivered a routine for DJcityTV, which showed him performing in front of a neon-lit backdrop using Capital Cities‘ 2012 indie pop single, “Kangaroo Court.”

Watch his new routine above.

Related: Watch: Stonic Performs Indie-Influenced Routine

| Turntablism, Videos
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Smokin Shells Custom Headshells Review

Smokin Shells

After seeing DJs from all over the world using them, Mojaxx had to get his hands on a pair of the Smokin Shells custom headshells. Made by Atlanta’s DJ Rasta Root, Smokin Shells differ from generic headshells in two crucial ways. Firstly, they have a chrome-like finish, and secondly, your logo can be laser engraved on them.

Watch Mojaxx‘s review on this week’s episode of Tips and Tricks.

Related: Serato Releases Serato DJ Pro

| DJcityTV, Music Tech, Videos
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