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Friday, September 15, 2017

Must-Play Tracks for the Weekend: Sept. 15

KidCutUp

KidCutUp
KidCutUp at Summerfest in Wisconsin in 2017. (Photo credit: Steve Ruiz)

Sean Paul – Temperature – Dibs & MGM Fogo Bootleg
Paul’s 2006 smash gets blended with Garmiani’s Latin house banger. (DJcity exclusive)Bob Sinclar ft. Akon – Til The Sun Rise Up – RVNSOM BRUH Bootleg
The Frenchman’s new single gets blended with Curbi and Mesto’s bass house heater.

Rihanna ft. JAY-Z – Umbrella – Gama Moombahton Remix
RiRi and Hov’s 2007 chart-topper gets the moombahton treatment.

Roadman Shaq ft. Charlie Sloth – Fire In The Booth (The Ting Goes) – KidCutUp Club Edit
KidCutUp delivers a club-friendly version of a new viral video. (DJcity exclusive)

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Related: Must-Play Tracks for the Weekend: Sept. 8

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Watch Dillon Francis Take the Hot Ones Challenge

Dillon Francis

Dillon Francis is the latest celebrity to take on First We Feast’s Hot Ones challenge. The series challenges guests to answer questions while they eat spicy hot wings.

Among the topics discussed were Francis’ prank war with former Hot Ones guest DJ Snake, his bromance with Diplo, and doing Crossfit with Skrillex. He also weighs in on celebrity DJs and talks about his wild tour rider.

Dillon recently made his acting debut on Viceland’s TV comedy, What Would Diplo Do? In August, he dropped a Moksi-assisted remix to his single “Say Less” featuring G-Eazy.

Watch Dillon take on the challenge above.

Related: DJ Snake Answers Questions While Eating Spicy Food

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

How to Mount Acoustic Foam Without Damaging Your Walls

Tips and Tricks

On this week’s Tips and Tricks episode, Mojaxx returns with part two of his DIY series. As he continues to set up his new studio, Mo sets out to find ways to mount acoustic foam to his walls without damaging them or the foam itself. He messed up the walls in his old studio, and he doesn’t want to make the same mistake.

Related: How to Build a DJ Booth for Under $100

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Pioneer DJ Announces XDJ-RX2 Controller

Pioneer DJ XDJ-RX2

Two days after teasing it in their rekordbox 5.0 introduction video, Pioneer DJ has revealed the details of their long-rumored, all-in-one DJ system, the XDJ-RX2.

The XDJ-RX2 inherits a number of features from the company’s flagship NXS2 range and adds a seven-inch touchscreen with qwerty keyboard search.

As with the previous version, music can be played from a laptop via the rekordbox DJ software or directly from USB drives. Other notable upgrades include eight performance pads per deck, improved Sound Color FX control, and Track Filter and Track Short Cut features for fast browsing.

Other key features:

– Beat FX
– Two USB-A ports
– rekordbox dj license
– A limited number of systems include a rekordbox video license

The XDJ-RX2 will be available in September for a suggested retail price of $1,699.

Watch Pioneer’s introduction video below.

Related: Pioneer DJ Releases rekordbox 5.0, Announces DDJ-XP1 Controller

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Creators of Guitar Hero Release DJ Game

DropMix

DropMix

Harmonix — the company behind Rock Band and the original Guitar Hero — has released a DJ-style game called DropMix.

The innovative game lets players mix popular songs together using playing cards and a Bluetooth-enabled playing board.

According to Harmonix:

“Each card in DropMix represents a different part of a song — like vocals, bass, drums, etc. As you place cards on the electronic DropMix board, which connects to a free app on your iOS or Android device, you and your friends will hear a custom mix start to take shape in real-time.”

It comes with a ClashMode, in which players can face off with a friend or team up with a friend to battle two others. There’s also an option to save your mix to your device.

Harmonix plans on having 300 cards from a variety of genres available for the 2017 collection. Below are some of the songs that’ll be coming to the game this year.

DropMix

DropMix will hit stores in September with a price tag of $99.99. It’s also available for pre-order on Harmonix’s website.

Watch the videos below to learn more.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Finalists for Avicii ‘Without You’ Remix Contest

Avicii

Avicii

DJcity has picked the 10 finalists for the official Avicii “Without You” remix contest.

We received entries from all around the world and of a wide variety of styles. It took a long time to listen to them, but we made sure to hear each one. Now that we’ve selected the finalists, it’s up to Avicii to pick the winner.

The winner, which will be announced on Sept. 20, will receive $5,000 and have his or her remix released on Geffen Records.

Check out the finalists below (in alphabetical order).

Arc North, Sweden

Mark Pride, Croatia

MAYACCII, Russia

Melo.Kids, Poland

Notre Dame, France

Redax, Germany

Rozen, Brazil

Tokima Tokio, Japan

Tony & Voxon, Latvia and United Arab Emirates

Vinil, Sweden

Related: Watch This Drummer’s Entry Video for Avicii’s ‘Without You’ Remix Contest

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