whose your most favourite Dj ever?

[NakedAge]

straight forward yeah? GO FORTH, ANSWER, DISCUSS, ARGUE.


I'll catch up in a minute I'm gonna have a shower first.

[S&S]

Danny Krivit:
I've become a real fan of Danny Krivit as of late. He's kinda smooth and keeps it real. Doesnt go too over the top with the unreleased new shit nobody knows or cares about. He keeps it very real and plays for the crowd not himself like so many others.

Will Gee:

Need I say more. He's one of the few local cats I would pay good money to go hear.



(who's gonna be the 1st idiot to post that stupid ballwasher picture)

[Stan747]

Ron Hardy - Hot music, sexy crowd, high energy, creativity

David Morales is cool too

[Mr 1977]

Me. I play what the f*ck I want to hear, and when I want to hear it! All my blends are flawless as well...to me, that is.

[Keith Blackstone]

Morales

[KBig]

Wayne Davis
Hippie Torales
Greg Gray
Tony Humphries
Skinny Yella Boi (some people call him Karizma)


I would follow these DJ's just about anywhere to hear them play.

[The White Shadow]

Grandmaster Flash

[kaaos]

Julian Perez
bad boy bill

im not really a big fan of any dj but i did enjoy their sets

[raw stylus]

Frankie Feliciano

[Terry James]

http://www.djcratebug.com/images/Djs_Artists_Legends/Ron_Hardy.jpg

[DUBFLY]

Sting

(The most well rounded and underrated DJ )

Hip hop, r&b,Disco Freestyle (YEAH I REMEMBER WHEN HE UESD TO PLAY THAT SHIT) and we all know when it come to reggae his shit is crazy

What funny is I ve always found it so weird that he plays housemusic and plays that shit well ...................................lol!!!!

[Long Island Head]

Timmy Regisford

[kaaos]

Sting

(The most well rounded and underrated DJ )

Hip hop, r&b,Disco Freestyle (YEAH I REMEMBER WHEN HE UESD TO PLAY THAT SHIT) and we all know when it come to reggae his shit is crazy

What funny is I ve always found it so weird that he plays housemusic and plays that shit well ...................................lol!!!!

sting from the police?

[TAB.]

Ron Hardy, of Course, and DJ Rush, before he went Techno.

[DUBFLY]

sting from the police?


Lol !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sting Int'l -Shelter

[DJ Dave King]

Ron Hard-Playes it how he wanted and wasn't scared to play anything. Fast, slow and just beat the hell out of a cuts/tracks and crazy edits before computers took over.

DJ Rush- Just sick and different tracks, and was affraid to play different things.

Chris Underwood- back in the day also was very nice.

A flawless DJ isn't the best dj.

[Phyllis Hyman Cherry]

1.Junior Vasquez(Sound Factory days)
2.Disciple
3.Frankie knuckles
4.Red Alert
5.Spinna
6.Herb Martin
7.Karizma

[eric justin]

Danny Krivit is defiantly my favorite DJ Ive ever seen play in person.
I also like Tony Humphries, though I have only heard his mixes.

[tony winter]

sounds like your looking for one, and it's so hard to choose, but for me it's gotta be Merlin Bob.

[JMJ]

Naked Age is my favourite.......JMJ

[Big Ken]

DJ Snooze & Boolu Master!!!! :thumbsup:

[tony winter]

Grandmaster Flash

Best all around for sure !

[Phyllis Hyman Cherry]

Naked Age is my favourite.......JMJ


Hehe.

[DJ Loka]

sounds like your looking for one, and it's so hard to choose, but for me it's gotta be Merlin Bob.



merlin's incredible.:thumbsup:

[KBig]

merlin's incredible.:thumbsup:

yesssir... :grinyes:

[VanillaSexy]

DJ Snooze & Boolu Master!!!! :thumbsup:

BooluMaster and DJ Rej :wink:

[DJ George Bates]

I would say :

Greg Grey got some go to hisself ...

I would say Frankie knuckles ......has never let me down...

I'd say Jamie 326 for the basement beatdowns

Me for the effort...

[KBig]

I would say :

Greg Grey got some go to hisself ...

I would say Frankie knuckles ......has never let me down...

I'd say Jamie 326 for the basement beatdowns

Me for the effort...


tee hee. :grinyes:

[Big Ken]

BooluMaster and DJ Rej :wink:
Ya know I'm joking, right?

['Magic' Juan]

Ya know I'm joking, right?

I was gonna say! You lost your got-dang mind. lol ..

[DJ George Bates]

Hey I'm just saying.....

Double GG gots some skills ... and when he's in the zone .....fuggeddaboutit !

Frankie K.......nothing necessary to be said

Jamie... Did ya hear about the basement party when he had tooth surgery that day ?

Goodlawd !

Me......I've been known to turn a few ears to my way of thinking....

I'm just saying....

[Big Ken]

I was gonna say! You lost your got-dang mind. lol ..
Hahahahaha!!!!!!:rofl5::icon_rofl:

[Mr.I]

Regisford
Bobb
Humphries
Robinson
Crosby

[deep12s]

G. Underground - Always loose my mind .
D. from Paris - Just pure talent the way he works a floor.
T. Regisford - Master of unifying the floor.
Never saw The Other Timmy live, but really love his his mix show. I'll put him on pending.
I'll leave it here, but could go on and on.

[Ernest Fountain]

sounds like your looking for one, and it's so hard to choose, but for me it's gotta be Merlin Bob.

he gets my vote. :thumbsup:

[DJ Loka]

Danny Krivit
Francois K
Merlin Bobb
DJ True
Rich Medina
ScumFrog
Roger Sanchez


and my hubby Doug Gomez (my baby can ppppllay that shit!!!!)

[Steven Stewart]

DJ is singular....:acclaim:

[DJ Loka]

DJ is singular....:acclaim:


:tongueout: i couldnt pick just one.

[Mr.I]

It's really hard to pick just one, all have had some dissapointing sets at one time or the other. Guess it comes down to who dissapoints the least.

[djroc2u]

can't pick just one. thats very hard to do.

i would have to say ron hardy. i had an edit of his that had the bridge of as by stevie wonder at regular speed with the announcer acapella of two tribes by frankie goes to hollywood going real slow. he timed the two right where one fits the other. after i actually heard him spin is the reason i wanted to go out and be a dj.

[Armento]

i'm just going to go out on a limb and take mr Mancuso

[xtine]

:rofl: @ the last R in your signature, djroc2u.

[kaaos]

Naked Age is my favourite.......JMJ


never trainwrecks

yeeeeeahhhhh boooyyy!!!!:hail:

[kaaos]

DJ Snooze & Boolu Master!!!! :thumbsup:

booooo!!!

[DJJoeyMazza]

Richie Rivera.... Flamingo, Cockring

[silverbull]

1. Danny Tenaglia
2. Tedd Patterson
3. Timmy Regisford
4. Body N Soul (Danny Krivit, Joe Claussell, Francois K)
5. Behrouz
6. Roger Sanchez
7. Charles Webster
8. Quentin Harris
9. Willie Graff
10. Stimulus Response (Keith Blackstone, Lola, Urban Relief Project)

After that it gets real tricky for me since i tend to like a lot of different sounds (minus trance and really fast techno)

I love stuff that the whole Def Mix family (David Morales, Hector Romero, Satoshi Tomiie) play. I love hearing jason ojeda and hex hector, i love hearing the other 2 shelter djs Sting international and Ben Johnson. I love hearing stuff from Carl Cox, calderone.

But those 10 i name really just are something else to my ears.

[Big Ken]

booooo!!!
Maaaannnn.....they cold!!!!!

[kaaos]

Maaaannnn.....they cold!!!!!

lol:wink:

[Basecore Boy]

Timmy Regisford
Naeem johnson
Larry levan
Nick Jones
Tee Mallory

New guy would be Joey Mazza, must say this guy is doing his thang.

[TonyB]

For me, it comes down to a tie between Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles. They both touched me musically like no other --- before or after.

[Heat Daddy]

Frankie Knuckles always was and always will be the man in my book.

:respect:

[hairyarmbutcher]

I dont have one favorite dj and those I would list most on here will never know them anyway. I look up to alot of the oldschool hiphop djs.

mmm,Just for pure taking things somwhere else and inventiveness I'll say Q-bert. I know he's not a kind of club dj and I have only seen vids and heard mixes of him- but he is on a different level to mostly everyone.

I really look more up to the artists and producers of the music djs play and at the end of the day the people on the dance floor are the most important people in a club anyway. After all a dj can play great tunes from his box, but with out a party crowd to bounce off, whats the point.

[The Buddy Love Show]

DJ Mike Och

[Huey P. Freeman]

Rufus Simms.

[BHouse]

I got my favorites, but I'm really feelin' my boi Rahaan...

[Huey P. Freeman]

I got my favorites, but I'm really feelin' my boi Rahaan...Rahaan is pretty fucking good.

[AK]

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i150/askhoop/Knuckles.jpg

[Bassmental]

Derrick May is my man..

[The White Shadow]

mmm,Just for pure taking things somwhere else and inventiveness I'll say Q-bert. I know he's not a kind of club dj and I have only seen vids and heard mixes of him- but he is on a different level to mostly everyone.

The truth! Saw a set done by him in Sweden filmed just a few weeks ago. He was rockin' some Breakbeats for about half the show and that was dope but nothing too sick, but when he gets into the mixing heavy and all that he'll convince anyone, other Turntablists included. If Q-Bert battled against every world champ there ever been including the new cats on some next shit, I'm totally convinced he would still beat ALL of them.

[NakedAge]

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i150/askhoop/Knuckles.jpg


I'd heard the myth of that sign, I was so dieing to see if it was true. I met Frankie Knuckles when I was about 15, at a record shop down here he came to do a signing. I didn't have anything to sign accept a little pocket book thing I had in my pocket, so he signed it, shook my hand and looked at me very weirdly.

Anyways, my favourite Dj has gotta be Armand Van Helden.

Theres been alot of like, good and bad about him, also surrounding Bob Sinclar, as, I guess their cashing in on the industry right now, and particularly Bob Sinclar is just rehashing the same stuff. But, Armand Van Helden, his older music as a producer, to me was the best shit I ever heard. Even his newer stuff, alot is crap like, NYC beat I don't really like at all. But I want your soul is really good. .. But when I heard him Dj, his setts were soooooooo... Simple. ... He'd just pretty much mix in and out but then, like, use a filter and shit as an effect. And it was soooooooooooooo ... I don't know. Like when I hear it again, I think "it could of been mixed alot better" in that it sounds like he just cant be fucked, but it just works for some reason, the songs he chooses and so forth. Just has this quality, movement about it. His music and mixes don't make you THINK, you can just get straight in and dance.

[The White Shadow]

But when I heard him Dj, his setts were soooooooo... Simple. ... He'd just pretty much mix in and out but then, like, use a filter and shit as an effect. And it was soooooooooooooo ... I don't know. Like when I hear it again, I think "it could of been mixed alot better" in that it sounds like he just cant be fucked, but it just works for some reason, the songs he chooses and so forth. Just has this quality, movement about it. His music and mixes don't make you THINK, you can just get straight in and dance.

I hope I'm not takin' no bait and falling into a trap again..lol..but see that what you're sayin' there is in a way you agreeing to what you argued against in that Trainwreck thread, and you acually DO realize that the mix isn't the most important..lol..but yeah I'm being an asshole now I know, my bad. Sounds to me from this post tho that you DO know a thing or two. :thumb:

[SPG]

Then... Ron Hardy without a doubt. He had such creativity and wildness. Everything he played, he made his own. Just incredible!

Now...
Larry Heard
Karizma
Spen
Rahaan
E-Phi
AK

SPG

[The White Shadow]

Back in the days as far as non Hiphop DJ's go

Larry Levan
David Mancuso
Ron Hardy
Frankie Knuckles
Tee Scott
Tony Humphries

I wasn't there tho so I can only judge from tapes, and history.

[NakedAge]

Thank you. I always said, I understood exactly what was being said.

But see, Armand Van Helden, his mixes (from what I heard) didn't train wreck at all, he still kept it to a level where it flowed from song to song, and used the filtering to kind of manipulate those songs in his own way, but, see.

He sounds lazy. So so lazy in both the music he makes and how he mixes. And I don't know why, but it just reallllllllllllllllllly fucken, makes me love him.
When I hear his mixes and I hear them sounding so kinda lazy, I kind of understand because to me it makes me feel like when I'm doing a gig, and can't be bothered, and I'm just playing song after song, and the crowd is loving it and eating it, but in my own head i'm kind of like "is it home time yet?"

Bare in mind, I'm talking from the perspective of, 1 in particular set. I'm sure there are times he really gets into it and enjoys it and so forth. But also, its his WHO he is that makes me love him.. Because, he looks so much like Roger Sanchez, and Roger Sanchez looks like my elder brother, and Roger Sanchez I love also. I found an email from him that he wrote to me years and years ago once when I tried to email him and how he was saying to organis emy own nights and stuff.. That level of, taking time out for each individual I find as a massively huge bonus quality that Roger Sanchez posseses. I think he truly see's himself as a person before a Dj. But as I was saying, I kind of see Armand Van Helden as like, aaaaaaa not reallly underground version of Roger Sanchez, but, kind of like, an alternative to Roger Sanchez. They both inspired me immensely, and to be honest, I can't say 1 Dj is better than the other. I think what Roger Sanchez sometimes lacks in track selection he makes up in mixing ability, where as the opposite applys to Armand Van Helden, but, in saying that you have to understand that, its only my personal prefferance in music that makes me think that. Someone who prefers the music Roger Sanchez plays would say Roger Sanchez has great track selection.

But yeah, I kind of like Armand Van Helden because he's soooooooo... Alternative I guess. I don't know.. I've always aspired to be like him.. I've always wanted to contact him. I've e-mailed Roger Sanchez, I MET Frankie Knuckles, but Armand Van Helden is the only one after years I've never been able to, write a email to or anything. He's playing in Melbourne in December, I've bought my ticket allready. I wish I could get a demo to him one day, or even be good enough to play along side him.

I see my own Dj style as somewhat, similar to that of Djs like Armand Van Helden and Fat Boy Slim and so forth. I'd love to do a 3 way Vs set with them. I think it would be so random, and go in so many different directions and have so much variety. Arggggggggggggggggg .. I'll keep dreaming :)

[wiz247]

No particular order:
Louie Vega
Tony Humphries
Paul "Trouble" Anderson
Funkmaster Flex
Jazzy Jeff
Gilles Peterson

[AK]

Then... Ron Hardy without a doubt. He had such creativity and wildness. Everything he played, he made his own. Just incredible!

Now...
Larry Heard
Karizma
Spen
Rahaan
E-Phi
AK

SPG

Thanks, love. Hope all is well with you and yours.

[jojaujae3]

http://www.djcratebug.com/images/Djs_Artists_Legends/Ron_Hardy.jpg
:respent:

[passiondeep]

A bit like asking whats your fav track/label etc..impossible to single down to one...different moods, different grooves...different techniques, different feats...here's a few of my favorites & why...

Theo Parrish - Pure energy! somehow managing to join the dots across genres & tempos. I detect he learnt a lot from Ron Hardy...sometimes very edgy but given the mixes he often attempts, kind of understandable...never short of excitement/drama...I come out of a Theo set just loving music & usually buzzing!!

Timmy Regisford - When this man hits the groove on his home patch at the Shelter, you kind of detect he & the crowd could go on for days. With a heavy bias to house music, he has the uncanny skill of knowing how to get the maximum energy between tracks, knowing when to up & down the energy or even give the dancers a breather..just a master at what he does...

Ron Trent - Whilst I have a love of most types of dance music, I've always been a house head & within that realm, the kind of house that Ron plays & produces...the deeper, more thought provoking kind. As much as I love such house music, no matter how well its presented, I find it can get a bit boring & monotonous very quickly (many of the DJ's that play so called deep & soulful house bore me to tears)..thats where Ron can get you under his trance...acute attention to detail in his selection, programming & changes between tracks...the 'musical reflections' mix released on R2 records is quite simply a masterpiece...& his live performance at plastic people last year (on his birthday) was simply magic...Ron if you're reading, get down there next time you're in london & play some more of that boogie :)

Larry Heard - I saw him in Paris earlier this year & I thought he was excellent. His Mr Fingers music mixes along with Rahaan's are the one's I always rush to download online. I love his technique of getting the best out of each track & instinctively knowing when to drop the next track. A DJ who plays a lot of lesser known gems always playing a healthy mix of past, present & future. Quite simply one of the most open minded DJ's out there. Larry is a hero to me both as a producer & a DJ.

Gilles Peterson - He can mix but most of the sets I've seen him play, tends to stick to just blending tracks but he knows what to play & when. As FK pointed out in the trainwreck post, selecting tracks when not mixing can be even more of a challenge but I've never been bored with any of GP's sets...again he's a master of timing & controlling energies. His xmas party 5 hour set at PP last year was a music lovers dream. He covered just about every genre possible & it all made sense.

I'm only 30, so have only got to hear recorded sets from Larry Levan & Ron Hardy but of the older generation, these are the 2 that really stand out to me. Ron's style in particular seems to have influenced a lot of the DJ's I enjoy listening & dancing to today. The Larry Levan 2xCD live at the Paradise Garage mix released a few years ago, I must have listened to over 100 times...its just magic...

& finally, a guy who I've had the pleasure of seeing play a couple of times in london whom the first time I saw him play, his party truley encapsulated me...David Mancuso & the Loft...perhaps not a DJ in many people's eyes, perhaps not worthy of being considered a club - the Loft..so innocent, so pure, so warm...so ironic....

[ronboogie]

I'd have to say Ron Hardy as well... I had the priviledge of having him introduce me to the REAL club scene at the Music Box on Lower Wacker. I'd never heard some work an EQ before or play radio songs in such a way that they actually sounded like totally different songs. He would control a crowd as well!

[däp]

historically, i would have to say Frankie Knuckles.

[Querck]

Daniel Bell

[MusicFilter]

My father, he got me started in this an taught me the business.

[SPG]

I'd have to say Ron Hardy as well... I had the priviledge of having him introduce me to the REAL club scene at the Music Box on Lower Wacker. I'd never heard some work an EQ before or play radio songs in such a way that they actually sounded like totally different songs. He would control a crowd as well!

Agreed!

SPG

[SPG]

Thanks, love. Hope all is well with you and yours.

Hey A,

All is well. How's the house remodeling coming?

Ok...now back to this thread.

SPG

[AK]

Hey A,

All is well. How's the house remodeling coming?

Ok...now back to this thread.

SPG

House is actually going very well. Absent any surprises, should be in by Thanksgiving.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

[djwaynewilliams]

The first dj that I ever heard play was Ron Hardy at the den one in 1975. The way he played his music definitely inspired me to dj. I must say though my favorite dj to hear play was Frankie Knuckles at the warehouse not only for his creativty of how he played his music but his music choices in records. Frankie has always had an awesome ear and always known how to pick new music. Other dj's that influenced my style were Peter Lewicki, Lou Davido, Michael Ezewbuku, Stewart Gardner from Atlanta, & Tony Humpreys from New Jersey. Now my favorite djs are Alan King, Andre Hatchett, Terry Hunter, Jamie 326 and Gene Hunt. My favorite music producer right now is Quentin Harris

[AK]

The first dj that I ever heard play was Ron Hardy at the den one in 1975. The way he played his music definitely inspired me to dj. I must say though my favorite dj to hear play was Frankie Knuckles at the warehouse not only for his creativty of how he played his music but his music choices in records. Frankie has always had an awesome ear and always known how to pick new music. Other dj's that influenced my style were Peter Lewicki, Lou Davido, Michael Ezewbuku, Stewart Gardner from Atlanta, & Tony Humpreys from New Jersey. Now my favorite djs are Alan King, Andre Hatchett, Terry Hunter, Jamie 326 and Gene Hunt. My favorite music producer right now is Quentin Harris

What up big poppa! You know you're one of my faves too. :respent:

See you tomorrow in the Big App.

[Tony Cano]

Jesse Saunders is top notch!

t

[shobizniz]

Francois.K - The most adventurous dj i've heard
Carl Craig - Quirky and imaginative
Dj Harvey - Brave and brilliant
Anthony Nicholson - Unpredictable and fearless
Larry Levan - No explanation needed
Theo Parrish - Pushes the envelope
Louie Vega - Mostly plays it safe, solid nevertheless
Ron Hardy - Inspirational on so many levels
Keb Darge- Keeps it funky and stylish

Fav 9

[Chris Wood]

Alter Ego
Luciano
Kissy Sellout
Phil Asher
Karizma

[tommytom]

Larry Levan
Tee Scott
Merlin Bobb
John Robinson
DJ Mandrill
Sam Burns
DJ Pope

[JerseyDude]

Tony Humphries (legend)
David Morales (legend)

killing them today
-----------------
Spen
Karizma
Bobby & Steve

[Martin Red]

straight forward yeah? GO FORTH, ANSWER, DISCUSS, ARGUE.


I'll catch up in a minute I'm gonna have a shower first.

you, doing an elton john megamix

[Ronnie Ron]

all of my pics are alive today and i have seen in person multiple times. and i dont mind listening to anyone of this kats on any given day. they seem to be the most consistant djs that i have ever heard that are still alive and with us...

dj Punch (NJ)
T. H. (NY/NJ)
Greg Gray (Chi)
Wayne Williams (Chi)
Alan King (Chi)
Jo Jo flores (Canada)
Jamie 326 (Chi)
Joe Claussell (NY)
Jovonn (NY)
Demetri from Paris (France)
Dj Emanuel (Chi)
Paul Johnson (Chi)

*note* as far as classicsand disco is concerned, there are only two people that i can listen to for a long period of time without being bored out of my freekin skull,

thats
dj Punch and Jamie 326 props to those two gentlemen...

[Supadave]

Kid Capri
Funk Master Flex
Timmy Regisford
Louie Vega
Joe Clausell

[House Your Soul]

Karizma
Timmy Regisford
Joe Claussell

Kerri Chandler only from listening to mixes and watching you tube...I notice noone has mentioned him yet, hopefully I'll get to see him soon!

[Jay Rags]

I tried to narrow it done to just one but couldn't.

Michael Joyner
Louie Vega
Timmy Regisford
DJ Oji
Joe Claussell
Karizma
Jay Rags

[sweetndeep]

In no particular order :

Louie Vega
AK
Danny Krivit
Rich Medina
Ian Friday
MKL

[Martin Red]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/features/wallpaper/images/640/jimmy_saville.jpg

[Martin Red]

http://www.partyproductionsnyc.com/recording_artists_and_djs/images/parisdj.jpg

(don't even know who she is - probably generic chick in dress DJ pose, but i'de do her)

[NakedAge]

you, doing an elton john megamix

how flattering :)

[jcapeverde]

http://www.pinksf.com/music/images/tonyhumphries05.jpg

[vinnyvigsnyc]

1 danny tenaglia & danny howells (his warm up sets)
2 louie vega
4 timmy regisford
5 body and soul crew
6 karizma
7 mr v (when he isnt rapping)
8 behrouzzzz
9 franck roger
10 cielo crew (matar and graff)