Mi definición de un DJ
Lesson time: (6min 3sec)
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This lesson is part of the course Encuentra tu propio camino en el house y el techno con DJ Deep
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Lesson transcript:
The DJ's Secret Garden
To me, a DJ is someone who shares with you his world.
If I want to push things, the DJs that really blow me away, that really interest me, are the ones who open the door to their secret gardens. This is where I want to go, I want to go in the secret garden.
I'm not super interested in hearing all the hits or the very obvious. And I'm not saying this in a pretentious, elitist way. This is just my passion and what I'm interested in.
The Emotional Connection of Music
When you hear old mixes from Larry Levin at the Paradise Garage or stories of what he was doing, you find that what he presented was very personal and emotional.
- The lyrics of the songs had meaning.
- They were speaking to each other.
Some lyrics can have a first-level meaning, but depending on your mindset or the mood of the night, they can mean something else. So, lyrics are important in different layers, as well as the mood and the groove of the tracks.
Charisma in DJing
I'm always interested in DJs that have a strong charisma.
Joe Claussel
When Joe Claussel plays records, if you listen, it's serious business.
Kerry Chandler
Listening to Kerry Chandler play music is intense, he's really into it and giving you everything.
Louis Vega
Louis Vega conducts his sets like a maestro directing an orchestra. The records are the musicians, and he organizes and plays with them.
Derek May
Watching Derrick May perform was such a shock and influence for me. I never got to hear Ron Hardy personally, but I could feel through him the electricity and energy of it all.
Discovering Chicago House
For me, the DJ that truly captivates is Lewis.
- If I had to show my 11-year-old kid what a Chicago house DJ is, I would take him to see Lewis.
Lewis embodies two incredible aspects:
- Timelessness: At times, you feel like you're in 1986 with him in a DJ booth in Chicago, same sound, same groove, same energy.
- Versatility: He can seamlessly weave in the hardest tracks and the softest ballads; it all makes sense.
His sets take you on a journey where there's no chance of getting out at any bus stop, the doors of the bus are locked, and you stay on this ride till the end.
Personal Reflections
To me, I admire so much about those DJs.
Having said this, I don't have much charisma as a DJ. I'm quiet and very focused on what I do because my obsession is to share with people this immense love of music.
- I'm always worried about forgetting something.
As a DJ, I feel like a transmitter, trying to throw as many entrance tickets to people as I can.
"That's what house music sounds like."
"That's what Kerry Chandler does."
Hopefully, I can transmit this passion to them.
The Journey of Transmission
What I'm trying to say is you can love things a certain way and do them another way. I will never be Lil Wiz; he is Lil Wiz. I will never be any of the DJs I admire so much, they all have such personality, charisma, and intensity.
It doesn't matter because I'm feeding off them, trying to give it back in a different way.
I want to share that for the longest time, I was quite hard about my passion. If you didn't know all the Armando records, you couldn't talk to me about Chicago because I was intense about knowing everything.
What I've learned is that when you transmit, you translate. You can never transmit something exactly the way you receive it, just like the influence felt from Derrick and Ron.
Even in the most honest attempts to transmit, there's always a difference, and that's the beauty of it all.
Inspiring the Next Generation
This is how you connect with the younger generation and hopefully inspire them to carry on things in their own way.
You can have many influences and be passionate about them, be it DJs or musicians. You can learn about the technique, the equipment, and really understand what each machine does.
What truly matters, in the end, is how you're going to cook your own meal; all those little ingredients will make your meal super special. It will be uniquely yours, arranged in a way that no one else can do.
About the instructor
DJ Deep es un productor y DJ francés de house y techno, y el hombre detrás del sello Deeply Rooted (antes Deeply Rooted House). A lo largo de más de 20 años ha sido uno de los grandes curadores de la música de baile, y ese oído para lo que hace que un disco funcione de verdad es exactamente lo que lo convierte en un guía del que merece la pena aprender. 'Veo mi trabajo como el de ser un gran filtro', dice, restándole más bien importancia al papel que este francés ha tenido en el desarrollo de la música house. 'Como yonqui del vinilo, estoy en las tiendas de discos buscando temazos casi cada día. Compartir lo que considero los mejores discos del momento o los clásicos personales más atemporales es algo que me ha motivado a lo largo de los años.' Cyril Etienne emergió de la escena parisina para causar un verdadero impacto en el escenario mundial. Empezó pinchando para Laurent Garnier en fiestas como Oz y Zoo en el club Palace, luego se convirtió en habitual del Rex Club y estableció su singular sentido del gusto con sus programas 'A Deep Groove' en la emisora pirata Radio FG y más tarde en Radio Nova. Rápidamente pasó a pinchar por todo el mundo, llevando siempre consigo un sentido de la historia nutrido por su amor por Chicago, Nueva York y Detroit. Difuminando las líneas entre house y techno, también une los puntos entre cortes clásicos y contemporáneos con su propio sentido de la narración, no solo como DJ y productor, sino también como jefe de sello y curador de fiestas. Desde 2003 dirige su propio sello con visión de futuro, Deeply Rooted, sinónimo de house y techno con clase y fiel a sus raíces, de artistas nuevos y ya consagrados como Kerri Chandler, Ben Klock, Francois X, Ben Sims y Roman Poncet, así como la estrella francesa emergente y habitual de Concrete Paris Marina Trench. Su propia serie Raw Cuts tiende un puente entre la emoción sentida del house y el impacto directo del techno. Más allá de su propio sello, ha publicado en Rekids, Kaoz Theory y Tresor, y como remezclador ha reelaborado a artistas como Carl Craig, St Germain, DJ Honesty, Scan 7, Borderland (Juan Atkins) y Point G, aportando siempre sus atmósferas singularmente cálidas a todo lo que saca. También hace música bajo diversos otros alias: Rebeval, con material de sonido más crudo en L.I.E.S.; Sergie Rezza, un proyecto colaborativo y sello del mismo nombre junto a Roman Poncet que explora un house y techno más experimental, teñido de ambient, tanto en formato EP como LP; Fang, para house contemporáneo; y Adventice, para un techno enérgico y de raíces clásicas, con lanzamientos en Tresor y directos en lugares como Berlin Atonal. Su faceta más ecléctica aflora en sus programas de radio Open Library en Worldwide FM: ventanas de dos horas de jazz, soul, dub, funk y ambient que constituyen bandas sonoras muy especiales e inmersivas. Sea lo que sea lo que pinche o produzca, DJ Deep siempre tiene algo que merece la pena escuchar. En Find Your Own Path in House & Techno, comparte cómo selecciona, ordena y da forma a los temas para que, en lugar de perseguir tendencias, puedas construir un sonido y un gusto que sean inconfundiblemente tuyos. read more