Bass, Dubstep, D&B, Hip-Hop, Beats, Lifestyle and much more: juli 2012

1. polk street introduction
2. mr. scruff & roots manuva – nice up the function (remix)
3. gorillaz & busta rhymes – stylo (remix)
4. fat freddys drop – roady (the nextmen walnut edit)
5. fela kuti and his afrika 70 – eko
6. mos def – there is a way
7. jacques brel – amsterdam
8. mayer hawthorne – green eyed love (waajeed remix)
9. james brown – there was a time (kd mix)
10. jungle by night – e.t.
11. big maybelle – I’ve got a feelin’
12. dee edwards – why can’t there be love (pilooski edit)
13. make some noise break
14. paul simon – 50 ways to leave your lover
15. colonel red – holla
16. raphael saadiq – just don’t
17. michael mcdonald – I keep forgettin’
18. warren g & nate dogg – regulate
19. the nextmen – sofa
20. big boi feat. cutty – shutterbugg
21. kyteman feat. reazun – une seule fois
22. the roots – adrenaline
23. antibalas – rat race
24. willie rosario – calypso blues

There's a new buzz-word in the world of DJing: "Button Pushers." As the DJ moves from club booths to festival stages, the equipment has become increasingly varied. And as the lines continue to blur between a DJ who mixes and a producer who presses play, questions of authenticity have been raised. I should mention that I am a DJ myself. I won five world DJ championships (yes, there is such a thing) at a young age, and this has been my career for 15 years, so I feel a certain responsibility to weigh in on the subject.
Traditionally, a DJ spun vinyl records on turntables and would change his set every night. So what about guys who play on laptops? Those who spend more time raising their hands than mixing? Or those whose presence is lost behind intricate light shows? Esteemed electronic producer deadmau5, who recently graced the cover of rock bible Rolling Stone wearing his namesake, robo-rodent mask, decided to blow the whistle himself with a refreshingly frank tumblr post entitled "We All Hit Play." Explaining how his pre-planned stage show works, he admits that the term "live" is an overstatement. But his tone is strangely defensive and he unjustly lumps DJs into the argument, reducing their craft to mindless beat-matching: "I had that skill down when I was 3."

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