Last week was the first in a series of events down at Wax Jambu featuring DJs that will be playing from vinyl only. A novelty in todays digital age with it all being CDs/MP3s and Serato, I thought I would try something a little different.
The previous weekend, I went and say my old dear and picked out some of the old vinyl to play. A mixed bag but mainly from the 70s to 90s. The bag was heavy, as expected. Those pirate radio days of taking 2 bags to radio were definitely a distant memory.
Tonight and every nights music would be going live to the world via Ustream, easy to set up and my trusty first netbook computer came out for the ride. Just need to work out the optimal webcam angle. That would be cool.
Set up for that was pretty straight forward and that, unfortunately, the left deck had seen better times and was kicking out a massive hum. It wasnt to noticeable but, I could hear it. After struggling with it for a while, Jimi, the owner and deck surgeon, took the turntable upstairs to see if he could repair it. We tired it a second time but no joy. So there was live on the floor (no Diplo) deck surgery. I went all 1970 listening party with one turntable. Gotta give thanks to the Motown albums!
Everything was a bit sensitive after the repair but we got it cracking. My good friend Laze Breaks came down to help out. This guy made the digital jump way before me and you can tell. Guy HATES records, but cannot deny the selection he brought down. Michelle from't Leeds was feeling the Jill Scott.
We had a good time and would like to say thanks to all the people that made it possible and came down. Much <3 y'all ready know. But we will keep it moving and will keep this updated as a kind of diary of the events.
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