From DJ Zeph:
After finishing Vol. 1, DJ Imperial and I had this idea to do a volume 2 using a sampler, and really blurring the lines between what was produced and what was played. When Imperial moved back to Sweden (and using a sampler seemed to be unnecessary with the editing options in what was then new - protools) I stepped up to do Vol. 2 with one of my favorite DJ's and crate diggers.....DJ Platurn!
Since the previous mix was predominantly live, with this new concept Platurn and I found that we were not in jeopardy of reinventing the wheel. We met up, and came to some conclusions. We wanted it to be B-Boy/Girl friendly, and we weren't going to limit what we used to any category, and we wanted to feature one of our favorite DJ's with the illest cuts DJ Teeko.
This format proved to be really hot, and I don't think we were the only ones to do something like this, but we were definately one of the first, and we were really proud of the end result. Being able to extend and overlap breaks indefinitely really is a great way to approach a breaks mix. This is really proven in moments like the Olympic Runners kazoo mashup, or the Ramsey Lewis rock blend. By not limiting the selection to any categories we get edits of newer releases of classics like the Kenny Dope/J5 and its monster drums intro, but without all the excessive parts (the song). We also get DJ Teeko just murdering the cuts in moments like the Shadow/Cut Chemist numbers redo.
We had a lot of fun putting this down, and hope you enjoy listening/dancing...
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