DJ Blogs

After a number of years building up an awesome aritist career, Mad Zach is back on the DJ Techtools YouTube channel this week. In a fresh new video, he explains some of the advantages of using the Midi Fighter Spectra for performing soundpacks live. He also talks through some of... Read more »

For DJs, the choice of a USB drive can be a pretty important step in preparation. Making sure that your DJ flash drive is a reliable partner that stands up to the stresses of your DJ life is critical. In this article, we explore the essential factors DJs should consider... Read more »

We like solving problems for DJs. A lot of the time, they’re our own problems. DJTT’s store manager Josh wanted a nicer-looking USB drive, and I wanted one that wouldn’t take forever to sync my Rekordbox library. We’ve watched Reddit threads and the Pioneer DJ forums and seen DJs frustrated... Read more »

Alphatheta just announced their XDJ-AZ – it’s an all-in-one standalone with four decks built into the unit. In this piece, I’ll share some of the details on the unit and offer a few first impressions and thoughts on how it is to mix on. In the world of digital DJ... Read more »

The audiophiles asked – and Beatport answered. Beatport Streaming now has an option to play lossless FLAC files to subscribers of both the Beatport Streaming Professional plan and the Beatsource Streaming Pro+ plan. That means Beatport’s entire 12-million+-track library – along with Beatsource’s 7-million-strong gold mine – is now at your disposal to... Read more »

AlphaTheta announced the latest addition to their family of gear today: the DDJ-GRV6. The 4-channel DJ controller is compatible with both rekordbox and Serato DJ Pro – and introduces the ability to remix and manipulate drum loops in real time via the Groove Circuit features. Key Features Take a look at the... Read more »

In this episode of How I Play, we hear from Berlin-based techno producer Hybrasil on his powerful live rig. Instead of having a laptop or CDJs involved, this is a DAWless outboard standalone system that’s pretty impressive. Watch him talk through his setup and share his secrets in this fresh... Read more »

We covered the initial news last year about how AlphaTheta (Pioneer DJ’s parent company) proposed a corporate acquisition of Serato Audio Research. Today, there’s been big news that might slow the deal to a halt: New Zealand’s antitrust regulatory agency, the Commerce Commission, has denied clearance for the deal. Many... Read more »

Tracklist Episode #641: 1) Mike Mendezable - Stasis 2) Dmitry Kostyuchenko - Catch me 3) Freemood - Frank is awake until the end of the night 4) MOKX & Bobillion - Breath [TRACK OF THE WEEK] - 5) Alexander Popov x Seegy x Baby Doge - Guiding Light 6) Kay-D... Read more »

Tracklist Episode #640: 1) Pretty Pink feat. Christina Burns - Lost & Found (Anyasa & Dayce remix) 2) DJ Leandro - Sunrise [TRACK OF THE WEEK] 3) Ollie Munday - No Pain 4) Soul Engineers - Heritage 5) Frede - GG Mambi 6) 9Departmnet - Skyfall 7) Break Note -... Read more »

Tracklist Episode #639: 1) DJ Leandro - Essence 2) Romain Garcia - Next to you [TRACK OF THE WEEK] 3) Motry - Apart 4) Lightchaser - Holding you 5) Calippo - My mind 6) Break Knote - Solace 7) Taleon - Aura 8) T.Matthias fea.t Nu=Lu - Leathel Love 9)... Read more »

Tracklist Episode #638: 1) Path of Youth - Heathrow 2) Oliver Koletzki - Hypnotized 3) Nihil Young - Lucid 4) Meyer - The reckoning (Nihil Young Remix) 5) Josh - Burrows Breath [TRACK OF THE WEEK] 6) If I? - Eucalypt 7) Fran&co - Talamonkey 8) Fethi Bak - After... Read more »

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Tracklist Episode #637: 1) Salva Contando - String of my roots (Svenj remix) 2) Stan Kolev - Devi Oneness 3) Stan Kolev & Matan Caspi - Pieppro 4) Stanny Abram - La Tormenta 5) Tetraclys - Atlas 6) Volaris - Who do you love [TRACK OF THE WEEK] 7) LAMAS... Read more »

Tracklist Episode #636: 1) DJ Leandro - Essence 2) Blank Page - Reach out to me 3) Break Note - Solace 4) Michael Cassette - Feel the flow [track of the week] 5) Anton Trion - Coincidence 6) RLSA & TOMB - Prism 7) Phonique - Acido Composto 8) Tetractys... Read more »

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Tracklist Episode #635: 1) Slow Ted - Closer 2) Taleon - Aura 3) Anderholm - See how it ends [TRACK OF THE WEEK] 4) Aske Izan - Centella 5) Avenue One - Call of the wild 6) Blank Page - Reach out to me 7) Callipo - My mind 8)... Read more »

Tracklist Episode #634: 1) Roam Fiialo - Together as one 2) Soul Engineers - Heritage 3) Stev Dive - Aliente 4) DJ Leandro - Tribal Soul 5) 9Department - Skyfall 6) Cubicolor - summer and smoke (BluePaper remix) [TRACK OF THE WEEK] 7) DJ Leandro - Heaven’s Touch 8) Moori... Read more »

Tracklist Episode #633: 1) DJ Leandro - Heaven’s Touch 2) Emre.K - Save me 3) Seegy - After night 4) Agoria - Teardrops (Angelos remix) 5) Spacemotion - Keyta 6) Camelphat - Home (Arabix piano mix) [TRACK OF THE WEEK] 7) Samantha Loveridge - Loosing my religion 8) Riascode -... Read more »

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Tracklist Episode #632: 1) Alexander Poppov - Think about you 2) Pretty Pink - Euphoria (Jan Bllomqvist remix) 3) Pretty Pink - Lost & found - (Tim Engelhardt remix) 4) Be Loved (Promo) 5) Alexander Poppov - Lost in space (Going Deeper remix) 6) Martin Cantrill - Blind devotion 7)... Read more »

Tracklist Episode #631: 1) Frede & WALTHER - GG Mambi 2) G.Pal & Elias Kazais - Slipping Away 3) Infinem & Sabb - Peligrosa 4) Just a boy - Ngala 5) DJ Leandro - Heaven’s Touch [TRACK OF THE WEEK] 6) Sebastien Leger - Omira 7) Sone - Overused 8)... Read more »