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Live Video: Watch This Aussie DJ Break The World Record For Longest DJ Set

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7:00PM December 21, 2011 | Danny Allen

What are you up to tonight? If you’re DJ Smokin, you’re at The Empire Hotel in Sydney’s King Cross and just a few hours away from breaking the record — 120 hours and 19 minutes. He’s aiming for 168 hours (7 days straight) and there are some tricky rules to keep things interesting. More »


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Threats, Drugs And Other Notes At The DJ Booth

8:20AM August 16, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Being a DJ is likely one of the best possible vocations a human can achieve. You’re paid to make people dance, right? But these people are usually drunk and awful. Here are their dispatches from the dance floor. More »


Software

MiniMash Lets You Pretend To Be An iPad DJ

4:20AM August 16, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Deejaying is hard. Apart from buying all that expensive gear, the steep learning curve will keep many a budding turntablist out of most clubs (thankfully). So while the MiniMash app is awesome for doing the work for you, keep it away from my bars. More »


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Qbo The Robot DJ Will Guarantee Nerdiest Party Of Your Life

9:30AM August 5, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Hello, party programs! Are you ready to get down? Put your hands in the air if you are ready to get funky — digitally! Perhaps you would like a rap party melody? That is no problem! Motion-controlled party cool time! More »


Geek Out

DJ Kittens Are Better Than You

1:41AM July 16, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Everyone has some dipshit friend who calls himself a DJ – and by DJ, he means guy who excitedly bounces around his laptop frantically shuffling through iTunes. But he’s never dropped bombs like these deck-spinning cats. ERRAH ERRAH ERRAH *AIRHORN* More »


Online

Who Is The World’s Most Popular Turntable.fm DJ, Exactly?

10:40AM July 8, 2011 | Adrian Covert

BetaBlog says that Turntable.fm user Woooooo has more likes (over 9000) and more fans (over 1000) than anyone else on the service. They also quote him spouting absurd things like “‘You want to be me? You have to have your own room. DJ Wooooo is a brand.’” So, who the hell is this guy? More »


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Can Nixon’s RPM Headphones Handle My George Michael Remixes?

11:50PM April 25, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Looking not entirely dissimilar from the Danish Aiaiai TMA-1 headphones I liked so much last year, these Nixon RPM headphones have 40mm drivers tuned for DJ use, along with articulated joints for twisting every-which-way. More »


Software

DJ Knows Exactly What Music You Like Just By Looking At Your Face

6:00AM February 18, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

Confident in your taste? Stick your mug in front of Automatic DJ, a program written by Hunch’s Ben Gleitzman that recognises your face, looks you up on Facebook, and uses your profile info to put on a song you’re guaranteed to like. I didn’t know computers could do any of that stuff. More »


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If Apple Designed DJ Gear It Would Look Exactly Like This

5:40AM January 29, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This is the Hoerboard Scomber Mix DJ workstation, but if anyone told me it was called the Apple iDJ I would totally believe it. But beyond the similarities with Apple’s design, it’s a beautiful workstation on its own, full of details: More »


Geek Out

Rare Footage Of Daft Punk’s 1980s Helmet Found

10:00AM January 15, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Did I say 1980s? I meant 2011sies, sorry. I bet the sweaty Daft Punk guys are looking at DJ Kid Chameleon’s Macintosh Plus and iPad helmet in envy – especially if there’s a fan component squeezed in there. More »