Yes, the music itself comes first, but some of the best events I've been to are ones where the setup is pretty simple, and the mixer and DJ's hands are in plain view. When one track transitions into another, people can get a sense for how it is happening...they might see the work with the faders, t...

manzatour wrote:From a musical point of view my preference goes to Berlin, but I'm not sure I could resist a whole winter there.

neither can anyone here, lol

dont expect much for hihats

its also not like nothing was happening here before hawtin took up residence. berlin has a loooooooooooooooooooong history. At the very least, the love parade started before the wall came down. lou reed and bowie were here in the 70s/80s. Swing jazz of the 20s...

im not a dj and have never been to barcelona, but berlin is a wonderful city to LIVE in. If the concentration of djs and such in berlin is offputting, consider that berlin is geographically central to europe and for such a size city is unbelievably affordable. If the idea of being a small fish is un...

now one thing i really dislike about the whole 'minimal' scene is scarves! what is that all about (-) its not really a "minimal" thing. Germans like scarves as accessories. Look at Lufthansa flight attendants. The minimal hype started up in berlin where germans dancing to minimal house an...

and any idea on why no good fm stations same reason there are no good tv stations - running one is expensive and hte masses dont care enough to have any decent taste. Most stations that have any decent programming do so at night when people might not be listening to the radio anyway and hte intende...

berlin radio kiss - mainstream stuff there is a jazz station, but tis mostly boring standards. in the evenings they paly some jazzy house fritz - more mainstream stuff, some electronic radio 1 - not as good as fritz spree - 80s classics, german new wave, schlager i dont listen to the radio, but thes...