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CIDER MAGAZINE
ISSUE 36
PG 14
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How the turn tables
New Turn?Tables and a
quick listen of Zeitgeist
This month I’ve got
something on the
technological side of DJing
that I think may be a big
deal, and a bit of an
explanation as to why. I’ve
also got an album just
released for you to check
out....
with STEGGA
aka Justin Looper
they come at the cost of spinning real
records.
This is where the new RP-8000
Turntable comes in. It’s made by a
relatively unknown company called
Reloop, and I think it might help divert
the new direction of DJing. The idea is
this: It’s a new turntable, built as solidly
as the standard Technics we’ve all been
using for years, but it’s got a controller
built into it for all of the advanced
There are more or less three features offered by DJ software. What
this means is that many of the DJs who
mediums that DJs play on:
are set on using these features, can now
turntables, CD decks, and
controllers. Now more or less any easily use them with a turntable. I
time a DJ has both turntables and believe this might start to push the
turntablism scene back into the forefront
a laptop on stage, he’s not
a bit.
spinning actual records, he’s
Next, I have got to gush about an
spinning special timecode records
album that came out just a couple days
that are routed into a laptop, and
prior to this issue. The album is called
interpreted to control playback of
Zeitgeist, by Camo & Krooked, a duo
digital tracks, as if they were
actually on the record. DJs use this from Austria. The pair are two of the
system for a combination of many most popular Drum n Bass artists out
reasons. One of the reasons more there right now, despite being only 24
and 30, with now four full-length albums.
relevant to dance music is that it
lets you still use turntables, and in- Their style has been a mix between very
high-energy DnB, and a more melodic
teract with them in the same way
you would with actual records, but Liquid sounds, but this album is
something of a departure from their
you can play music that you
usual, and this is why I bring it up. They
couldn’t possibly get on wax. The
next reason, relevant to where I’m definitely seem to be taking a page from
Daft Punk’s recent book. I’d call this new
going with this, is that any time
album is a very smooth funky blend
you’re playing with a laptop, you
between DnB and hip hop, with very
have access to some advanced
similar aesthetics to Daft Punk’s recent
features like looping, cue points,
sampling, effects, etc. that let you smooth disco album, which I discussed
be very expressive. However, you a couple of months ago, RAM. This
album makes me think that Daft Punk’s
have to have some way of
triggering them. That’s part of why bold move of going for more of a chilledout funky tone is exactly what dance
some people use controllers, but
needs right now,
when we’ve got so much
heavy “banger” stuff coming
out.
Anyways, I really think
Electronic fans, and non-electronic fans alike would love this
new album, especially if you
liked RAM, so check it out. The
Album is Zeitgeist by Camo &
Krooked.
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