found@thirst

Saw this in onion last week and thought it looked interesting

The found @ Thirst Comp for up and comming DJs

-15 minutes - at least 5 tracks

-winner to melbourne to compete in a final where the prize is a set along pete tong and tiesto

what an interesting line up as well - Patch, Staen1, Cheeky B, Lachy Pender, Prof X, K2 and Lobot.

what a mixture of styles - its gonna be interesting.

the two things that concern me though are

1) 15 minutes isn;t a long time to show your stuff - what r they looking for the next nick skitz?

2) if its for up and comming DJs that haven;t quite made it yet, how r Patch (adelaide's best D&B DJ) and Staen1 (Australian DMC no 1) included?


Thoughts?

When and where is the Adelaide heats being held? I did see it too in a few magazines but the dates elude me. Sounds like an interesting concept thats for sure..

Saturday April 24 from 10-12pm at Garage

Originally posted by LOCSmiley
Saturday April 24 from 10-12pm at Garage

Damn :( 4 strings is in the Riverland the same night and I have about 10 people staying at my place ( no exageration) that night :(

Best of luck those that are entered..

the people competing were nominated by industry colleagues - in some states i had heard that you could nominate yourself

Originally posted by Chrysoula


Damn :( 4 strings is in the Riverland the same night

Havent you already seen them 15 times? ;) Seems as though they live here these days! :P

hes playing a vs set at chem with damage on thursday as well:lol:

Originally posted by Chrysoula


Damn :( 4 strings is in the Riverland the same night and I have about 10 people staying at my place ( no exageration) that night :(

Best of luck those that are entered..

in the Riverland? Not that I'm heading up there... but, I repeat, in the Riverland?

Man, I should've invited him to Whyalla! ;) He could've played a versus set with you Loc! Then Logik could have blown the needle of the record in the middle of 4 strings's set and not mine! :lol:

i'm sure we'd compliment each other really well :lol:

i reckon patch and staen are the only 2 djs that can mix 5 tunes in 15 mins ..

Lachy Lachy he's our man, if he can't do it no one can!!;D

Originally posted by oOtidygirlOo
Havent you already seen them 15 times? ;) Seems as though they live here these days! :P

:lol: them.. 4 Strings is ONE person.... Jan.. Makes me laugh when people reffer to them or they.. sorry sal..

Schona.. Yes 4 Strings is playing at the Loxton club on Saturday 24th April.. Should be interesting to have an act of that calibre in our region..

Originally posted by Tylerr
Lachy Lachy he's our man, if he can't do it no one can!!;D

can he mix 5 tunes in 15 mins ?

Originally posted by sixer
i reckon patch and staen are the only 2 djs that can mix 5 tunes in 15 mins ..

lachy will have a fair crack! i have faith :)

Originally posted by crazy1


lachy will have a fair crack! i have faith :)

my cash is on Patch diggety dawg or Staen

lets have ya :tripping:

Originally posted by DaGreenGoblin
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anyways, 15mins is craptime and doesn't neccessarily cater for all styles... ala progressive, trance and to an extent breaks (prog vs hip hop styles breaks) so you're ruling out those for starters.. and given that the major prize is getting a slot alongside of tiesto (for those who don't know.. he plays trance) & tong (he plays a bit of everything commercial and definatley not hip hop or d & b) it makes the competition quite laughable!

congratulations to the guys that got nominated cos they deserve their spots but give them a decent set length so you can judge them on equal merits.

as for patch and staen1's inclusion does it actually state somewhere that the entrants have to be an up and comers?

thatd be sick rinsin out hip hop or dnb just before tiesto!

ppl might actually enjoy it

can he mix 5 tunes in 15 mins ?

you'll just have to wait and see wont ya

Originally posted by LOCSmiley


you'll just have to wait and see wont ya

keen for a small wager ?

about what, how many tracks i can mix in 15minutes?

sorry forgot to include Benny Watts in that line


can he mix 5 tunes in 15 mins

can you? or is your brain not quite quick enough to keep up anymore? have you even seen him, K2, Prof X, benny watts or lobot play?

by the way anybody heard of lobot before?

i think most ppl will get a shock bout the winner - i reckon prof x is in with a good chcne especially if he plays house

don;t see d&b going down well in a house club

Originally posted by DaGreenGoblin
sorry forgot to include Benny Watts in that line




can you? or is your brain not quite quick enough to keep up anymore? have you even seen him, K2, Prof X, benny watts or lobot play?

by the way anybody heard of lobot before?

i think most ppl will get a shock bout the winner - i reckon prof x is in with a good chcne especially if he plays house

don;t see d&b going down well in a house club


I reckon prof X could pull it .. hes a top jock .. !

Lachy .. nah :P

Originally posted by DaGreenGoblin
15 minutes - at least 5 tracks

don't like it, what can you tell about a DJ in that time?

i think that lachy dude is kinda boring thou :P

;D

Well i had a little mix with Benny Watt the other day just to test the 15 minute 5 track rule, and he squeezed 8 tracks into 10 minutes.

but theres probably only two decks at garage...

we've been told we have 2 decks and 2 1000's at our disposal

Originally posted by sixer


can he mix 5 tunes in 15 mins ?

Can he even count to 5 in 15mins without a computer?:p

Bet he chokes!

Seriously, good luck to ya Lachy. Show em all what you can do.

8-)

Staen will win! :D

gee thanks jesus

Originally posted by LOCSmiley
gee thanks jesus

ur welcome.

i'd like to see the show but i'm not the garage crew's fav person so i won't.

say hi to the manic ice queen for me if ya see her. thanks.

dna8-)

ill be checkin this out... interesting concept.. 15 minutes just isn't enuf time tho if u ask me

you seem to have something against lachy oddy - did he reject your advances, or did he just complain that he couldn;t feel anything :D
i spoke to K2 the other day and he told me the judging criteria,a nd only 20% is technical skills. A lot of it comes down to the DJ working the crowd - Staen1 might be able to do that at garage, but i have my doubts on how the garage crowd will respond to Patch's D&B or Cheeky B's harder edged stuff.

Originally posted by DaGreenGoblin
you seem to have something against lachy oddy - did he reject your advances, or did he just complain that he couldn;t feel anything :D
i spoke to K2 the other day and he told me the judging criteria,a nd only 20% is technical skills. A lot of it comes down to the DJ working the crowd - Staen1 might be able to do that at garage, but i have my doubts on how the garage crowd will respond to Patch's D&B or Cheeky B's harder edged stuff.

Yep, in the DMC's Staen can get a crowd hypo in the 2 or 3 minutes he's allocated, in 15 minutes he'd be able to cut, scratch and juggle his way to victory! 8-)

Originally posted by dj_terence


Yep, in the DMC's Staen can get a crowd hypo in the 2 or 3 minutes he's allocated, in 15 minutes he'd be able to cut, scratch and juggle his way to victory! 8-)

to the garage crowd



i think cheeky b would have a beter chance playin breaks too then hardcore..

if crowd response means anything

Yep, in the DMC's Staen can get a crowd hypo in the 2 or 3 minutes he's allocated, in 15 minutes he'd be able to cut, scratch and juggle his way to victory!

yeah thats to an educated hip hop crowd dude

no denying the boy has skills and is a good chance of winning

BUT

he is playing to an uneducated prentenious crowd at garage that think that Matt Pearce's same 5 hour set every weekend and bad mixing is awesome:lol:

they would be more then likely to look at him and go - dude what the fuck are you doing?

True - beatjuggling may just sound like a mess to some people :meh: but there's no denying crazy scratching sounds tight to even the most uneducated of ears. Well I hope he wins anyway ;D

Originally posted by DaGreenGoblin




BUT

he is playing to an uneducated prentenious crowd at garage that think that Matt Pearce's same 5 hour set every weekend and bad mixing is awesome:lol:

they would be more then likely to look at him and go - dude what the fuck are you doing?

That aint nothing compared to if he wins and the room full of loved up, gurning tiesto fans stare blankly at him waiting for the breakdown so they can throw their hands in the air!!

Agreed he got mad skills but for his own sanity you gotta kinda hope he doesnt win

That aint nothing compared to if he wins and the room full of loved up, gurning tiesto fans stare blankly at him waiting for the breakdown so they can throw their hands in the air!!

gotta make ya wonder if there is a some sort of limiting commercial sensibilities on the comp.

maybe thats why the winner overall is picked by tiesto and pete tong themselves - not a judge.

so even if patch, staen1 or cheekyb palying hardcore got through - it would be a waste cos i really doubt that tong and tiesto would pick those styles to open for them

Originally posted by DaGreenGoblin

so even if patch, staen1 or cheekyb palying hardcore got through - it would be a waste cos i really doubt that tong and tiesto would pick those styles to open for them

maybe they can open for me then hehe ;)

regarding the up and comers thing, i asken ben from the comp when he rang up and he told me they were looking for dj's that have played out and are confident behind the decks rather than bedroom dj's.

:)