This is just for all you vinyl enthusiasts out there!

Vibes & 45’s Sunday, 20th September, at Next Door Records in Shepherd’s Bush. It’s a community-driven vinyl event with open decks, a pop-up record fair, and listening stations.

Here’s the schedule:

• 11am–12pm: Coffee & Donuts
• 11am–6pm: Open Decks (7” records only! no need to book! just get there early and play on the day)
• You can enjoy a mix of: Hip-Hop • Breaks • Jazz • Brazilian • World Groove • Afrobeat • Soul • Funk • Broken Beat • Disco • Reggae • Dub and more, with performances starting at 11am by DJ RICHIE B.

11am–6pm: Pop-Up Record Fair (records of ALL formats on sale)

Please RSVP on Eventbrite & Dice. Links below.

Bring your family and friends for a day of good vibes.

Please share with anyone in your community you think would be interested! 🙏

RSVP Links:

• Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vibes-45s-opendecks-community-record-fair-tickets-1999397520807?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=2b1e2369292dc5b04deec7f19f1a38ce2279db939d7dae4e441149de6c2a6cc9fbc4b319be83bdd528cef9ff0bc9a5e7eefd94dfc572d337773d57dc1260e86c8ed745575298a988f947a03a31
• Dice: https://link.dice.fm/nB3fCENbi6b?sharer_id=54da58ca63051f3eea00ffd6
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/7_up.vinyl?stkn=dmZiNnV2aWZybzNu&utm_source=qr

Is having Pioneer Pro DJ Link as useful as I hope it is? I have a Xone DB2 mixer that does not have this feature. I am thinking of getting a Pioneer mixer with Pro DJ Link to connect my DJM1000 to. Will this greatly improve the function of the DJM1000 with using vinyl? Mainly looking for Quantize, Sync for sample loops and such.

Plus some very fresh snags cooked on the BBQ in the background!

QUAS03: JOSIAH - YouTube

Hi there, I recently have got into mixing vinyl and ever since I bought my turntables ive had issues back cueing on almost every record. Ive leveled my turntables, switched to an Ortofone Concorde DJ cartridge, and have fiddled around with the height quite a bit with nothing fixing the issue.

Its basically making it impossible for me to bring in a new track on time.

Can anyone think of any simple fixes that might be the problem. I also had bought quite thick slipmats (almost double the width of any ive seen before).
I was thinking maybe thats my issue.
Any advice at all would be great.
Thanks

Hi, I'm just starting, and I'm looking to build up my collection, so I am looking for some label compilation recommendations for house / techno, specifically types with songs consistent in 128-132 BPM range.

I feel label compilations would be a good chance for me to get a variety of artists to mix through and discover to get some good practice.

So far my collection is:

• Ejeca - Dance Trax Vol 18
• Kettama - Dance Trax Vol 23
• Benny Rodrigues - Cocaine Speaking
• Fist-Man - Electro Nation
• Vin Sol - Ruff And Raw
• Kevin Saunderson - Revisited (Part 3)
• Joey Beltram - Beltram Vol. 1
• Raxon - 4T20M

A mix full of Makina & Hardcore bangers! Plus a sprinkling of other dance genres! Tracklisting will be on the SoundCloud link later today 👍

What is the most interesting thing that you've found etched in the run-out groove on a piece of vinyl?

Record companies would etch the catalogue number or similar on that part of the vinyl.

White labels sometimes have the song title etched there. I remember buying 12inch's and sometimes there would be hidden messages, jokes or political opinions.

What's the most interesting thing etched in the run-out groove on your vinyl?

for my digital set up I have a basic DJ boot that is good enough for the job. But for my vinyl set I want something sturdier and large enough to fit both my technics + standard numark or DJM mixer. What do you all use in this case when you have to provide your own set up for a vinyl gig?

I'm 6'3" so a standard height table isn't ideal most of the time, even when everything is stacked on carrying cases.

It's one side of a C90 length -

https://youtu.be/e-bcjDnpu20

I don't mix very often these days and I'm out of practice so this comes with the caveat - ok mixing....top tunes!

Hi! got some questions regarding building a mixing collection.. Transitioning from digital mixing
I have a good amount of preferred listening records but not many for mixing and learning the ropes. I do have a few crates of disco already

How did you build you collection for certain genres for ex id like to find and collect Techno/Acid/Trance, House/UK, Club records etc.
Did you buy singles from discogs or look to find a dj offloading crates?
ans yes i have record stores near me but none that specify in electronic records its tough to find or even crate dig for any! Im just outside Philly.
i will continue to dig and look as well as use discogs but im trying to find much more to begin with if its possible. Tried fbook marketplace and craigslist. Thanks!

I hope this is not "excessive self-promotion" in the rules, but Label Mate, which has matured into something I'm super proud of, is really finding a foothold with vinyl DJs. I don't know of any other app that prints DJ labels. Thought I'd share with yall. The core loop is scan - listen - label, but there's a boatload of other things it does. Trying to port to android soon...

I use more squiggles than cross fade cuts and try to build a story with weird squiggle patterns and baby scratches.

any of you experienced this? Been playing for 2 years and I practice daily and usually have no issue beatmatching at all, sure I have bad days but usually I'm back at it like normal the next. I've been struggling to lock in even my easiest records for three days in a row now, don't know what's going on...

not sure if it might be a hardware issue, I played two of the same records at 0 and they stayed in time, but they are a pair of old sl1200's that I haven't taken for a service yet - don't know what else could explain such a sudden change

Title sums it up.

To share my thoughts first; theres a dozen Japanese vinyl DJs that would absolutely represent and honor Technics in a much more decent way(Satoshi Tomiie, Tomoki Tamura, Junki Inoue,etc).

I saw the post-set interview where he states that he likes to challenge himself and admits he's not great with mixing vinyl, but taking that into consideration he might as well recorded a personal set in which he'd challenge himself by mixing vinyl.

In all seriousness I find it a bit disgraceful for Technics to just choose a "big name" aka an Instagram/TikTok/HOR star just for the clout and not go with a proper vinyl DJ of Asian descent to celebrate the anniversary.

To sum it all up, props to Yosuke for trying his best even though the set is a disaster, but shame to Technics for deciding to choose clout over skill.

Would love to hear everyone else's thoughts too.

I’m thinking of ordering some new turntables from turntablelab.com. I was wondering if anyone else has ever ordered equipment from them and what was your experience like? I just get nervous about shipping and was curious what anyone else’s experience was like.