DJ Dens plays in the digitec offices
28.6.2017
Translation: machine translated
We have a DJ in the house. He not only shows us the latest tools for disc jockeys, but also explains how a mix is created. An insight into the life of a DJ and a report from a Friday of which we can say: Nice.
Because the main problem with writing about sound is that I can produce pages and pages of text and still not do the music justice. That's why this is primarily a video project. But what I don't realise yet is that the video blogger, the DJ, the agent, the product manager and the journalist are in for a really good time.
"They'll be ready for the camera in about two minutes," Stephanie tells me.
Small setup, big noise
Here we go. DJ Dens is mixing.
The music comes from a PA system that Dominic and Dens have brought with them in a Ford Mondeo. "It's a bit cramped in the car, but we can fit a whole DJ setup plus speakers in the estate," says Dominic.
"If I'm going to show you the son of a bitch mix, I'm going to do it properly"
After the DJ set, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to ask DJ Dens a few questions. Because when we have a DJ in the house, we want to make the most of the opportunity. You can see the result in the video above. Dens explains how he assembles his DJ equipment, what matters to him and, because he is an artist at Reloop, why he chose the brand.
A DJ has to know a lot of music. Really a lot. DJ Dens has obviously spent hours, if not days, poring over his music collection and music in general, headphones on, looking for tracks with a certain word. However, the word is not quite PG, which gives the whole thing a humorous flavour.
Fabio Endrich mentions the mix, which is informally called "Hurensohn-Mix". In it, DJ Dens mixes tracks in which the eponymous word appears.
This is what we want to hear
Back to the piratesque.
I don't know what we were expecting, but the title delivers exactly what it promises. What also happens, however, is that DJ Dens no longer seems focussed from one moment to the next. Where he always looked seriously at his turntables and mixer during the DJ set - he tries to look at his laptop as little as possible as he thinks it distracts him from his audience - he now grins broadly.
DJ Dens is playing. This is no longer a DJ session, but a man who is having a great time. We laugh along with him. The mix is so exaggeratedly vulgar that there is no other option. The decision is made to make a video of the mix.
Good times.
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