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blueOrb
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Posted : Aug 26, 2004 11:51
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hello all isratrancers
staying in india where the concept of having a chill out evening and chillout areas are still a dream i seriously have no idea about what it takes to be a chill dj......please help me as much as u can.......tips tricks gimme whatever u can......i wanna start playin chill at gatherings but since ive never heard anyone play chill at parties i know crap......
i know there are posts regardin this around but the search gives me too mnay topics.....sorry mods but keep this post open if possible..........
peace
psyk
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Trip-
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Posted : Aug 26, 2004 15:19
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I think the best thing about being a dj of any style, is just play what you like how you want it...
or else - who's gonna be special?
who's gonna remember this or that person next time?
Playing chillout is mostly fun - because you enjoy the music yourself - even though you don't see 3000 ppl jumping around.
Crackling universes dive into their own neverending crackle...
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blueOrb
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Posted : Aug 26, 2004 15:48
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thanks trip.......thats a good piece of advice......i even wnated to know if chill djs only play stuff from chill artists like sphongle. ott etc. or do they even play other ambient stuff like say world music.....
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KakoOlalaJwal
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Posted : Aug 26, 2004 15:58
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PsyK !! 
It is HAPPY as possible the world of Chill Out is not filled only by Sphongle and Ott (even if i like their music a LOT)
There are many many sweet things to be played, you just have to feel free and not stick to chill "standarts" ...
Imho the "best" (even if this word shouldn't exist in Chill Out) Deejay would be the one who plays me tracks that I've had never hear before...
Of course !!! I don't mean unreleased stuff...
There are so many good things on proper records one CAN'T know everything...
So I would dig a lot a guy/girl who "shows me", u know, who "tells me" : "this is good music in my opinion"...
I would be so thanksful 
Freedom is the keyword, that is the first thing to know !
cheerz
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blueOrb
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Posted : Aug 26, 2004 19:39
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hey KakoOlalaJwal
thanx for the pm
and are u guys tryin to say that i could even play ambient and chill music by artists such as moby or aromabar at a chill session???.........
and by moby i mean tracks like say whispering winds or somethin like that
thanx in advance.......gimme some technical details also if possible........
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blueOrb
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Posted : Aug 26, 2004 19:44
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KakoOlalaJwal
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Posted : Aug 26, 2004 20:10
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On 2004-08-26 19:39, psyk wrote:
and are u guys tryin to say that i could even play ambient and chill music by artists such as moby or aromabar at a chill session???......... |
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Well... Why not
But then watch out the crowd and get hold of their feeling in their face !!
If they are starring at you like :  or worse  or even worse 
..Then fade out the track and launch something else deceving that it was only an intro ! 
It's a sport you know !
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On 2004-08-26 19:44, psyk wrote:
and yeah do u guys even play low tempo breakbeat music??
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Lucid Dragon
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Posted : Aug 27, 2004 09:20
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@psk ..... good post !!!
i'm from Mumbai and i would love to see some chill out in the indian scene
as for the chill djing bit.... i know this sounds cliched but go with the flow of the crowd .... some times even some upbeat ( not full power trance ) stuff goes down well in chill out rooms.... this is just from personal experiance at parties and festivals that i have been to
i don think that the djs really plan their sets .... i;m sure they have some must play tracks but other than that just judge the crowd and most importantly play what u love ....
hope to see a chill scene in India soon....
take care
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blueOrb
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Posted : Aug 27, 2004 15:42
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Justin Chaos
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Posted : Aug 27, 2004 18:05
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Like i allways say
Just follow your emotional needes
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blueOrb
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Posted : Aug 28, 2004 12:45
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Posted : Aug 29, 2004 18:31
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Hello! I think that in chillout you can play many kinds of music, if it's good music. Even more simple, popular song can easily be put into mix if they're really special in a way and some real kickass tracks precede them (so most of the crowd is already entirely satisfied), and you could add some twist to those tracks by playing another track (atmospheric, ambient, track with lots of fx or vocal samples) in the background etc. The fun part in mixing chillout is that you can just pour sounds into your magic couldron and be always surprised about the results, how smoothly those two songs were blended to each other, and how fascinating it is to play melodies and vocals from this track over the beats of that track etc.. Lots is possible with proper mixer and cd-equipment.
And it doesn't have to be downtempo/ambient all the time. I sometimes play smooth breakbeat, nuskool clubby style, like Abakus: Indu (Shiloh rmx) or Taylor & Meehan: Between the Lines (Greed breaks mix).
Sometimes if the crowd is very energetic, I could even play progressive house tunes such as Flash Brothers: Release Time or Nugen: Darksides (Thomas Penton rmx)... It's all up to you what you want to play and how do you deliver it to the audience. You should always remain open and sensitive and tune into the shared experience of the audience (which is quite easy for me as a healer) so you can sense which songs are liked and which not (maybe they were out of place?). And don't give up you taste and vision for other people's opinions. That's my advice, all the best for you!
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styx
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Posted : Aug 29, 2004 22:20
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blueOrb
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Posted : Sep 1, 2004 10:39
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this is some really bad response iam gettin here.....
but anyways one question i wanna ask is...........do i need to always play only new stuff or will old stuff also do (by old i mean stuff from 2001 or maybe the 90ies) ..... for a psy trance dj its mandatory to play new killers .... hope its not the same for chill ......
peace.....thanks in advance.......
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John
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Posted : Sep 1, 2004 19:53
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Psyk
I'm not sure what sorty of response you were after - there is no Govt Ministry of Chill that you have to pass an entrance exam to play chill out! The great thing about chillout is that it is still relatively free form and nowhere near as generic as main trance areas.
So you can play whatever you like - the only measure is whether those who are chilling out there like it or not!
If you are after recomendations of good new (or old) stuff - there are lots on this board - just have a search through - and the stuff is to play is the stuff that *you* like.
Good luck
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