Slick Chick is a 27 year-old disco-freak from Rotterdam. She started playing records about seven years ago. At the time she and her friends were throwing nonprofit parties in dirty warehouses throughout the Netherlands and beyond.
Wanneer Redevice een pionier en levende legende op het gebied van sonische experimenten uitnodigt om te komen optreden binnen de ideale setting van Studio 80 met z’n moddervette sound system, dan weet je zeker dat het voorgeschotelde geluid je niet alleen zal verrijken...
Terwijl de Sint z’n zak met pepernoten leegschudt en onze grote Kerstvriend de arrenslee weer voorrijdt, dropt Arctic Boogie vrijdag 12 december feestelijke acid en oldskool in club Innocent in Hengelo.
Loveland organiseert dit jaar het grootste Oud & Nieuw spektakel van Amsterdam. De organisatie viert de jaarwisseling in Amstelborgh onder de naam ‘Loveland NewYear’.
Space, the final frontier. As the smartest club in Ibiza opens its doors to welcome in their shiny new resident, James Zabiela just smiles and blinks a little. See, the ride here has been kinda fast. And while its been a relatively bump-free trip to acceptance and ubiquity, it's still blinkin' quick.
Two years ago, James Zabiela popped his Balearic cherry by warming up for Sasha at the place the island calls Inside At Space. Wowing the crowd - and We Love boss Darren Hughes - with two hours of snappy, synth-fixated, breakbeat action - it was a defining moment in his DJ career. Two years later, he's now the club's new bi-weekly resident. It's official. Now "that's" what I call progression.
Knowing what a great track should sound like - and the place it can be taken by warping and twisting it - is James Zabiela's forte. Layering different sounds with the aid of two Pioneer CDJ1000s, a Pioneer DJM600 and a pair of trusty Technics 1210s, his hands and ears don't let up for a second, leaving any punters feet a-moving and mouth a-gap. And his demands for such kit wherever he spins is a reminder that he's one of the scant few DJs who's pushing things forward in 03.
James's style is trippy, bleepy and deeply - nay, downright - groovy. Oh, and watch out for a few gnarly basslines along the way. Those nasty, dirty sounds are a part of Jay-Z's signature sound now. Scratches, loops, fluttering chord changes and are all par for the course in a Zabiela set. No wonder childhood idols Depeche Mode remain his heroes - like fellow tech-house don Mathew Bushwacka!, they all understand that the best electronic music moves both heart and feet. And if the magic's there, the spirit will fly as well. And boy does this boy soar.
"Entertainment and education are the key," nods James sagely. "It's all about finding the balance. People have paid good money to have a party but you still need a balance." Which is why his FX unit is so crucial to his performance. "Anyone can mix two records to a degree," he grins, while still admitting to the odd bout of nervousness during radio interviews, if not behind the decks. "But I'm a hundred times more confident than I used to be. DJing has definitely helped my confidence as a person." Watching him play, its easy to forget that making things look easy takes time to perfect. But then he's crossed a few bridges - and a few national boundaries - along the way. "I haven't worked it all out yet," he adds. "But I do wish I could grow an extra arm sometimes!" (Fact One: talking of three deck wizards, on a recent hometown gig in Southampton, a certain Carl Cox came down to pay some respect, if not the door tab. High praise indeed...)
James' career so far has been stratospheric to say the least. After winning Muzik Magazine's Bedroom Bedlam competition with a string of well-placed mix tapes in 2000, he went on to win the award for Best Bedroom Bedlam DJ at The Muzik Awards one year later. Swiftly snapped up by Sasha's Excession agency a few weeks later, he spent the next year taking on Eastern Europe, Australia, South America and the US of A ("more fanatical than anywhere else in the world") while still finding time to record well-received CDs for Groovetech, Hooj and unleash a string of fine remixes along the way. Royksopp, Virgin Souls and End Recordings artist Dave Breannan have all been under the Zabiela scalpel - and more are on their way. (Fact Two: Sunday Best boss Rob Da Bank declared Jay-Z's work on 'Remind Me' to be his favourite re-rub of the year... aside from the factor five on Salinas Beach that one time of course.)
Still only 24, still pushing the envelope and still learning to cope with a real-life fanbase and life on the other side of the record counter, its unlikely that James Zabiela will be taking a breather anytime soon. There are further late niteries like Tribal Sessions and The End to entertain and regular slots in Romania and Budapest to attend to. (I get to play whatever I want," he smiles). On a recent trip to Australia he played a five hour set in front of 3,000 screaming punters at The Art House in Sydney. No wonder Sasha refers to James as the guv'nor, This is just the beginning.
Englisch this time.... His new album Utilities is great! He really is a hero behind his decks.. Both of the cd's full with effects, scratches and loops... What he is making from sehnsucht (last nr cd 2) and windowlicker (cd 1) are great! You really have to check his new album!
his scratches are really fake....all automated stuff, nothing special if you ask me. dude should learn how to scratch.
That's your opinion... He is looping is scratches more than once but it is not irritating to me... I'm not saying that his scratches are the best in the world but it sounds good to me!
The first cd is made on his computer and the second cd is mixed on 3 decks.. Sow some of his scratches are real I gues... When you look at him in a club or lissen to his live sets I have more than respect for that guy what he is doing al the time...
it might sound good, but what he does aren't real scratches.
Why is it that almost every time I see your posts in any topic it's always negative... you try and do the scratches & EFX like JZ... don't act like it's all some amateur scratching on his CD dude... and why is it that he's fully booked every weekend, flying around the globe (at age 25)??? because his 'scratches are really fake....all automated stuff, nothing special if you ask Slicer'??? nuff said...
By the way... New Renaissance JZ cd rules!!! (to darko: zorg dat die gast een keer op Planet Rose komt! die gast blaast het dak eraf 100% !!!)
it might sound good, but what he does aren't real scratches.
Why is it that almost every time I see your posts in any topic it's always negative... you try and do the scratches & EFX like JZ... don't act like it's all some amateur scratching on his CD dude... and why is it that he's fully booked every weekend, flying around the globe (at age 25)??? because his 'scratches are really fake....all automated stuff, nothing special if you ask Slicer'??? nuff said...
By the way... New Renaissance JZ cd rules!!! (to darko: zorg dat die gast een keer op Planet Rose komt! die gast blaast het dak eraf 100% !!!)
it might sound good, but what he does aren't real scratches.
Why is it that almost every time I see your posts in any topic it's always negative... you try and do the scratches & EFX like JZ... don't act like it's all some amateur scratching on his CD dude... and why is it that he's fully booked every weekend, flying around the globe (at age 25)??? because his 'scratches are really fake....all automated stuff, nothing special if you ask Slicer'??? nuff said...
By the way... New Renaissance JZ cd rules!!! (to darko: zorg dat die gast een keer op Planet Rose komt! die gast blaast het dak eraf 100% !!!)
hahaha get real dude, as if him being booked every week and traveling all over the world has something to do with his scratches, not a good argument. i have seen video clips of james zabiela in which he explains and shows how he does all of his tricks through a cd player and a pioneer effect box. and trust me that isnt real scratching. i doubt that the guy can cut that fast, again as seen before, seen him do it on vids and it is nothing special, he depends on his equipment not on his so called skills (from what i have seen).
it might sound good, but what he does aren't real scratches.
Why is it that almost every time I see your posts in any topic it's always negative... you try and do the scratches & EFX like JZ... don't act like it's all some amateur scratching on his CD dude... and why is it that he's fully booked every weekend, flying around the globe (at age 25)??? because his 'scratches are really fake....all automated stuff, nothing special if you ask Slicer'??? nuff said...
By the way... New Renaissance JZ cd rules!!! (to darko: zorg dat die gast een keer op Planet Rose komt! die gast blaast het dak eraf 100% !!!)
hahaha get real dude, as if him being booked every week and traveling all over the world has something to do with his scratches, not a good argument. i have seen video clips of james zabiela in which he explains and shows how he does all of his tricks through a cd player and a pioneer effect box. and trust me that isnt real scratching. i doubt that the guy can cut that fast, again as seen before, seen him do it on vids and it is nothing special, he depends on his equipment not on his so called skills (from what i have seen).
you're right man, he sucks
tip for spl!cer: check out dave clarke if you like intelligent scratches
it might sound good, but what he does aren't real scratches.
Why is it that almost every time I see your posts in any topic it's always negative... you try and do the scratches & EFX like JZ... don't act like it's all some amateur scratching on his CD dude... and why is it that he's fully booked every weekend, flying around the globe (at age 25)??? because his 'scratches are really fake....all automated stuff, nothing special if you ask Slicer'??? nuff said...
By the way... New Renaissance JZ cd rules!!! (to darko: zorg dat die gast een keer op Planet Rose komt! die gast blaast het dak eraf 100% !!!)
hahaha get real dude, as if him being booked every week and traveling all over the world has something to do with his scratches, not a good argument. i have seen video clips of james zabiela in which he explains and shows how he does all of his tricks through a cd player and a pioneer effect box. and trust me that isnt real scratching. i doubt that the guy can cut that fast, again as seen before, seen him do it on vids and it is nothing special, he depends on his equipment not on his so called skills (from what i have seen).
you're right man, he sucks
tip for spl!cer: check out dave clarke if you like intelligent scratches
dave clarke can't scratch really, his so called scratches are nothing special.
i never said he sucks, i just said his scratches aren't that real and just fully automated.
hahaha get real dude, as if him being booked every week and traveling all over the world has something to do with his scratches, not a good argument.
Yess it is, he made it this far at such a young age because he brings something new to the dj table, he uses the latest technology to the fullest and because of that he stands out from the rest of the DJ's from his generation. And that's why everybody loves him, and that's why he's one of the hottest DJ's around playing all over the world every weekend...
Splicer wrote:
I have seen video clips of james zabiela in which he explains and shows how he does all of his tricks through a cd player and a pioneer effect box. and trust me that isnt real scratching.
It seems that you really know what you're talking about, ahum..... the videoclip you're preffering to is on his previous album 'Alive' and he scratches while using the transformer effect, that's why it may seem a bit fast. Maybe you think 'real scratching' can only be done with vinyl, I think it sounds pretty sweet with some CDJ's and a EFX500.
Splicer wrote:
i doubt that the guy can cut that fast, again as seen before, seen him do it on vids and it is nothing special, he depends on his equipment not on his so called skills (from what i have seen).
I would like to see you do the exact same thing with the equipment he uses... don't act like its some basic shit dude, because when it comes to the latest DJ technology, James Zabiela is the best. Do you really think Pioneer would ask him to test their latest (unreleased) CDJ's & EFX units if his skills were nothing special...
get a life dude and stop bitching on DJ's with skills you could only dream of...
hahaha get real dude, as if him being booked every week and traveling all over the world has something to do with his scratches, not a good argument.
Yess it is, he made it this far at such a young age because he brings something new to the dj table, he uses the latest technology to the fullest and because of that he stands out from the rest of the DJ's from his generation. And that's why everybody loves him, and that's why he's one of the hottest DJ's around playing all over the world every weekend...
Splicer wrote:
I have seen video clips of james zabiela in which he explains and shows how he does all of his tricks through a cd player and a pioneer effect box. and trust me that isnt real scratching.
It seems that you really know what you're talking about, ahum..... the videoclip you're preffering to is on his previous album 'Alive' and he scratches while using the transformer effect, that's why it may seem a bit fast. Maybe you think 'real scratching' can only be done with vinyl, I think it sounds pretty sweet with some CDJ's and a EFX500.
Splicer wrote:
i doubt that the guy can cut that fast, again as seen before, seen him do it on vids and it is nothing special, he depends on his equipment not on his so called skills (from what i have seen).
I would like to see you do the exact same thing with the equipment he uses... don't act like its some basic shit dude, because when it comes to the latest DJ technology, James Zabiela is the best. Do you really think Pioneer would ask him to test their latest (unreleased) CDJ's & EFX units if his skills were nothing special...
get a life dude and stop bitching on DJ's with skills you could only dream of...
hahaha get real dude, as if him being booked every week and traveling all over the world has something to do with his scratches, not a good argument.
Yess it is, he made it this far at such a young age because he brings something new to the dj table, he uses the latest technology to the fullest and because of that he stands out from the rest of the DJ's from his generation. And that's why everybody loves him, and that's why he's one of the hottest DJ's around playing all over the world every weekend...
Splicer wrote:
I have seen video clips of james zabiela in which he explains and shows how he does all of his tricks through a cd player and a pioneer effect box. and trust me that isnt real scratching.
It seems that you really know what you're talking about, ahum..... the videoclip you're preffering to is on his previous album 'Alive' and he scratches while using the transformer effect, that's why it may seem a bit fast. Maybe you think 'real scratching' can only be done with vinyl, I think it sounds pretty sweet with some CDJ's and a EFX500.
Splicer wrote:
i doubt that the guy can cut that fast, again as seen before, seen him do it on vids and it is nothing special, he depends on his equipment not on his so called skills (from what i have seen).
I would like to see you do the exact same thing with the equipment he uses... don't act like its some basic shit dude, because when it comes to the latest DJ technology, James Zabiela is the best. Do you really think Pioneer would ask him to test their latest (unreleased) CDJ's & EFX units if his skills were nothing special...
get a life dude and stop bitching on DJ's with skills you could only dream of...
than next time you watch your 'scratch hero' zabiela scratch, compare it to this guy and then you will see what is the difference between zabiela's so called scratching and what this guy does in this videoclip.
as for cd's, i never said that you cannot scratch with them, what zabiela does is loop and use some automated shit in order to create some scratch sounds, while he actually is doing nothing but programming his equipment to do the stuff for him, all he does is move the disc on his pioneer cdj1000.
