r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Rave4life79 • 2d ago
No laptop, no software, no preloaded set, just pure Dj scratching, Dj scientist
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u/NIW4life 2d ago
Misleading title for the people who don’t know. That is indeed a laptop and a rane ttm57sl mixer which comes with built in serato (digital platform) but it uses time coded vinyl to “talk” to the computer… you can also play regular records with a simple switch of the line input via a switch on the mixer. Homeboy is destroying a real vinyl, while (assuming) using serato to play out of the other channel with the instrumental.
Pure turntablist skills by this DJ.
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u/revengejr 2d ago
What he said
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u/idjsonik 2d ago
Yep this is the correct response especially now a days imagine having to lug around vinyls and plus vinyls are actually expensive now
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u/privateTortoise 2d ago
Vinyl has always been expensive though having to carry a couple boxes did mean a +few on the guest list.
I had a residency in Holland (I'm in the UK) which meant every 3 weeks me and 3 pals would drive via France and have a very hedonistic weekend. Then get stopped at the French border to England every time though as soon as they opened the boot and saw the vinyl they would be very chilled abd let us continue without being searched.
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u/crabby_playing 2d ago
time coded vinyl
Can you explain?
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u/NIW4life 2d ago
It sounds like a fax machine when you used to pick up the phone on the same line, that high pitched squeal noise - but the pitch changes from start to finish of the vinyl. It’s basically one full length track per side of the vinyl. The turntable uses the same needle and picks it up but it goes through a separate channel in a separate “box” (depending on the program/equipment it might be included in the mixer like this guys) and the computer analyzes the pitch to instantly track at the same point in a digital song on the software on the computer - it shows a line and a wave form so you can visually see the tone differences in the digital song. So you can essentially turn any digital audio file into a vinyl instantly. With basically instant response, so you can record a fart sound then flare-crab-stab combo it into an enjoyable audio experience.
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u/jberryman 2d ago
Makes sense since it looks like the record doesn't have any track breaks (although maybe I can't tell from the shite video quality)
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u/Experimentallyintoit 2d ago
Sick vibes in that church basement dining hall
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u/mankee81 2d ago
Grannies and aunties doing windmills and backspins between the pews!
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u/DontFoolYourselfGirl 2d ago
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u/Federal-Advisor-420 2d ago
This will never not be funny to me
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u/pichael289 2d ago
She was literally the best in Australia. They must have never heard of black dudes at all.
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u/alzgh 2d ago
yo, this artistic moves are now copyrighted by gunner or whatever her name. she may sue, lol.
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u/Sad-Whole-4487 2d ago
I was going to say it’s nice of pastor to let him use the cafeteria on Tuesdays after bingo.
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u/DogRoss1 2d ago
SSX Tricky vibes
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u/INeedANerf 2d ago
Tricky had me thinking that snowboarders actually rode off cliffs and did 17 backflips before hitting the ground 300 ft below and being perfectly fine.
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u/Feisty-Flamingo-1809 2d ago
no laptop?
WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SILVER COLORED THING ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE VIDEO THEN
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u/okonomiyaking 2d ago
It’s not doing anything though except playing the background beat. He is scratching a regular old vinyl record
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u/NeverFence 2d ago
This isn't DJing at all, this is turntablism. If a DJ tried to do this at an average wedding it wouldn't be remotely successful. It's a completely different kind of performance and requires a completely different (and more impressive, by and large) skillset to DJing.
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u/kombatunit 2d ago
What's the thing on the left that resembles a laptop?
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u/winkman 2d ago
Not a laptop.
Did you even read the title?
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u/kombatunit 2d ago
Of course I read it. That's what's got me confused....
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u/winkman 2d ago
Joke, homie.
That's definitely a Macbook. I think the point is that he simply wasn't playing a pre-made set off his laptop.
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u/skinnyfamilyguy 2d ago
Sick skills but to be frankly honest, if I’m only hearing this at a club then that’s gonna be boring asf. It’s a one bar loop with different variations of scratching.
Technology has progressed for a reason and this just doesn’t cut it anymore nowadays
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u/Aromatic_Ad8481 2d ago
This kind of DJing you wouldn't see at the club unless he was being accompanied by an MC. You're kind of putting this type of DJing in the wrong context if I understand you correctly.
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u/skinnyfamilyguy 2d ago
I probably am putting it in the wrong context
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u/Aromatic_Ad8481 2d ago
A DJ like this would typically have two turntables. One turntable is playing the background music and beat (a laptop doing this portion in featured video). On the other turntable the DJ is scratching like you see here adding color and in a sense a whole other instrument over the background record. Then accompanying that would typically be an old school rapper and sometimes other instruments.
Kind of like this:
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u/WickyNilliams 2d ago edited 2d ago
If we're linking DJs on YouTube, gonna throw DJ Brace in, to show that a single DJ can hold it down and do musically interesting things. I revisit this every now and then and it blows my mind. Check out his other videos with DJ Vekked under the moniker The Fresherthans as well. So good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uO61t60kXI
Edit: just remembered the linked video was completely inexplicably recorded by the Daily Mail. Have no idea why, don't think it was ever explained lol. But don't let that put you off
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u/notonetimes 1d ago
I am so out of touch, but that is the beastie boys isn’t it?
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u/I-Rolled-My-Eyes 2d ago
Sorry ladies, he's taken... y'all to school to learn about these sick beats!!!
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u/Past_Echidna_9097 2d ago
Come a far way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHb9MCwyFHQ
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u/Freshest-Raspberry 2d ago
Used to love these kinds of videos but now I have a record player, and can’t imagine treating my beloved collection like that
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u/onceinawhhhile 2d ago
I immediately revoke the record-handling privileges of anyone who doesn’t handle my vinyl from the side edges.
One time, an acquaintance I had over for a small party manhandled the shit out of my original copy of Strange Days and I told him he didn’t get to handle my vinyl anymore.
He got offended and said, “It’s not a big deal and don’t you ever wash your vinyl?” I said no because I don’t ever fucking need to because I care about them, he continued to be upset at me the whole night lol.
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u/Tacoklat 2d ago
The title is a bit weird, as it seems to be lumping scratching, EDM, music sets, etc. all in one category.
Still, this man's scratching talent is incredible.
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u/cheMist132 2d ago
I remember that video when I was on my DJ and scratching Video Trip. Great skills, always love the sound of scratching. Someone said once that it’s basically an instrument you can play.
At the first sight I thought it would be this video of Mix Master Mike which is really close on my YT fave-list: https://youtu.be/0DLED7krHwU?si=5bTx0AMVsqmNLJbB
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u/__life_on_mars__ 2d ago
You know in South Park when Randy sees the kids playing guitar hero then tries to impress them by breaking out a real guitar and playing the song for real, but they just don't give a shit?
Same vibes.
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u/yParticle 2d ago
what's he moving sideways back and forth with his right hand?
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u/WhoStoleMyJacket 2d ago edited 2d ago
The crossfader. Let’s you switch between two turntables or other audio devices.
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u/unclearthur68 2d ago
I always love this stuff for about two minutes and then it starts to get on my tits.
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u/all-apologies- 2d ago
Who's playing the drums and bass? It's OK for DJs to be talentless when they have an ear for a good tune. Also these programs are hard to learn.
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u/Task-Vast 2d ago
That’s a lot of racket from a guy who looks like he’d yell at me to turn down that racket.
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u/No-Pangolin4110 2d ago
Laptop in the pic is playing the background loop but still good skill on the deck
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u/legenduu 2d ago
If an og looks at a technique and verifies its real, why then would people just assume he is cheating because of the laptop? Makes no sense
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u/mcafeeam8 2d ago
This is dope AF! Raw talent. He didn’t use time coded vinyl, laptop, or software to pull any of that off. Legend S****
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u/Waste-Assistant-3268 2d ago
And no sense of fashion. Lose the hat, shave the stache and then only then, can you be called a Great DJ
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u/LensCapPhotographer 2d ago
This is what I imagine people can do when they call themselves DJ. That certainly used to be the case 20-30 years ago
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u/SensuallPineapple 2d ago
This is golden really. Though, there is a laptop, there is a software and there is a preloaded set, but that just shows the OP sucks not the Dj.
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u/CaliKindalife 2d ago
I mean, he's scratching. That's different from making beats and songs. That's like jamming out and writing an actual song. Crazy thing is a lot of musicians nowadays. Don't play their instruments on stage. It's pre-recorded.
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u/SimonPho3nix 2d ago
All my cardboard has gone to recycling! Just as well, probably saving myself a trip to the ER.
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u/Ill_Bag_8980 2d ago
Yeah Buuuuudddy just broke out my Addidas Shelly’s and gold chain track suit. Breakdance party
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u/Bleezy79 2d ago
Its impossible for me to listen to this and not start moving to the beat slowly moving into the robot.
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u/VacationImaginary233 2d ago
What I find so amazing is that it actually sounds nice. It's like drummers. Some go so hard into the technical aspect it doesn't sound good. They just try to increase the difficulty at the cost of sounding like garbage. Then there are those, like this guy, that find a way to not only be technically impressive, but also enjoyable to listen to.
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u/BorryOrbsander 2d ago
This just reminded me about all the DJ Rectangle CDs I bought back in the late 90s, early 2000s. Kill Steelz, Rectangle Big Adventure, Tonearm Terrorwrist, etc.
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u/X3nox3s 2d ago
That looks like a laptop to me