Drum and Bass / Jungle - Mid 90's
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Your problem will be vinyl, some of the decent tunes go for stupid money these days!
I’d say you have two choices if you’re being realistic.
Get some Technics and use Serato, then you can mix vinyl but buy the tunes digitally.
Or, make the swap to a controller such as Pioneer XDJ-RX for example. I was a vinyl purist for 25 years and hated the idea of a controller, I then took the plunge and thought I’d at least give it a go before writing off the idea. I’ve had one for about 8 years now and love it! I use it in vinyl mode, so still pitch up tunes manually and use the platters to adjust as needed. I’ve got thousands of tunes that I used to have on vinyl and love that now decent dnb is coming out again, I can buy them, stick on on usb and be mixing with them instantly. I’d highly recommend looking into that before getting Technics.
Prices wise, on vinyl some tunes can be found for near pennies or a few quid, but as soon as you start thinking about anything sought after it can be 50 quid plus for a single 12”! I’m so glad I bought them all back in the day for a fiver new!
Plus a lot of labels are relreleasing their back cat on digital with it being remastered too
I’d say you have two choices if you’re being realistic.
Get some Technics and use Serato, then you can mix vinyl but buy the tunes digitally.
Or, make the swap to a controller such as Pioneer XDJ-RX for example. I was a vinyl purist for 25 years and hated the idea of a controller, I then took the plunge and thought I’d at least give it a go before writing off the idea. I’ve had one for about 8 years now and love it! I use it in vinyl mode, so still pitch up tunes manually and use the platters to adjust as needed. I’ve got thousands of tunes that I used to have on vinyl and love that now decent dnb is coming out again, I can buy them, stick on on usb and be mixing with them instantly. I’d highly recommend looking into that before getting Technics.
Prices wise, on vinyl some tunes can be found for near pennies or a few quid, but as soon as you start thinking about anything sought after it can be 50 quid plus for a single 12”! I’m so glad I bought them all back in the day for a fiver new!
Plus a lot of labels are relreleasing their back cat on digital with it being remastered too
Although this is the one to have > https://www.thedjshop.co.uk/pioneer-xdj-xz-profess...
Stussy said:
You’ve reminded me of this, I used to play it on milwaukees system, it sounded mental!
Never even knew this thread existed on PH... listening to LTJ's best of good-looking playlist whilst I work, some lovely melodic D&B tunes on that list. And Milwaukee's, wow a proper blast from the past, best club bar none for me, loved every night I had in there. This, is the style called... Hungry Tiger...
(a real pinch point for me in my D and B journey - totally on point and mesmorising). The Hungry Tigers were a real serious benchmark for me. I am so glad that the latest version was made, one of the rare occasions a tune has progressed and improved each time.
Done 3 ways, original to modern... the middle one is the one I first heard back in the day and hit me hard. Never found it, until now. Unparalleled.
I would say don't discount the first and FFWD to the last - hearing them all back to back is very interesting. They are all very different, but true to the theme. Love these so much!
(a real pinch point for me in my D and B journey - totally on point and mesmorising). The Hungry Tigers were a real serious benchmark for me. I am so glad that the latest version was made, one of the rare occasions a tune has progressed and improved each time.
Done 3 ways, original to modern... the middle one is the one I first heard back in the day and hit me hard. Never found it, until now. Unparalleled.
I would say don't discount the first and FFWD to the last - hearing them all back to back is very interesting. They are all very different, but true to the theme. Love these so much!
Edited by Random_Person on Thursday 30th November 23:45
Time for December's mix, fast breaks and heavy baselines as always! 
https://www.mixcloud.com/dst-mixes/dst-xmas-mix-20...
https://www.mixcloud.com/dst-mixes/dst-xmas-mix-20...
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