Cassette reflections

Cassettes started to make its way back again after the resurgence of vinyl records in 2017. Music genres like hip hop, punk and dance Music, were a great part of making it popular amongs Music listeners again. The format was more or less gone and absolete before that. In postmodern Music culture there are allways retrotrends coming back every now and then. That ment a format of the past were all of sudden supertrendy and its characteristics were in spotlight to how music should sound. Music is very much focused on whats right. That ment also looking at a format that was so wrong that it became "right". The only stock left from The BASF Company that manufactured magnetic tape that remained in the 2010's were embraced by small indiependent companys to rescue the format for new music listeners.

A format isnt all about its sonic quality, but also about its culture around it. The audio cassettes were a great part of hip-hop Culture in the 80's. The mixtape movement created and expanded the amount of listeners by passing the cassettes to friends. Cassettes were often duplicated multiple times from a single cassette. So it werent all about audio quality.

Compact cassettes inherits the reel to reel magnetic tape, but in smaller scale. Reel to reel tape has a higher frequency response and is used in studio recordings for its special sounding quality. That means that the quality of the "tapesound" is inhereted on the smaller compact cassette.
As a format its something the listener can hold in his hand. Albumcovers from favorite artists, grabs the listeners attention so much better than a digital album. Music is a abstract thing. In reallife we all need see it in person to understand it better.

When the format has made its way back to the spotlight, the medium is here as long as the listeners are intressted in having it here. When they stop caring for the format it can mean its gone forever. This is beacause of high developing and manufacturing costs. The playback devices, The parts, motors and belts. Have a common manufacturer that provide the playback engine to all of the smaller consumer cassettedecks and Walkmans.

Add some vocals to your mix.

Add some vocals to your set. With a microphone you can easily add flavor to a mix. You can use the vocals to transition to another track, with a small paus between the songs you can drop the vocal just before the next song comes in. Most DJ-mixers have a microphone input. But make sure not to overdrive the microphone when speaking, or the sound might go into cheap karaoke style. There are useful techniques when speaking into a microphone by holding your thumb inbetwen the microphone membrane and your mouth, this is to reduce the "pop" sound or just by turning the mic at a 45 degree angle. Using these techniques will make your vocals sound cleaner. Have a notepad with some words are maybe rhymes written on it, just to know what to say when you want to drop the vocals. If mixing and speaking is not possible at the same time, then wait until after you transitioned the track into the other, the intro to the next track is often not as busy as a Chorus section. Also do speak

DJ Rasoul 1998 (Large)

DJ Rasoul 1998 (Large) Super record from the later end of the 90's. This EP has 3 songs, Let the music, Slingshot and Francisco Nights. Side A with "Let the music" has a dark bassline and acoustic piano, togheter with strings and the classic house rythm. Dub echos and analogue synth sounds. The song isnt just a 4-bar loop. It has lots of variations. In the middle of the song a soul vocal is heard. Also percussive elements. The later end of the song seams happier, like the minor chords are swapped with major scale instead. What I dont like about this song is the tb303 "like"-sounds towards the end. It gives the impression of a comedy sound. On side B on "Slingshot" the quality is high on the production. With groovy basslines and arpeggio-like elements. The rythm is more disco on this song. 1/3-into the song the loopy groove evolves with a acoustic piano. Then 2/3- the song goes back to the loopy status again. I like this song, its groovy and has catchy

using as few records as possible in your dj mix

Most of us wants to have a giant record collection, but when a gig is coming then you have to carry all the records to the show. This article is about using minimum amount of records in a dj mix. Lets say you play a 2 hour dj show. that means you need +- 50 records in a crate. If you only have 10 records, would you make it thru a dj mix then? If a housesong is aprox 6 min long and you want to make a 60 minute dj mix. then you'll need 10 records for the dj set. 10 records is not much for a mix. What you can do is mix in the b sides too, but then the same artist will appear again in the playlist. You can also play certain songs to the 3 minute point, then mix in another record and then a few song in the set you can reuse the previous song from the 3 minute point again, from a break of the song. Or play the best song first and last to extend it. Playing both the b-sides and reuse the same song as earlier will stretch the length of your mix. Buying an EP costs about the same as a 12&q

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