how restarting my LP collection made me a better dj

I have collected vinyl records since the year 1999. Hip hop records, soul, funk and records of interest. The turntableism scene was huge back then. Buying records was my hobby. Records never been cheap. But when not affording brand new records, I started to dig in the crates at fleemarkets. Always looking for sounds. Nobody of my friends digged for vinyl at that point. I was a outsider. Visiting recordshop as often as I could. By somewhere in the 2010's Ive collected over 500-1000 vinyl records. The Music wasnt that important at that point, vinyl records became underground again. Recordshops closed, I moved back to a city were the there hardly were any recordshops at all. I was a fleemarket vinyl collector more than a dj.

After a period I got a big interest for cassette tapes. This was the thing for me. No more snobby audio formats. Music was so good again that I could listen to a noisey version on the worst quality cassettedeck and still enjoy the music. I gave away my records to people who appriciated vinyl more than me.

By restarting my vinylcollection I listen to records better, I know what new records interests me. Ive forgotten about how analog and phat the sound is on vinyl. I listen to the qualities of the particular band or artist before concentrating on the sound quality.

As a DJ Im much more hungry for new Music when I dont have so much records. I dont have all the rules of a record collector anymore. I can listen to digital Music too, my favorite sounds are on all audioformats now. With DVS softwares like the traktor pro I can play songs even from old cassettetapes. Not having the rules of a vinyl collector, is better because I can now listen to digital audio on sites like bandcamp, and find artists for my mixtapes. Ive mixed and recorded over 10 mixtapes, just by using my ears and not going with the "vinyl only" philosophy.

Odd records - worth collecting?

Some records are intresting for a collector because of their uniqueness. There are still alot of cratediggers out there, seeing how many recordshops with 2nd hand records there are. I used to dig in the crates for records for about 20 years. Read my article on restarting my record collection made me a better dj. Found a box full of records that I forgot about there were sitting in storage. These were odd records, Lp's that Ive collected beacause they had vocals and effects on them. Because of their uniqueness Lets look closer: Sci-Fi - soundeffects . A record filled with EFX blips and space-ish sounds. Released on BBC records in 1981. Not your avarage synthrecord, but for the scifi nerd. It says on the back that its intended for radio and tv use. Could perhaps be for use for a dj so the level of uniqueness is 4/5. The age of television . This is something more listenable. It contains narration of the story of television. And recordings of historic tv broadcast such as the m...

The Roland tr909

The Roland tr909. The classic drumcomputer that gave housemusic its sound. The distinct kick, cymbals and snares are heard on the majority of records in housemusic. From classic, to the latest future house releases. The tr909. A updated version of the tr808 analog drummer from 81. But this had a hybrid soundengine that also featured samples in the cymbalsection. They weren't soldout in the stores, instead they were often found below their standard price elsewhere. Dj's and producers started buying them for cheap, and with more records it was heard on the more popular it became. Electronic drumcomputers were common in the 80's, almost every genre had synthetic drums. The 808 was marketed as the future drummachine, the computer controlled sequencer with analog sound synthesis. So when the 909 came along the musicians quickly adopted it in their future sound palette. Its accent function boosts certain sounds in the steps from the sequencer wile the unaccented steps rema...

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...

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