You know the DJM800?

That mixer you and others have been using in about 95% of clubs around the world?

Pioneer's got a replacement.

Pioneer's DJM-900 "Nexus"

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Looks very similar, but the keen eyed amongst you will see the new gizmos they've added.

More comprehensive MIDI control

+ full plug and play compatability with Traktor (Traktor-certified)

Legato-link and Quantize functions with CDJ-900 and CDJ-2000s

(No word yet as to compatibility with the 850 or 350 models)

2 new colour effects bringing the total to 6

(The two new effects being the Dub Echo and Gate/Compressor)

+ A new X-strip underneath the effects screen

5 new beat-synced effects,

plus effects from both the DJM 700k and 800 to bring the grand total to 18

(Not including the 6 colour effects)

USB slot, assumedly for recording.

Details are still reasonably sketchy.

Of course with this being the 800's replacement you can expect an equally high price.

With the current UK RRP rumoured to be around £1599 (inc VAT) and a release for the end of next month (late-March),

best have saved the student loan.

Or you could remortgage your house.

Your choice.

Recommendation:

(Scout eBay for cheap 800s over the next 3-5 months for the larger clubs getting rid of them)

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Introducing the CDJ 850:

(Replacement to the CDJ-800)

Price: Around £750-800 each

Available: Later this month (August)

Essentially, this is what you get when you take a CDJ 900 and take away the slip features.

The slip features are the in-loop and scratch features that got CDJ 2000 owners pissy.

Claiming that as they paid close to £500 more they should also have what is one of the best features included on any CD Deck to date.

850 comes with Rekordbox (Just like its bigger brothers), Legato link (repeat), USB cue saves (repeat).

(You get the idea.)

The CDJ 900 is the above with a lot more room for creativity in mixes.

If you want a pair of flashy looking (and high quality) decks but aren't interested in fiddling around with cuts and loops, get the above.

What was more surprising in my little quest for background information was the rumour that Pioneer is going to stop production of the CDJ 400 (After only 3 years?)

Considering that the 1000 and 800 were around (albeit continually updated, mk2/mk3 etc) for close to ten years (released in 2001 and 2002 respectively) Pioneer would be acting like dayum fools to abandon the very-very popular 400s, adopted by smaller clubs/bars and bedroom dj pals alike.

Anyone interested in getting started up should watch eBay.

Just like when the CDJ 2000s/900s were released there'll be a flock to hock old CDJs to upgrade.

(Yes I did just type "flock to hock")

Auto eBay search here (Scroll down).

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Vitalic mixed this live which reminded me just how great it is;

















Chemical Brothers - Galvanize
(M4a, direct CD rip, pretty high bitrate)

Play around with it a bit, it's a lot of fun to mixup.


oh, and
This is the new pioneer mixer:

official pioneer press release
includes;
- Multi-touch LCD
- 4 MIDI modes, coupled with 7 sidechain remix effects
- (as always) DJM Beat-synched effects
- 6 effect sub-divisions, all beat-synched, all adaptable to HF or LF
- Connect 4 X CDJ-900// CDJ-2000 for sync, information sharing, live sampling, Rekordbox sync/pre-listen
- USB-MIDI
- Advanced noise reduction with 107db dynamic range
- As usual, 3-band EQs (Still no killswitches!)
- Variable Crossfader + Fader curve adjust
- Digital INs/OUTs (X4) [+ 4 standard RCA]
First reviews have been very good, and another demo on 24th March
Expected RRP: £1800



Sebastien Tellier is being a busy bee working on producing his new album.
Anyone who thought seeing "Sexuality" in American Apparel granted him all the integrity of Alvin and the chipmunks: The Squeaquel, HOLD UP.

Let your faith be restored;
L'amour et La Violence (BYN Remix) (320)


Being the shameless self-promoter I appear to have become there may well be a youtube mix to accompany the new mixtapes.
(For those unable to turn their necks they're the Spring 2010 and Wafro tapes)

I got asked what wafro will be.
Essentially just a mix of anything funky, alot of french filter etc
Expect vinyl samples galore.

This kind of stuff (Not french filter, but you get the idea);
Louis La Roche - Malfunction (Original Mix) (320)

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