WHO IS THE BEST DRUM AND BASS DJ???

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WHO IS THE BEST DRUM AND BASS DJ???

Epic thread.

moved to dancefloor

welcome aboard btw

It's such a difficult question to answer?

Do you base it on technical ability, consistency or crowd rocking ability?
Does the person who is playing the freshest sounds right now get the nod?
And does their production work play a factor?

I know I couldn't narrow it down to just one. It is near impossible imo. I mean, there is Andy of course who is the undisputed king when it comes to rocking a party and his ability to drop doubles at will, sometimes with 2 tunes that just shouldn't work when played together but he makes them work effortlessly. But at the same time he does rinse out the hits a fair bit and definitely is a lot safer than other DJs. Then there is of course Bukem who amazes me every time I see him. He has never lost sight of his vision for the music and always delivers pure quality. And although nowhere near as obvious with his mixing as say Andy or Friction, he is one of the most technically brilliant DJs going around. I've never heard him do a bad mix plus the way he can cut up the style he plays is incredible.

At the end of the day though, if I had to choose one DnB DJ to see play over anyone else then D-Bridge gets the nod without a doubt. Party tricks behind the decks are all well and good but at the end of the day it is all about the music for me and nobody comes close to him at the moment. Every set I've heard from him in recent times is so damn fresh it isn't funny. You know you are going to hear DnB 6 months ahead of where everyone else is at - he is one of the few DJs pushing the future direction of the sound rather than rinsing the big tunes of right now. Plus he is one of the only DnB DJs I've seen who plays proper journey sets, building it up over a long period. Easily number one in my books.

i have only seen the bridge once so i can't give it to him, pure fucking quality though. seen andy and friction a few times over the years, i rate friction over andy, i think that it has something to do with sp being on the mic with friction though, just don't rate gq.

basically i can't call it.

Patch, innit

Ask me a year ago and I may have gone with someone loike andy or Bukem But I think I'd have to say Cyantific! He plays everything from the dark/heavy shit to pure liquid and does it awesomely! Brilliant live, Plays wax and makes and awesome mix cd(hospital 6). Of every D'n'B deejay I've seen, He was the best. Andy rocks a party and bukem takes you on a journey of sound but Cyantific does both.
Give me another year and I'll probably be astounded by someone else though. (crosses fingers)


  Close second!

Too many around the mark and many more around the mark for different reasons.

Patch at the traffic reunion has left a mark in my memory as one of the best sets I ever seen.
Last time I seen Andy he didn't do it for me where as D-Bridge took the title that night but that day at the shores with Andy was crazy!

Getting a response from Adelaide crew maybe different from what you'll get in the UK.
Locally I'd say from word of mouth and reading this forum D-Bridge would be our winner, not saying that he'd be who I'd put at number 1.

This should possibly be 2 questions
Best DJ
Best Producer

Cyantific was awesome the other week!

When it comes to production, I'd have to say without a doubt Noisia would top my list. Although I may like songs by other people more, Noisia are consistent with brining out awesome tunes. I mean Diplodocus! I have no idea why I like this song so much but it has pretty much been on constant rotation for the last hour.

I haven't been to heaps of shows so I find it hard to comment on live stuff from experience, but I'd have to say Noisia @ Summer break was pretty good. Even though they are reasonably new to mixing and aren't as skilled as someone like Andy C, the tune selection was nuts and really kept the crowd pumping. Well it kept me pumping anyway. I was in my own little word for most of that day.

Easily me. With a large track collection at my mouse-pointer tip I can easily choose the best tunes and add them into the queue in whatever MP3 player I am using at the time. From there I have the ability to move tunes around easily to get a perfect tracklist to suit my mood at the time. There simply is no competition.

Probably some malnourished bi-afran who was born with natural talent but wasn't given the oppourtunity in life.
Honestly, I have no idea. Havent seen half the people already listed.
Probably Andy C.

DJ Bailey should rate a high mention

Yep Bailey is up there. So are Chase and Status. I reckon I'll get back to this thread on Monday about that though.

Bailey.

I'd have to easily agree with Noddy.

Andy c for crowd rocking and skill,
Bukem for longevity, quality and technical brilliance,
D-Bridge for being the most progressive and using the music he plays to do the "journey" sets, which few people do these days.

 + 3

Second best set I've ever seen behind D-Bridge at Enchanted.

And I've seen a lot of DJ sets.

That was an awesome set! Patch really knows his shit and that set more or less proved that he can rock it with the big guns!!

WHOEVER POSTS ONCE AND USES THE CAPS IN THE SUBJECT HEADING @ TEXT IS TEH BEST!!!

Pretty sure the person who started this thread was a bot.
Same as that one asking where the best places to buy music is and then recommended a website.

You mean a bot was able to create a better thread on its first attempt than Lexy has been able to after 50 tries?

bwhahahaha


interesting there where a few votes for bailey? care to elaborate on that abit more guys?

Bailey has an awesome selection and can play pretty much the whole spectrum of drum and bass from choppage to neuro to liquid to dancefloor to anything in between. I've never been dissappointed when I've caught a Bailey set and I try to check out his radio show as often as I can cos its usually filled up with loads of fresh beats.

id never heard anything like the set D-bridge at enchanted played before that n he's been my fave ever since

honourable mentions to marky friction and calyx 

oh and mampi 

i havent seen too many dj's... but i thought Shimon's set at sound weapon was awesome...

i seriously couldnt say who is the 'best' dnb dj for me though... thats way too hard to call... every dj i have seen so far has had a unique style of mixing, and has stood out for me in a different

agreed. though that was the best i've seen him play ever before by a mile.


really can't tell but...


this is about right for me. calibre has to be up there as well.

I'm going to have to agree with Noddy on the D-Bridge tip. Have enjoyed every set I have ever heard by him greatly. Always bringing the fresh tunes and ya can't argue with that mixing.

Bailey is the original rudeboy selector! Every set I have seen him play has been fresh fresh FRESH and clean as hell. Even listening back on sets I wouldn't be able to pick even half of the tunes he plays but they are always rockin.

Drum and Bass, straight up, no gimmicks.

Ive really enjoyed frictions sets too, he played with stamina at black cat a few years back yeh?

Bailey always ensures a a good nite too

WHO IS THE BEST DRUM AND BASS DJ???

Your mum.

andy for me - always kills it proper.. close 2nd is bukem

also think zinc is a bad ass dj

+ 1

Man so many DJs - cant pick one!


Sets that have stood out for me and that I actually remember!   lol have of course been Andy (Stardust), D-Bridge (Enchanted and HQ), Zinc (St Pauls x 2), Break and Fierce (WEF) (tune selection for Break but skills and energy for Fierce), Calyx (Blackcat 06), Marky (Sydney - Club Home, GIP), Bailey (Earth), Kentaro (Sceptre - although it wasnt all dnb only a tune or 2 but man that man has skills  ), Patch (Traffic Reunion), Bukem is always tight as well.

and thats all I can think of for now... Alot more have been wicked but the memory is a bit shady so its hard for me to remember if it was good cause the intoxication or cause the set was actually really good  

Who is THE best dj, not who ARE the best djs

Singular not plural!!! 

ahahaha

Bukem
Andy C
High Contrast
D-Bridge

that set was seriously off the chain 

speed Pendu hands down

patch at traffic reunion was one of the best sets i herd in my life. HUGE!!

As it's Singular, I'll lock in Randall thanks Eddie.. 

 

However, there are at least 4 or 5 that I would climb many a mountain just to see again & again. 

Already warned before posted

dj kao$ on 3 turntables, unbelievabubble. 

if i can only pick 1 for me its fierce so much energy

but if your speaking technically then friction,zinc,d bridgeand probably andy

Calyx did it for me without a doubt at black cat in 06 i think it was. But it's all down to personal taste in drum and bass as well. Andy and Friction have similar mixing styles but i prefer andy's sets coz of the music played, lots of people seem to dig a lot of tracks friction plays that aren't the sort of drum and bass i dig at all really.
But i can definitely remember during the calyx set, as soon as anything was on for a second too long something would drop that was so fat and complimentary to the last, it was impossible to move off the dancefloor. Haven't ever taken a break or moved off the floor during a calyx set, at the top of the list for me so far.

x2 purely for his tunes and how much he gets into it. has been my favourite for years. always been my style. moody cunt though.
but then u ask the question "is it the best you have seen or the best set you have heard?" ie cd, net, tape. ect.

Have to base it on artists you've seen surely! A downloaded mix can never truely capture the atmosphere the deejay is creating(good or bad) in the venue and a cd production piece is alot more about producing than deejaying and the question mentions the best D&B DJ!  I think you have to base it artists you've seen!

well if it's a question of who's the best dnb dj i've seen, i'd have to say patch.

i've seen a lot of internationals, and a lot of them have been awesome. but i've never seen someone as good as i've seen patchy on quite a few occasions. being a local here helps obviously (as i've seen him play about 10000 times).

after that is d-bridge, bukem, andy c, fierce (forgot about him) and calibre for me.