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::::::::. **** TA DJ Challenge Series - Genre Challenge 7 (COMPLETE) **** .::::::::
Hello everyone, and welcome to the new TA DJ Challenge Series!
Challenges
Original threads
March 2009 - Genre Challenge Round 1
May 2009 - Genre Challenge Round 2
July 2009 - Genre Challenge Round 3
July 2010 - Genre Challenge Round 4
February 2011 - Genre Challenge Round 5
April 2012 - Genre Challenge Round 6
New Challenge series
January 2014 - Theme challenge
September 2014 - Genre challenge Round 7
January 2015 - 3 random tracks ?
September 2015 - Genre challenge ?
The Rules
Participants will suggest a genre along with signing up. All genres will be randomly assigned amongst participants. The Genre Challenge will consist of a 45 minute to 120 minute mix, left to your own interpretation of the assigned genre, which will be posted after sign-ups are over. There are no prizes. All entries should be uploaded to your favorite file hosting site and posted after the sign-up date and before the due date. All participants should make an effort to listen to and review each mix that has been posted.
IF YOU SIGN UP AND DO NOT DO YOUR MIX, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE REST OF THE COMPETITIONS!!!
Sign-ups will last one month, starting today and lasting through SEPTEMBER 1st, @ 12 AM GMT. Simply enter your name and the genre you want someone else to play. I will assign genres at the end of the sign-up period and the mixing will begin. This challenge ends OCTOBER 3rd17th @ 12 AM GMT.
THERE WILL BE ONE VETO AND ONE WILDCARD. Before signups end, the genre to be vetoed will be discussed amongst participants. Whichever genre gets vetoed will be replaced by the wildcard. If you get assigned a wildcard, you will be able to choose whatever genre you'd like (be creative, not predictable).
Don't list a genre that is too weird, obscure, or specific.
When a contestant draws the genre you selected, it is YOUR responsibility to ensure they know what type of artists to base their selections off of. Be sure to give them plenty examples. But don't flood this thread with YouTube links. Keep that in a PM.
You may choose to drop out before the sign-up dates end, but once the challenge begins you cannot drop out.
Genre Mix schedule
Sign-ups begin: August 1st
Competition begins: September 1st
Competition ends: October 3rd17th
Contestant | Past Entries | Suggested Genre | Assigned Genre |
Mr Game+Watch | tribal house | | NY Hard/Tribal House | Hard Trance |
montana | eurodance | downtempo/ambient | schranz | tech trance | autonomic dnb | Funky Breaks | NY Hard/Tribal House |
jonmitz | Psychill | Industrial | |
wotyzoid | prog breaks | balearic house/ibiza trance | Garage | Nu-Jazz |
djdk | detroit techno | disco | Liquid Funk | Downtempo Lounge |
ziptnf | chicago/detroit house | oldschool trance | hardstyle | hard trance | Acid Techno | Rave/Hardcore |
Mr. Mystery | prog house | techno | ambient | Hard Trance | Liquid Funk |
Sand Leaper | prog house | nu jazz | prog trance | ambient | UK garage | Industrial | Funky Breaks |
Lews | uplifting trance | downtempo/trip hop | Nu-Jazz | Acid Techno |
lievez | early 90's hardcore breakbeat | Rave/Hardcore | Psychill |
Bierheld | Downtempo/Lounge | Garage |
Well count me in as a listener, but I don't really feel like I'm experienced enough with a variety of styles to be a dj yet. Maybe next time.
In!
Genre: NY-style Hard House
I wish I could participate, but all I have is my vinyl collection. I can't DJ digitally atm due to the lack of a soundcard.
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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch In! Genre: NY-style Hard House |
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Originally posted by ziptnf I didn't specify in the original post (adding now) but is this too obscure of a genre? I'd like if someone else were to verify that this isn't too specific. I'm slightly suspicious. |
Sand Leaper - yup the examples you've shown of Hard House are more of the Chicago style (DJ Bam Bam, DJ Deeon)... the NY style is heavily tribal-influenced, though with more screeching divas and extended drum buildups. Junior Vasquez, Jonathan Peters, Razor N Guido - are the big names in this genre.
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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch Sand Leaper - yup the examples you've shown of Hard House are more of the Chicago style (DJ Bam Bam, DJ Deeon)... the NY style is heavily tribal-influenced, though with more screeching divas and extended drum buildups. Junior Vasquez, Jonathan Peters, Razor N Guido - are the big names in this genre. |
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Originally posted by ziptnf I didn't specify in the original post (adding now) but is this too obscure of a genre? I'd like if someone else were to verify that this isn't too specific. I'm slightly suspicious. I'll enter as soon as I think of a good genre I want someone to play. |
It should go without saying that a genre shouldn't be nominated unless a sufficient quantity of it is easily accessible online in digital format, and that should be demonstrated at the nomination phase.
Fuck it, I'm in. Funky Breaks.
oh to add that to the discussion, NY-style Hard House is also synonymous with what is called Circuit. A term that comes from the Circuit parties that was popular in the gay community and the type of music was played there.
Signed up/I would like to add "bass" to the list of things we are choosing
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Originally posted by Sand Leaper So narrowing the field a bit is definitely needed when suggesting "hard house". |
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The Genre Challenge will consist of a 45 minute to 120 minute mix, left to your own interpretation of the assigned genre, which will be posted after sign-ups are over. |
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Don't list a genre that is too weird, obscure, or specific. |
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Originally posted by jonmitz did you miss this part? or this: y'all are posting some pretty specific things, that are not open to interpretation in any way. and adding any regional modifier to a genre is making it obscure AND specific. |
Not to forget that Oakenfold featured Lil Mo' Yin Yang - Reach (Basement Jaxx Firecracker Mix) on GU004, which shows that Hard House from NY was prevalent across the globe too since all the big players in the game endorsed it. I'm not even from new york btw so it was a challenge myself when I discovered this era of music a few years ago.
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Originally posted by jonmitz Signed up/I would like to add "bass" to the list of things we are choosing |
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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Bass? |
i mean, it's open to interpretation? it's not really a set genre but more of a certain type of sound. i could sit here and try to explain what that means from my perspective but really it stretches across genres
in any case, i guess the submissions should have an example since music is so subjective
here is a mix i did with a couple styles/subgenres of what i would call bass: https://soundcloud.com/jonmitz/dream-chaser
anything from stuff like this
to a more darker/heavier kind of thing
or slower stuff like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfoHUOCK6Dw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehk6m2seDTE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=580fAcO2Eik
http://www.beatport.com/track/let-g...nal-mix/5149331
other genres have this kinda sound to them
psychedelic
bass house would fall under this umbrella
anyways, i have no problem changing my submission if this is too arbitrary for the consensus. i'll just swap it for psychedelic/tribal instead since that's pretty straight forward
edit: fix tables
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Originally posted by jonmitz anyways, i have no problem changing my submission if this is too arbitrary for the consensus. i'll just swap it for psychedelic/tribal instead since that's pretty straight forward |
How do I genre?
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Originally posted by Lews Am I alone in thinking that psychedelic and tribal are extremely different? |
It feels like he's nominating willfully esoteric categories so he can then point us in the direction of his own mixes for reference.
EDIT: And Nick, that list contains such delights as "aggrotech", "cybergrind" and "suomisaundi". You're fighting fire with a cluster bomb.
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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J It feels like he's nominating willfully esoteric categories so he can then point us in the direction of his own mixes for reference. |
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EDIT: And Nick, that list contains such delights as "aggrotech", "cybergrind" and "suomisaundi". You're fighting fire with a cluster bomb. |
There's a lot of modern music that hasn't settled into a well defined genre yet, which I think is what he's trying to put forward. What he calls 'bass' seems to be his preferred sound and I've heard crop up in several mixes of his.
Personally I don't think it's legitimate either, and that it should be changed to either UK bass or post-dubstep maybe? I know there's a lot of music that sort of hangs around or in between those sounds and you can definitely make something that sounds like a genre mix from that, but it's not really in the spirit of the challenge.
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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J It feels like he's nominating willfully esoteric categories so he can then point us in the direction of his own mixes for reference. |
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There's a lot of modern music that hasn't settled into a well defined genre yet, which I think is what he's trying to put forward. |
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Originally posted by Bierheld Personally I don't think it's legitimate either, and that it should be changed to either UK bass or post-dubstep maybe? I know there's a lot of music that sort of hangs around or in between those sounds and you can definitely make something that sounds like a genre mix from that, but it's not really in the spirit of the challenge. |
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