Reloop PTB-2 Mixer Brings DVS & Bluetooth To Portable Set-Ups

I co-ran a club called Tangled in Manchester through the 1990s and into the 2000s – right through the trance boom years. I was a resident DJ and founder for 12 years, and recently I dug out a book the team made about the club to remind myself what those years were like. With our…

AlphaTheta, Algoriddim and Native Instruments have launched OneLibrary, a new unified music library format that lets DJs export their personal music libraries from Djay Pro, Traktor and Rekordbox to USB drives for use on AlphaTheta’s/Pioneer DJ’s professional DJ hardware – no laptop needed. The OneLibrary format, which is essentially a rebrand of Rekordbox’s Device Library…

In 1999, Trance Nation exploded into the world. Mixed by a then-rising Dutch producer named Ferry Corsten, it went on to become one of the most iconic dance compilation series of all time – selling millions of copies, introducing whole generations to clubbing, and shaping the sound of a generation. What most people don’t know…

Nowadays, being a DJ is about much more than just the mixing. Many DJs now are also producers, making either original tunes or remixes to drop in their sets. It’s one of the biggest and best ways to stand out from the crowd and really make a name for yourself but just making the music…

Dangling the idea of one library in front of DJs is a bit like dangling the idea of one word processor file format in front of office workers 20 years ago. Imagine not being able to open a Word file on Google Docs, Apple Pages, or OpenOffice without using a converter program. Madness, right? Yet…

We asked our community what separates good DJs from great ones. Over 600 responses came back…and technical ability barely got a mention. Instead, the DJs who really understood their craft focused on something far simpler: connecting with people. Whether they were playing weddings, clubs, or just mixing at home, the answers pointed to the same…