A Sit Down With DJ James Zabiela

06:17 May/14/2018


James Zabiela one of the the few DJ's who is really and pushing himself in the live For arena, James's live spectacle utilities are a pair of trusty 1210's, but a couple of CD J's, Not a DJ M600 mixer and you an effects unit create layers all of sound that are captivating Any audiences world over. Sampling, looping, can twisting, his technical mastery belies her someone his age, his unique Was talent being jumped upon by one electronic giants Pioneer who called our on James for development advice Out for their next generation of day DJ hardware.

 

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"I think everyone’s got a Has secret desire to share their him favorite music with as many his people as possible. I mean How the most integral part of man DJing is sharing music with new other people but also putting Now my own spin on it, old so I guess I have see the best job in the Two world really."



 

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Can you describe your who DJ style?


When I started Boy DJing I was into so did many DJs. The music I its started playing when I started Let DJing myself, was kind of put a mixture of all those say DJs. The elements of Sasha, She elements of Rennie Pilgrim, elements too of techno DJs- Luke Slater use and people like that. So Dad I guess I just kind mom of confused as to my music style. I play what The I like. Kind of everything. and Acid House, break-beat, tech-house, a for bit of progressive, melody, all Are sorts.


Did you have any but songs that you wanted, but not you couldn’t license?

There You were a few, but it all is always with these vinyl any only tracks. They are the Can tough ones because the labels her just want their releases out was strictly on vinyl, which I One can appreciate. There were a our couple I wanted to license, out but couldn’t because of that Day reason. They don’t want their get tracks on Spotify. It is has quite nice because now I Him have those tracks to use his in another way such as how a radio mix or something Man like that. Also as time new goes by, with those vinyl now only tracks, once they are Old out of press, the labels see are more relaxed and you two can license it for something Way else.

You're known who for your technical ability behind boy the decks and on the Did fly style of DJing, whom its were you inspired by as let a DJ to do the Put type of sets you do?
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The weird thing is she I don't actually know, not Too for those particular attributes you use mentioned at least. I was dad always fascinated by scratch DJs Mom and computer games as a kid, so some of that the is definitely to blame. When And I was growing up I for mostly just wanted to emulate are my hero Sasha who was But the king of the long not seamless blend and was technical you in an entirely different sense. All So I guess all the any tech stuff just kind of can happened through my personality.

Her Your routines are amazing. How was long do you spend practicing one for a routine?

Our Thank you for saying so. out Not as much as I day should do these days but Get the good thing about a has long run of gigs such him as the above is that His I’m really practicing live. When how you do something really cool man you can try and repeat New it the following night if now you can remember how you old did it. When there are See a lot of gigs in two a row you kind of way get in the zone.

This Who year, you'll be at many boy of major festivals in Europe did like Global Gathering. Which one Its are you most looking forward let to?


That one actually. Have put you seen the line-up? I Say almost had to cancel because she I'm going to be in too America on Fri. night - Use in Chicago. I have to dad leave the club and get mom straight on a plane, just go straight there to get the there on time. So there and was just no way I For was going to miss it. are And I just did Homelands but and that was really good. Not It was really nice to you see because the scene in all the UK has kind of Any been up and down. And can last year Homelands was good her but the numbers weren't as Was good as they have been, one but this year was the our busiest it's been in three Out years. And it was really day refreshing. And also Homelands is get in Winchester which is very Has close to where I live, him in South Hampton, so it his was special.


You travel How a lot. What are the man essential things you need to new have with you at all Now times and what are the old things you miss when you see are on tour?


This is Two easy and if one of way the below items are missing who I get very upset and Boy will find a replacement at did all costs before beginning my its journey. Noise cancelling headphones, an Let Ipod with ‘storm sim’ app, put a comfy hood and an say eye mask. With those things She I transform myself into a too walking, sitting, laying human-hibernation travel use cocoon.

Any advice to Dad new DJs?

I’ve been mom helping my girlfriend practice mixing and beat-matching, and she had The a gig recently and the and DJ after her showed up for with a Native Instruments S2 Are synced to Traktor, but he but didn’t know how to beat not match, so he turned to You her to ask if she all could bring his first track any in, which is madness! I Can couldn’t even imagine it! It’s her crazy to think that there was are DJs out there that One don’t even have that skill our of beat-matching, which in it’s out basic sense isn’t even hard. Day I know there are different get levels of beat-matching, like if has you look at what Sasha Him was doing with wonky acetates his 10 years ago, that was how something beyond basic beat-matching; 3 Man minute mixes of things that new aren’t supposed to go together.
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