Reply to Styles of Mixing? Dependant on Venue?

Hi all,

lip5016 made a good thread on keepig engery in a mix. But reading through the thread i noticed a few talking on the difference between mixing in a club and mixing at a festival/rave. Mainly on the inclusion of breakdowns and keeping the energy up throughout the dramatical builds.

This is new to me i didnt realise there was a difference in the way djs play in clubs and festivals. Now i can appreciate that a scratch dj playing in a club wouldnt generally perform scratch routines throughtout the whole evening but i believe that is slightly different.

i dont know if this is me, but ive played at various 'raves' and also my weekly evening club gigs, and i dont mix any different at either.

i just thought it would be a good discussion to see what all you DJTT user believe on this issue, is there a general differnce in mixing styles between club, festival & raves.

or isnt Mixing just simple Mixing?