Allen O'Squeak took out the number one place in round one of the MENU MAG DJ BATTLE 2010! Mixing with three CDJs covering a mash up of genres.
Allens skills ranged from crossing genres, perfect beat matching, fast mixing and using all three CDJs at once the whole way through the comp to bring him in as winner in what was a very talented round.
Catch Allen in the final on Wednesday 31st March and you can hear him being interviewed and giving you all a sample mix on the drive show on UPFM at 4pm Friday 5th of March. Come along and check out the other rounds every Wednesday in March at Devo, 17 Albert St, Auckland City from 9pm – 1.15am.
Ratings by Luke Purcell-Antiform
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Round 1 results: in order of appearance
Glen: overall score 75%: ... See More
Good tidy mixing on bar and in time, volume levels for each tune were consistent, he mixed tunes out quickly (after about 2:30min) and doesn’t let them play for too long which keeps crowd interest. however did play a bit too repetitively towards the end.
Don Conan: overall score 60%:
good tune selection playing promos/remixes with a good party vibe, some mixes were off bar and first mix and a few others was slightly out of time, needs to work on volume levels for each tune to be more consistent, a really passionate dj! lots of jumping and head bobbing round behind the decks, looked like he was having a great time which helps the crowd feed off you for a better atmosphere, got better towards the end of the set
Allen: overall score 79%:
Had his volume a bit too loud at first, tight mixing being on bar and in time, good intro with a genre change, utilising 3 decks at the same time showed good technical skills, good use of CDJ functions like looping, Good tune selection and genre changes but didn’t play enough stuff that the ladies might like, needs to work on his stage presence I’m guessing its because he’s concentrating so hard on using 3 decks.
Cam: overall score 70%:
Decent volume levels for each tune and over all volume wasn’t too loud, fast mixes around 2:30min which keeps crowd interested, had some good drops between tunes and each mix was perfectly in time, however tune selection a bit repetitive, and not too much stage presence.
Nathan: overall score 69%
Good volume for over all mix and between tunes, awesome tune selection!! took a little while to get going but felt like a good atmosphere, tidy mixing but sounds like he plays it a bit safe try adding a bit of interest into each mix with more cutting etc.