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The second Forbidden Society Recordings DJ mix contest for new deejay talents starts! The winner of the contest will be given a chance to play at Forbidden Society Recordings Label Night in Prague at Cross club on 16th December 2011. The headliners of the night are Dean Rodell & Current Value aka Machine Code, moreover, Machine Code is going to play in the Czech Republic for the first time. This could be another strong reason to participate in the competition. The project Machine Code started in 2009. Soon after that, it has become one of the leading names in drumandbass scene. The success of their production lies in ability to produce high-quality music across genres, from drumandbass, dubstep to 1/4step. Acquaint yourself with the rules and get ready your CDJs and turntables! The contest is just starting!
After listening and evaluating all the sets sent before the deadline 1st December 2011, the jury consists of Forbidden Society, Syndrome, Dirty Boy, Killa and Dukor, will choose three DJ sets that will make it to the final round. Then, there will be opened a public voting on Facebook where people can vote for their favourite one. The one with the highest number of votes will win.
The level of mixing, selection of the tracks and the overall development and arrangement of the mix will be taken into account.
The rules
The contest is for DJs from the Czech Republic and abroad (the winner will be paid 60 euros for the set + the accomodation will be arranged for him).
The DJ mustn’t be active on the scene more than 3 years and mustn’t be a resident of a party or a club
The set must be up-to-date and mixed in the year 2011
The style – drum and bass – especially its hard subgenres – neurofunk, techstep, darkstep, so that the performance would fit into the concept of the whole night
The set in MP3 format must be uploaded to SoundCloud, Dnbshare, Sendspace etc.
The maximum length of the set is 30 minutes, there must be minimum of 6 tracks
DJ must send a tracklist and a short biography
Allowed equipment – turntables, cd players, Serato, Final Scratch (Time code vinyl or CD). Alternatively, a DJ may use a controller. Please don’t send sets made solely in a PC software.
Send your set to: mixcontest(at)seznam.cz
The contest starts on 1st November 2011 and the deadline is 1st December 2011. The winner will be informed via email.
www.forbiddensocietyrecordings.com
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