This week we caught up with Rob Steer (aka DJ Mr Lob) (dude in the pic on the left!). Rob started The Forty Five Kings Collective with Fatwax45 and has created a superb community of like-minded individuals based on the love of collecting and spinning 45s or as some would know them as – 7 inch singles.
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There are scratch DJs and turntablists, great music selectors, unbelievable curators, and crowd movers and then there is Koco… We believe he is in a class of one. He executes all of the above
I, like many people, was somewhat skeptical about the release of the Mk7 Technics 1200 series turntable. Nothing beats the original, I've had these decks for xx years blah blah blah! The point is, they aren't as well finished or engineered as precisely as the Mk2s were, but then again contrary to popular opinion the [...]
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For those that know me, you'll know that I've been very fortunate over the last 3 or 4 years to have owned or played on most of the rotary mixers available on the market. I started my journey from very humble beginnings, namely the Omnitronic TRM202. This little mixer kick-started a chain of events that [...]
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Lollopop headphones or Monophone Whatever you know them as, like most things in the DJ community it tends to divide opinion. Some swear by them and others put it down to a hipster obsession with all things retro! Having been an active DJ myself for in excess of 30 years I have known about this [...]
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I'm not going to say much about this guy, because I want you to get to the video as soon as possible. Crazy beat diggin 7" break DJ who will leave you exhausted and inspired. Great selection and considering he is spinning 45s his accuracy is scary! Check out his Insta page for a daily [...]
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The title of this article requires looking at things from several angles and standpoints. Let’s take a look from a Dj’s perspective, in particular, mine. I’ve been Djing and mixing (this is a very important distinction and the subject of an upcoming article) for over 30 years. Until around 2015/16 I was exclusively analog, you […]