DJ Skillz (France) - Winning performance from The 2019 DMC World DJ Final - 2 x DMC World Champion

Rane presents The DMC World DJ Championship 2019 in association with Technics
Saturday 28th September
Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, London

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[frontview]

I am too much of a Techno addict. Without watching the DJ, it just sounds like dyslexic electronica. Its performance art, you have to watch the performer or this wears thin, especially over long periods of time. I totally appreciate how this has changed over the years and it is getting better. Can you imagine how much this is going to sound and change in the next century? Wow

[roastlonely]

Wack selection, messy beat juggles and the cuts were just ok. What was the rest of the comp like if he was the winner?

[robinmcara]

Craze's face when he did the body trick he used in one of his title wins, classic. I feel so blessed to have been into this back then until now, so good to see how far they have come. I do miss backspinning and the way some Dj's changed records namely M.M.Mike 🔥

[benji.B-side]

Where has the excitement gone from the DMC Championships? Cannot deny the technical ability, but where has the creativity, the unexpected tune drops, the soundscape story gone?
It's like 'Scratch by Numbers', like the painting sheets of a child's book.
We need someone in 2020 to come along, fuck off all the rules and create a set that stuns minds and blows us away with it's genius!!

[woolf]

Lol!! This sounds like me practicing drunk 5 years ago. Wtf happened while I’ve been adulting

[coachdonhighdfw]

Boy things have changed so much, his juggling don’t make sense! Back in the days this wouldn’t make it out of regionals smh

[chris]

Winner? Didn't anyone else show up?

[metaling]

This was a hard watch. I had to watch Craze 2000 performance straight after to remind me of what an entertaining set is.

[vinyltheif]

I like the way at the beginning he holds the 'mixer' saying "it's this doing the real work".

[fredicagoillanoise]

These DJ's nowadays need to learn the winning formula...performance, classic music choices, rhythm and most importantly...THE FUNK!!! The jocks nowadays can transform, crab scratch and beat juggle with the best of them but they need to learn how to be FUNKY!!!

[LeekowalskiWalker]

When turntablism stops being music and simply becomes a demonstration of dexterity, like this, I'm out.

[derricklofton]

Been doing this since 13 years old, now 55, it took me awhile to except most of the new technology involved with djing, I very still love straight vinyl / 12 inch Singles / LP’s thought, I still play only vinyl to do or perform tricks, but if your a professional Dj now a days, I say have fun, but I’ll still tear the pants off that new Technology, I got to do raw or not at all, but I do respect this young DJ’s the music flowing.

[BLITZKRIEG]

I remember when simply changing vinyl was a skill that needed to be mastered

[MesGuided]

All this technology and possibilities, but where is the flow and musicality? This can't be the "best" we can do, can it??

[andykelly]

The year is 2001, DJ Kentaro begins his final show at the DMC World Championships, he didn't scratch, he never used the cross fader and he didn't even touch the record. Now although he didn't win that year, his almost 2 decade old final show blows all over this one. It honestly just sounds a mess. Amazing skills don't get me wrong, absolutly amazing, but to me this winning set just sounded like a train wreck of random stuff thrown together

[funkmonsterjones]

Man.. This is what wins world's? I'm going to sign up next year I suppose then.. I genuinely will trounce a set like this, at least I think so.

[MiC-T]

Showmanship is just as important as skills. Scratch with ATTITUDE! Love this ish!

[MoodyJux]

As I'm French, I'd be pleased to be proud of him but... wtf was that? I didn't get it at all, messy beatjungling...

[onetwo]

@ 2:50-3:13 THAT'S A SMOOTH TIMED METRONOME... A BEAT JUGGLE RYTHEM ON POINT. MAD WAX SKILLZ

[remnow]

Mixed feelings on this one, the juggles weren't great, but also not as bad as the comments suggested. I was really let down with the cutting ability however. The phrasing was soulless speed and there just wasn't a feeling of "no one can fuck with this" . It's hard not to compare to past because that's what it's all being judged on, and the progression from x-men, isp, craze / i.emerge, ect. slowed, but now it seems all but dead and stagnant, no dj has emerged to be like "the future is now, here is where dj'ing can get to..."


Not even having to worry about taking records on / off should have led to innovation instead of this stagnation. This enables people to literally hand tailor their own wax, imagine if craze/bert, etc... had that ability, I have to feel they'd have used it to greater advantage.


Again it's easy to be critical when you're expecting so much, but after battling in late 90's early 00's I'm not hearing anything new, I'm not seeing anything new, I'm seeing guys who are clearly talented, but just doing the same thing that's been done. I thought the 16, and 17 guys showed some glimmer of hope for returning it to high levels... but it never happened.


and let's be real, craze would STILL fuck all these young cats up with routines he was doing 20 years ago in 99.... (still getting mine in the 1..9 damn we're getting old.