How I Play: BT Interview

We sit down with international superstar dj/producer BT for an intimate discussion on live performance and remixing, dj-ing, favorite gear, and advice for up and coming dj/producers.

[cryosleepkitten]

It is awesome that BT is using hands-free motion sensors to control his macros

[JohnHam]

He's not beatmatching. He's not even really mixing the tracks into each other. He's take different loops, samples, clips, etc with lots of effects and creating a whole new song. He's not a Disk Jockey, the a EDM Composer. There is a real difference between the two.

Composing on a laptop like this is still so new that people don't know how to approach it so they still call it DJing.

[Bildabong]

This guy, awesome music... That's all I gotta say

[JamesMincey]

0:01 Smartbomb
1:16 The Emergency
1:40 Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)

[kadjrare]

emotional technology? binary universe? somnabulist? this man has pioneered a lot of techniques used today

[esm]

It is awesome that BT is using his haircut to control his macros

[officialSpringheeled]

He talked about it around a month or two ago on his Facebook and his twitter, but I haven't heard anything since. I'm not sure if May 1st is the official release date...

[KironVB]

Supplemento BT.Volume 01. Seraphim 09. Nuovo Morceau Subrosa Atopologicial Abstract of Granular Systems [Symphonie Eelektron_1k]

Uhh I haven't heard nor can find anything about this album, any more info?

[Bildabong]

Went to beatport... can't buy his music in Australia...

[mattjparker]

ya... i dont know too much about albeton but the "djs" usually do live performances with stems.. so unlike a typical traktor setup or serato.. u can take just the melody from 1 track.. mix in different base lines.. the effects are much more directly targeted than, for instance, an ice reverb which plays across the entire deck. Ableton is just a much finer, more detailed approach. Difference is, albeton really needs alot more prep work.. traktor or serato u just throw the tracks in and go.

[baukadrun]

Before anyone ever use ableton live for live remixing hes most probably the first guy who did it beside dj Sasha back in 2002 - 2003

[JamesMincey]

BT - "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)"

[mattjparker]

personally im excited for bitwig.. but i guess we gotta wait and see.

[Heathcliff_hensel]

recontextualisation good scrabble word

[PwningIRL]

I don't think you understand how Ableton Live perfroming works.

[Adayum]

How is making the process of mixing songs harder going to amaze the audience? Unless you put a giant screen that shows what ur doing, they wouldn't give a fuck.

[kraalwig]

you do realize he makes the songs he is playing right?

[Eumusic]

Ableton Live need to step up with 64bit version, otherwise bitwig daw takes over.
BT hairdoll cut fails.

[rojman]

You obviously don't know how BT is. He's far from being a tool.

[thedave]

I have a lot of respect for the guy but he's easily the most pretentious man in dance music.