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Top Five Favorite Music Stores
- Beatport.com
- Tweekin.com
- Juno.co.uk
- Turntablelab.com
- Stompy.com
Top Five Favorite Local DJ Venues
- Soma
- UCIMC
- Boltini
- Barfly
- Highdive
Top Five Favorite Record Labels
- Om Records
- Dirty Bird
- Ed Banger
- Sonar Kollektiv
- Buzzin' Fly
I've been into electronic music forever, but I only got into DJing in the past 2 or 3 years. I originally started playing drum & bass, and I borrowed a friend's set of turntables to practice at home with. I sounded abysmal for a very long time. Then I got into house music, and switched over to playing that primarily. Nowadays I play mostly house music, specifically funky, deep, electro, tech, and fidget house. I also slip in some other genres like drum & bass, downtempo, broken beat, minimal, trip hop, and funk. I started hosting Radioactivity in August 2006 with two co-hosts, and over the next few months they had other obligations and couldn't host. I originally used the show to broadcast mix cd's from local and worldwide artists. Once I bought Serato ScratchLIVE for myself, I started using it on the show to mix tracks live. In the beginning of July 2007, I started a weekly residency every Thursday at Soma Ultralounge. Having this weekly public performance has been extremely useful in improving my technique and track selection. I consider myself extremely blessed to have such an opportunity, and I absolutely love doing it.
More About Lincoln Jones
What's your favorite genre?
That's tough. My first answer would be house music, but I really enjoy mixing and listening to drum & bass too.
And also, what most people are surprised to hear is that I like non-electronic music too. I love artists like Murder By Death, Incubus, Ravi Shankar, Frou Frou, OK Go, Tenacious D, Chick Corea, The RH Factor, Björk, and even Slipknot.
What kind of DJ are you?
Well at this radio station I'm an on-air DJ first and foremost. For my show, I mix tracks on Serato ScratchLIVE, which basically serves as a set of digital turntables. Beatmatching tracks using a keyboard is rather tough, but it's definitely doable. When I DJ at Soma, I use real turntables and control records that let me manipulate mp3's as if they were vinyl.
But to answer your question more directly, I'm a mixing DJ. Basically what I'm trying to say is I don't do any of that scratching stuff that the general public thinks every single DJ does. I match the tempo on tracks and blend them together in a seamless and unique way. I might throw in a scratch every once in a while, but mostly just to be silly.
What influenced your decision to go the digital DJ route?
Well, with digital you have a wider selection of music than vinyl-only. Also, there is no shipping involved with digital purchasing and everything is instant. MP3s are cheaper than vinyl as well and it's easier to pick out only the tracks you want. With vinyl, you might end up buying a whole 4-track release even though you only really wanted to play one of the tracks. If your records get stolen/burned/broken, they're gone. With digital (if you're smart) you've got all your tracks backed up somewhere else.