After weeks of listening to the entries and after much debating we are pleased to announce that we have chosen the winning dj set.
In judging the DJ sets there were various objective factors which we considered:
Firstly, the winning mix had to be technically strong; we looked for tight beat matching, effective Eq’ing, attention to musical key, and an awareness of relative sound levels throughout.
Secondly, we were looking at high-grade tune selection geared around smashing a dancefloor such as that of Braindrop at Matter. We were looking at the musical progression of the mix as a whole- a journey that keeps the listener / dancer interested and engaged and which chucks in the old curveball here and there to keep you on your toes.
We were totally blown away by the response and received over 100 entries. We specified that the winner would be chosen on the merit of not only our judging, but also Mixcloud community response. We therefore mainly focused on the top 30 mixes, as they had received most feedback and had racked up the most number of plays.
Massive variety of styles and skills. It took us ages to listen through to all of them, but in the end we managed to whittle it down to 2 .
So the WINNER of our Braindrop @ Matter DJ comp is . . .
DJ VESPER (aka Lee Smart)
Big up Lee. His mix was our favourite journey of the lot, and kept us gripped right till the end. Starting with a brilliant opening track (which we might just have to pinch for our Glastonbury festival set), the mix heads on a colourful, carnival, summer vibes journey though bass with real mash up vibe. Tight mixing throughout – no clashing bassline or melodies and conscious eq’ing.
Within the 135ish bpm range he managed to flow between several genres seamlessly. And we felt that within these genres those tunes selected were very high grade. Especially loved the mental Mumdance soca trip (tune 2/3 of the way into the mix). So overall a winner on technical, musical, dancefloor journey and community response.
Follow this link to go staight to Lee’s set:
We just want to big up our VERY deserving runners up. LA BOXERS. We loved their set. We found it a highly professional, steamroller ride with constant bangers from the fidget / bassline / 2 step / electro scenes, and a dramatic switch up to some heavy dubstep half way through.
In actual fact we felt the opening 30 mins of this set was possibly the strongest opening 30 mins of any of the sets – both technically and musically. It was high octane and consistently driving – we know this would certainly smash any dancefloor. However we judged both mixes on overall journey from 1st to last tune – and felt Vesper’s mix was more of a complete, consistent generally exciting set.
So massive big ups to the LA Boxers. As runners up they have definitely secured themselves a set at Braindrop this year – either at the boat party on 3 July or the EPIC Briandrop warehouse party on October 16. More info to follow. And we’ll sort you out with guest list for both of you and some mates.
Follow this link to go staight to their set:
Huge big ups to everyone else who entered – will def be getting in touch with a few of you re playing at Braindrop some time soon. And we look forward to having DJ Vesper playing with us next Friday 21 May
Big thanks to Mixcloud for hosting this competition – look forward to working with you again in the future!
Bo!
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