Alexander Synaptic (aka DJ Basilisk) is a dedicated DJ located in Toronto, Canada.
His mixes of Progressive and Psychedelic Techno has given him great recognition and allowed him to play at some of the best parties in the great white north.
When he’s not mixing, he runs the netlabels Ektoplazm, Drumlore, and Omnitropic which have seen some very impressive releases and millions of downloads.
There’s a lot of discussion but it isn’t a debate: storing your records is as important as cleaning them.
Vinyl records will experience wear over the lifespan of the record. Taking great care of them in between plays will allow you to get many more spins out of them before they must be retired.
As vinyl record shops continue to close down due to poor sales, online vinyl shops continue to thrive. Because of the availability of many vinyl records, it’s often hard to land that really hard to find piece. Luckily there are plenty of websites which offer the ability to listen and purchase vinyl from your home.
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Buying vinyl can be a walk in the park – other times it can be a living hell.
There’s a lot more to buying vinyl than meets the eye. Unlike picking up a new CD or downloading an MP3, vinyl still has its firm roots in specific shops. These vinyl shops can sometimes be a total [...]
BeginnerDJ is always evolving.
As a beginner DJ, it may be hard to find the information you need scattered across the internet.
Instead, BeginnerDJ has put together a brand new Beginner DJ Guide.
This guide will show you everything you need from start to finish.
To see a preview of what’s to come and how it’s working out so [...]
For the DJ that uses turntables, vinyl records will be the media of their choice.
Although vinyl is beginning to be faded out by newer systems such as Ableton Live and time coded systems, the authentic feel of pulling a piece of vinyl from its sleeve, setting it on the platter and spinning the song has [...]
Beat matching is the most essential skill to DJing which makes it all but the most important for the beginner DJ to learn. Although BDJ already has a complete tutorial on beat matching, it would be helpful to show you a very simple guide to beat matching that everyone would be able to quickly read [...]
BeginnerDJ has reach a very small milestone, but a milestone nonetheless.
The blog has been going strong for 2 weeks now and it looks like there’s no end in sight.
With that being said, there are a few things that BDJ readers should keep an eye out for in the future, many great things.
If you’d like to check out an in depth tutorial, check out BDJ’s guide to beat matching.
Like most internet users, we learn best by watching examples. Luckily there are plenty of beat matching videos available on the net but many of them also teach you bad practices such as auto beat matching. Instead, I’ve compiled [...]
Learning how to beat match is the most essential skill for any beginner DJ.
Unless you plan to only play songs back to back, you’ll need to learn how to beat match if you are serious about DJing.
Learning how to beat match isn’t an extremely difficult to learn the fundamentals but it does take many years [...]
A common question that arises when talking about DJing is ‘what type of DJs is there’?
This is a really good question as there are a lot of different paths to take when DJing. You can DJ as a hobby within your bedroom, work the local scene by doing mobile or wedding DJing or eventually rise [...]
