DJ Rolando DEMF

DJ Rolando is a Detroit DJ and has multiple releases on UR as well as a variety of other labels throughout the late 90s and 00s.

This set is a classic example of traditional techno DJing, occurring at Detroit’s own Detroit Electronic Music Festival. You can see that he’s using (at least) 3 turntables (and I believe a CDJ) and a mixer to play the music. At times he appears to be mixing vocal samples on top of the music (1:30), then he spins a record in reverse to transition out of one song (4:10). At (8:08) he uses filters to add to the music, as well as more turntablism at (8:20). At (9:30) you can see him spinning through a record to search for a specific moment. At (18:46) you can see the infamous “crates” of records as he looks for a song. Then at (21:50) you see him using simple volume controls to smooth the transition between songs.

I haven’t gone through the whole thing, but it’s a great set and worth a listen!