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Chris is a writer, tutor, and artist - turntablist, controllerist, and producer - that loves writing about the things that inspire him, and being inspired by figuring out how to explain things. He runs Oh Drat, dedicated to production equipment and tutorials.

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Review: Pioneer DJM 900 Nexus

Chris Cartledge
Pioneer is the club standard with both their CDJs and DJM mixers. A ‘proper’ club is likely to have a DJM800, or at least a 600 if they’re not the updating type, sandwiched between a pair of CDJ900/1000/2000s. The 800 had so much going for…
Controllerism

Musikmesse 2011: New DJ Gear

Chris Cartledge
Musikmesse is Europe’s largest music industry trade show, and to say it’s big is an understatement. Of course, being relatively close to Winter NAMM means that many of this year’s biggest products have already been broken, but…
Controllerism

Numark V7/X5 Review

Chris Cartledge
The DJ equipment industry has been in a state of change for a while, not least because the traditional paradigm for club DJing has been turned on its head and shaken until it no longer knows which way is up. Digital music and the advent of…