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Christian Marclay - djTrio

Primary Artist
Christian Marclay
Album Title
djTrio
Release Date
June 8, 2004 
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Review by Stewart Mason
As close as Christian Marclay has ever come to conventional DJ mixing -- which is to say, not very close at all -- Djtrio collects seven live performances by Marclay's ever-shifting collective of turntable masters, including Toshio Kajiwara, Erik M, Dj Olive, and Marina Rosenfeld. This is not traditional turntablism in that the beat is never the point. Similarly, the traditional structure of soundclash-style records, where each DJ takes turns soloing while the others provide a steady beat backdrop, is out the window: this is more like three DJs soloing on top of each other. Read More