Does your crowd appreciate live remixing/mashups?

[Mylestec]

Or do they seem to prefer just the straight tracks?

if its kept to a minimum and only at select moments of the night... Only fraction of the crowd can even see it... so for the rest - they don't really see the DJ as the main focus / show..... they just want to hear a good selection mixed in a way that smoothly takes them from one genre to another without throwing off the rhythm.

[sarasin]

Depends on how clued up the crowd is in what YOU are actually doing.

If they know their tunes well, they will pick up that you are mashing, remixing.

In my Psytrance sets, the only thing that allows you to realize its a new track, is when the bass changes, when I transition.

The guys who know their tunes will recognise that it sound different and will ask me about it after or come and see what I am doing.

The majority of times that it really gets picked up, is when I am playing a track made by a mate and he is present.

Sometimes they will say that they don't like to hear their track chopped up or played like that, but comeon.....

If its done well, its a remix....right there.