Haha, so true. In DnB it’s been staple for a mix for as long as I listen to the genre. At first I reaaaaaaally hated it. But since I started spinning tunes myself I really started appreciating them. Some bangers just need to get a proper listen from the intro on. But I’m pretty sure this happens more in some of the more ‘intense’ genres.
Digging the Bonobo Boiler set someone dropped here before, respect.
wait guys… what exactly is a boiler room set? Sorry for the ignorance. I started in the hip hop scene and now play a lot of house and “EDM” music. And I’ve never seen this phenomenon. I tried google to no avail.
http://boilerroom.tv/ should get you started 
DJ Hype, Hype, gimme the funk, gimme the funk…
Rewinds have been part and parcel of the hardcore/jungle/D&B scene since the early 90’s and UKG (as TCMuc said), nothing new. Can be very effective. Can be DJ or MC instigated, usually with some form of crowd interaction (as mentioned futher up thread), you sort of know which tracks are going to get a rewind.
Anyway shameless self promotion, starting a brand new show (This Is Our House) on Nu-Rave Radio.com this evening 6-8PM (UK) playing Soulful/Deep/Jackin House and Garage along with some old school/classic house/garage and the odd old school rave/hardcore/D&B tune. Nu-Rave Radio available on line and via Tunein app on iOS/Android etc.
The reason for spin backs is simple - dubplates.
The crowd WANTS to hear a new tune from the beginning.
Today, with EVERY DJ able to create their own edits (effectively, dubplates - something that no-one else has), spin backs (in certain situations, dare I say, GENRES) hold a special relevance.
I fuckin’ love 'em.
i think thats one of bonobos label mates, look at how nuts he goes when that eliphino track drops again. shit rewind worth it right there haha.
I’m a big fan of pulling tunes back if they go off, i’m not really a huge fan of going back to the start though, i think you go back to the start of the build up and skip the intro, as in that bonobo rewind. great timing on it, even though it sounds crap when he is actually spinning it back.
New Bonobo album on the way
From his facebook -
Will the unreleased boiler room tracks be on this release? Friggen hope so..
I love rewinds, especially when some nice UKG is being played. The Skream b2b Disclosure boiler room set comes to mind.
I pulled an awful awful rewind the other week at a gig, the crowd went nuts when i played Mercy by Joy O & Boddika, so I rewound it forgetting it has a really, really long intro. Kinda killed the vibe a bit.
Pulled a massive reload on Neighbourhood by Zed Bias though, I had a cue point set for it so it skipped about 45 seconds of the intro, went back to it, hyped the vibe right up!
Oh gaaad. Neighbourhood kills it everytime.
Mr DJ give me that reload.
Nothing gets the crowd more excited than a well time reload.
What can I say its all about crowd participation. DJ drops a track crowd go mental and the track gets rewound.
Back in the day when I was a little raver it would happen more than once. Listen to the old DJ Hype stuff on you tube sometimes 3+ rewinds in an hour.
You’ve got to be there to apprentice rewinds.
Its got to be on vinyl too. Digital rewinds sounds, well digital… Junglist for life!!
Big up all. This topic made me join tech tools.
My buddy pulled off one of the cleanest backspins on new years. We started of with House and ended up on DnB by the end of the night, and he dropped his next track in slightly late, grabbed the record, spun it, and then picked up and dropped the needle right on the proper spot without missing a beat at all. He looked over at me with his eyes bugging out and said hes never done that infront of anyone before. He tried one later and it just didn’t go over well at all.
I got into all of DJing through dnb and jungle, and was never too fond of the backspin, but it definitely has its place if done well.
I saw Danny Byrd about a year ago and he pulled 3 reloads on an at the time unreleased Original Sin track. Everyone was incredible.
I was playing garage/bass to a Belfast crowd that wasn’t even that full of fans, most were there for a girls birthday, but I was amazed with the reaction to it. Took so much self control not to rewind Gotta Get Thru This, had to go a bit cheesy to include the casual club-goers there, got the second best reaction of my set haha
Off topic,pete are you enjoying the ‘protests’ as much as im not? traffics been a nightmare!
Backspin is the cancer killing /dj/
this…
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