This is a tragic loss.For anyone to pass away at sucha a young age unexpectedly is so sad to hear.
Dj AM in my eyes was someone who had the most creative mixing style of this decade for sure,he would drop all sorts of tracks mixed ina way only Am could deliver.
I only really came across
Am's myspace a short period before he hooked with Travis Barker to do the tour and live dates together. I live in the Uk though so i guess you can understand why i was a little late to discover such an unbelieveable Dj.
Over @
Missinfo.Tv you can hear Dj Premier talking about he'd only spoke to AM the night Before and they were planning on doing shows together.
I think what Diplo has said is touching to hear and very sad, he expressed his feelings about Dj Am very personally and shows how Am truly was a pioneer in playing underground artists,such as Diplos Beats and making them known and liked.
My thoughts go out to his family and friends at this tough time.
Diplo post from
Mad Decents Blog.
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im sure that AM had to go day in and day out and negotiate all the music we appreciate for mass consumption, he had good nights and just ok ones..
but he wasnt a radio DJ or a programmer or part of a label . he was a straight up Djs dj, he picked his tracks to play out and had THE STYLE that defines our whole generation like it or not …and even if you didnt like his style (which ranged form deep top 40 to deepest old school hip hop to deepest hipster indy rock.. he would come to your party and do what u do better than you (he did it to me coupla times) he would put tracks out there before they were acceptable and he was always adapting to whatever was goin on.. not because he had to… but because he loved music. ..he was definitely a peoples champ
and in a world that doesnt really seem to care about you – promotors, fareweather friends, rich assholes, alcholics, trendsters…. AM carved a whole pie out of it and built a giant empire that little of you even know about. He never ever ever didnt have time to talk to one of his dj homies, each and every one of the small wannabes like me still spoke to him still weekly. How many people do u know DJ wedding partys for billionaires, arenas for Jay z, and djs for roctakons shitty basment party in manhattan for free and then 20 k the next night.. each day he was still asking me for new music and tellin me how the wierdest of my tracks were starting to pick up momentum….. but.. i never knew how long it would last.
Djs have a ceiling, and Am lived on the roof. he sometimes would tell me a bit about his reservations in passing about his lifestyle and i feel like its a loveless place we all live in (DJs). but i dont think We will ever see another person built for it like AM.. he was THE Michael Jackson of this shit. so it really worries me a bit that hes gone , cause hes the only that i thought understood it all… he was a sweetheart and tried his damnest to be the best at it and still be the best at being himself
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Rest In Peace DJ AM ,And thanks,Youve touched and inspired young bedroom Dj's like myself and millions of others around the world for sure.
I never actually got to see him but thanks to youtube i can watch anytime. One video particular i liked was on where he dropped an absolute filthy favourite of mine TC - Wheres My Money (Jack Beats Re-Edit). This is what diplo means by ahead of his time and way out there.
Dropping this tune then mixing it into an old school swing classic you got balls man, and a diverse music taste and love for music.
Youtube link To Dj AM Droppin the filth That just shows how he would rock a party Am Style,this video truly shows the intensive skills he had on the Turntables.Playing it as if it was an instrument.
CLICK TO WATCH
This Video Is just too much! . The Switch half way is just pure creativity. And Travis Drumming is Unreal. The Snare rolls are just insane.!.
CLICK TO WATCH Dj Am's Myspace :
http://www.myspace.com/djamoneLylow
