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Don’t tell David Guetta or Calvin Harris, but DJs were made to perform. Harris, the 31-year-old Scottish EDM sensation responsible for “Summer,” once defended pre-recorded sets, telling that BBC that he’s “not expecting the DJ to perform music” when he goes to a club. And while he was most likely talking about the subtle nuance and technical issues behind bringing a heavily-produced track to a live club setting, the sentiment is still unsettling.
Thank the Gods of the ones & twos for Red Bull Thre3Style.
The eight-year-old, once-underground DJ competition — which makes competitors spin at least three genres of music into a body-rocking 15-minute set — comes to Ybor City on February 19 when The Ritz Ybor hosts a regional qualifier that will send one winner to a national competition, giving him or her a shot at the global crown when the world finals take place in Tokyo later this year.
Representing Tampa in 2014 is Justin Layman — aka DJ Casper, a founder of Crowbar’s BOTB-winningOl’ Dirty Sundays party. He’ll be pitted against five other DJs (Obscene, Konflikt and Nikko Calor from Miami, Orlando’s DJ Nova, and DJ IV from Atlanta) who’ve been hand selected by the likes of Jazzy Jeff, DJ Hedspin, and Z-Trip, and judged by a jury of his peers.
Watch last year’s winning routine from ESKEI83 below. The Ritz Ybor is located at 1503 E. 7th Ave. in Ybor City, and the event is free with a ticket. Register for yours here. More information on Thre3style can be had here.
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Don’t tell David Guetta or Calvin Harris, but DJs were made to perform. Harris, the 31-year-old Scottish EDM sensation responsible for “Summer,” once defended pre-recorded sets, telling that BBC that he’s “not expecting the DJ to perform music” when he goes to a club. And while he was most likely talking about the subtle nuance and technical issues behind bringing a heavily-produced track to a live club setting, the sentiment is still unsettling.
Thank the Gods of the ones & twos for Red Bull Thre3Style.
The eight-year-old, once-underground DJ competition — which makes competitors spin at least three genres of music into a body-rocking 15-minute set — comes to Ybor City on February 19 when The Ritz Ybor hosts a regional qualifier that will send one winner to a national competition, giving him or her a shot at the global crown when the world finals take place in Tokyo later this year.
Representing Tampa in 2014 is Justin Layman — aka DJ Casper, a founder of Crowbar’s BOTB-winningOl’ Dirty Sundays party. He’ll be pitted against five other DJs (Obscene, Konflikt and Nikko Calor from Miami, Orlando’s DJ Nova, and DJ IV from Atlanta) who’ve been hand selected by the likes of Jazzy Jeff, DJ Hedspin, and Z-Trip, and judged by a jury of his peers.
Watch last year’s winning routine from ESKEI83 below. The Ritz Ybor is located at 1503 E. 7th Ave. in Ybor City, and the event is free with a ticket. Register for yours here. More information on Thre3style can be had here.
