The new generation of DJs and musicians of the 2000s who have fallen in love with both Kuti's material and other rare releases have made compilations and remixes of these recordings, thus re-introducing the genre to new generations of listeners and fans of afropop and groove.

Other influential DJs and remixers who helped to establish what became known as the " disco sound " included David Mancuso, Nicky Siano, Shep Pettibone, Larry Levan, Walter Gibbons, and Chicago-based " Godfather of House " Frankie Knuckles.

Radio DJs are less likely to focus on music-mixing procedures than club DJs, who rely on a smooth transition between songs using a range of techniques.

Promoters, who called themselves DJs, would throw large parties in the streets that centered on the disc jockey, called the " selector ," who played dance music from large, loud PA systems and bantered over the music with a boastful, rhythmic chanting style called " toasting ".

These parties quickly became profitable for the promoters, who would sell admission, food, and alcohol, leading to fierce competition between DJs for the biggest sound systems and newest records.

The innovative marketing surrounding the rave scene created the first superstar DJs who established marketable " brands " around their names and sound.

One theory is that the term refers to the mixing techniques of DJs who spun this form of music in its pre-house incarnations.

Disco was an influence on house music, which was also influenced by mixing and editing techniques earlier explored by disco DJs, producers, and audio engineers like Walter Gibbons, Tom Moulton, Jim Burgess, Larry Levan, Ron Hardy, M & M and others who produced longer, more repetitive and percussive arrangements of existing disco recordings.

Other lesser known MCs and DJs included Johnny Rock, DJ Candido, DJ Muscle and DJ Shiz ( today known as B. Boy Omega ) who were all Puerto Ricans from The Bronx, while Mr. L of the TDR crew was half Puerto Rican and half Dominican.

Other musicians, and at least one comedian, who have sung Numan's praises in recent years include Beck, Grant Nicholas, Tricky, Damon Albarn & Matt Sharp, Jarvis Cocker, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, Noel Fielding and Afrika Bambaataa, who spoke of the influence Numan's music had on the fledgling American DJ scene: " In the late 70s and early 80s Gary had the rhythms that DJs wanted to get hold of and people waited for his records on the dance floor.

Dancehall / reggae DJs who select riddims to play are called selectors.

Osbourne Ruddock ( aka King Tubby ) was a Jamaican sound recording engineer who created vocal-less rhythm backing tracks that were used by DJs doing " toasting " by creating one-off vinyl discs ( also known as dub plates ) of songs without the vocals and adding echo and sound effects.

The portrayal of its protagonist ( Jimmy Cliff ) as an aspiring musician who is forced to sign away his rights to make a hit record depicts the role of record producers and radio DJs as a dominance-the musician ends up with no aspirations or living the same lifestyle ( as in the case of the film Rockers ).

Internationally known DJs who mainly play soca music:

Their parents worried about their attraction to artists ( and DJs ) who were edgy and rebellious.

In 1983, McLaren released Duck Rock, an album that, in collaboration with producer and co-writer Trevor Horn and The World's Famous Supreme Team ( a duo of Hip-Hop radio disc jockeys from New York City – See Divine, The Mastermind and Just Allah, The Superstar – who then hosted a prominent Hip-Hop / classic R & B show on WHBI 105. 9 FM and who were also among the first DJs to introduce the art of scratching to the world ), mixed up influences from Africa and the Americas, including hip-hop.

Among the other DJs hired was the late John Peel who had presented the overnight show on " Big L ", called The Perfumed Garden.

This song was also a significant inspiration ( though not the only one ) for Hugh Wilson, who created the popular television series about DJs and radio, WKRP in Cincinnati.

DJs appeared towards the end of the 1990s who specialised in playing music by these musicians, such as the UK's Unity Dub.

For a short period in the mid-1990s, Goa trance enjoyed significant commercial success with support from DJs, who later went on to assist in developing a much more mainstream style of trance outside Goa.

When long-time competitor WPLJ switched away from rock in 1983, WNEW-FM picked up some of its most popular DJs, such as Carol Miller and years later Pat St. John who would take over the morning show and programming duties.

The creation of the mp3-player allowed DJs to have an alternative tool for DJIng.

For instance, in the music industry, the top-selling pop singers have a strong potential to become celebrities, but the behind-the-scenes professionals tend to remain little known to the general public ( e. g. dancers, disc jockeys, record producers, and composers ); though in recent years, Club DJs such as David Guetta, Skrillex and Deadmau5 or composer David Foster have achieved worldwide fame for their respective work in the music industry.

Most music stations have DJs that play music from a playlist determined by the program director, arranged by blocks of time.

As a result, DJs seldom have complete programming freedom.

Updated versions of the 1970s era Technics SL-1200 have remained an industry standard for DJs to the present day.

Dutch DJs consistently rank among the top rated DJs in the world, and have a huge following both domestically and internationally.

DJs and performers of electronic music like The KLF have also merged their music with throat singing, overtone singing, or with the theory of harmonics behind it.

This may occur because the tempo of breaks tracks ( ranging from 110 to 150 beats per minute ) means they can be readily mixed with these genres, whereas the comparatively fast speed of jungle and drum and bass ( 160-180 bpm ) may have restricted the utility of these subgenres to DJs playing slower-tempo music.

Richie Hawtin, Jan Jelinek, Ricardo Villalobos, Decomposed Subsonic, Trentemøller, and other minimal techno and microhouse DJs have been using noise elements such as buzz, hum, and clicks as sonic flavor since the early 1990s.

However we advise DJs to have a lawyer and musicologist present at all times to confirm the non repetitive nature of the music in the event of police harassment.

It was at WRNW that Stern realized that he would have to be funnier than normal DJs if he wanted to be a success.

Native DJs such as Ryota Nozaki ( Jazztronik ), the two brothers Okino Shuya and Okino Yoshihiro of Kyoto Jazz Massive, Toshio Matsuura ( former member of the United Future Organization ) and DJ Shundai Matsuo creator of the popular monthly DJ event, Creole in Beppu, Japan as well as nu-jazz artists, Sleepwalker, GrooveLine, and Soil & " Pimp " Sessions have brought great change to the traditional notions of jazz in Japan.

Today radio stations have DJs update the station ’ s website with music, guest interviews, show schedules, and photos.

That megamix, a pastiche of loops from several disco records, particularly the bassline from Player One's " Space Invaders " ( 1979 ), had been Saunders ' " signature " tune as a DJ ; it was one that other DJs in the city didn't have or didn't play.

As a result, Fever and the other DJs on WKRP have to do voiceovers ( done live in that era ) for spots for funeral homes and Red Wigglers, the " Cadillac " of worms ( to which Fever adds the tag line " available at finer worm stores everywhere !").

They have notched up tours of the USA, China and all over Europe including Glastonbury Festival, Sziget Festival, SXSW Festival, Marktrock Festival, Trutnov Festival, Midi Modern Music Festival, Beijing and their music has been featured in a number of films and TV shows including Dirt ( TV series ), Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down, John From Cincinnati, LA Riding Club and Golden Globe award – winning TV series Weeds and played by tastemaker DJs such as Sat Bisla and Nic Harcourt from KCRW

In recent years, arts, business and education have collaborated annually to produce Digital Scarborough – a celebration of the town's digital activities including a wide range of events from business networking to film showings and gigs with DJs and VJs.

Counterstrike also known as Animal Chin and 500 Mills, have been active drum ' n bass DJs and producers since the mid-1990s.

Many such airchecks were made in the 1960s by DJs who then sent them to troops in Vietnam, and a surprising number have survived.

More surprising numbers of airchecks have survived from listeners during the Top 40 era, many of whom recorded talented DJs to learn how to be DJs, and many who recorded Top 40 music because it was cheaper than buying the 45s.