If, like many of us, you've found yourself staring -- and admittedly, sometimes, for hours and hours on end -- at some middle-aged, balding, past-it DJ, you've probably also wondered on more than one occasion, "Why does everyone always face the DJ booth?".
While there is no longer that much of a mystery surrounding exactly what DJs do, there is however, still a certain mystique regarding why some DJs command more attention than others; why some will spend 3 or 4 out of 7 nights a week playing to thousands of clubbers across the globe; why some will have John Digweed, Deep Dish, Danny Howells and a sizable proportion of the female clubbing population all beating down a path to their door.
Like with anything in life, the key to it all lies in the balance. The balance between what the crowd wants and what the DJ is prepared to give, the balance between the big tunes and the obscure; the balance between entertaining and educating.
EQ's Balance compilation series is one that has been addressing this idea for some time now and for Balance 008, they have called upon Desyn Masiello: DJ, producer, record label owner and part record store owner.
Packing a musical CV littered with household dance music names like Yoshitoshi, Bedrock and Essential Mix and a bookshelf of paperbacks on yoga, meditation and shamanism, RA discovered that when it comes to finding the perfect balance, Desyn Masiello knows more about it than most.
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