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GADGET GURU

CHARLIE THURSTON, EPPING FOREST

Q How do I DJ from streaming services?

A There’s nothing that ruins a party like the gaps between music (apart from Guru’s ‘special punch’) but most of us have moved on from CDs, making the majority of CD mixers irrelevant, and we can’t all flex a vinyl collection significant enough to blast through a whole night’s tunes. So streaming’s the way: but that’s a pain, right? Nope, if anything, streaming services are far better suited to DJ shenanigans than physical media ever was.

There’s the catalogue, for one – if someone demands you mix the obscure French electro track you’re currently rocking into a slice of black metal,

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