PIONEER NEWS; World's Top 100 DJs comment on Pioneer

The following are comments made by the world's top DJs about Pioneer product. They can be found in the newest DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs issue available on news stands now.


Rank Name Quote
02 - Tiesto - "I've moved totally to CDs this year - vinyl is dead"
05 - Ferry Corsten - ...."I've pretty much switched to CDs"
08 - Deep Dish - "We're touring with a bank of Pioneer equipment and toying with Ableton"
10 - Carl Cox - "I have changed over to using three Pioneer CD players, EFX-1000 and a Cycloops sample machine and can now remix music and create more of my own sound live while I'm playing"
13 - James Zabiela - "I'll do loops/editing on the CDJs and the EFX-1000, sometimes with a loop grabber too."
16 - Marco V - "I've started using the Pioneer DVD players, which is a fantastic way to make the visuals really fit into the tracks"
17 - Eddie Halliwell - I've been using the Pioneer 909 and doing my own re-edits and tools"
20 - Sander Kleinenberg - "I'm incorporating DVJ and imagery into my sets"
22 - Benny Benassi - "I'm fond of Pioneer stuff, their CD players, mixers, new FX rack. I like to remix tracks that were not originally club tracks, to be more original if I can"
26 - Infected Mushroom - "Using the CDJ-1000s and laptops for remixing on the road"
30 - Steve Lawler - "Last September I converted entirely to CDs. So I'm using the CDJ-1000 along with the Pioneer EFX-1000. It's changed the whole way a DJ can mix, you can basically re-edit and remix tracks on the fly"
40 - DJ Vibe - "Besides the EFX-1000 / EFX-500 units and C-Loops sampler, nothing at the moment"
42 - Bad Boy Bill - "I'm taking it more digital and visual with Pioneer CDJs and DVJs"
46 - Andy Moor - "I use Pioneer CDJ-1000s and FX from a laptop. To keep it visually entertaining. I'm creating a custom FX unit to control the laptop FX whilst mixing on the CDJs"
48 - Ricky Stone - "I'm now 100% digital. I really love the Pioneer CDJ-1000s. I do have Ableton at home but doubt I'll use it in a club environment just yet"
64 - Jeff Mills - I'm using the Pioneer DVJ-X1, but the most important thing is that people have a good time"

'Source: DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs 2005'. http://www.djmag.com

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