I've heard tales of Ritchie Hawtin playing multiple turntables (6-8 depending on who's telling) where he'd have tracks separated as stems into dub plates and do live remixes by swapping out the plates. The things people did before Ableton!
I've heard tales of Ritchie Hawtin playing multiple turntables (6-8 depending on who's telling) where he'd have tracks separated as stems into dub plates and do live remixes by swapping out the plates. The things people did before Ableton!
I saw him do 3... maybe 4? tables? But mostly 2 or 3 decks plus a 909.
Around here in Toronto area we had a local (Jeff Milligan / "Algorithm") who was famous for absolutely precise beatmatching, and often 4 deck mixing. Very minimal wonky/bleepy techno.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2083209238436343
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAthnDk7ZcA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6EJOzGj4xM
Playing that minimal techno, I'd need at least that many tables just to keep from being bored.
I mean, it's not listening music, it's dancing music, and contextually needs to be placed in a very atmospheric, very dark room. And mixed well.