German Grammy-winning DJ Paul van Dyk has revealed that he is set to leave all big drops out of his sets this summer.
The veteran trance DJ, who has a number of high profile gigs lined up later this summer, has had some major issues with “big drops” recently and is believed to be distancing himself from the formulaic breakdowns in an attempt to prolong his career.
“I’ve been flirting with the big-room, big drops in my sets for the last couple of years,” explained the DJ during a recent catch up with Wunderground. “At first I thought they were what the EDM crowd really wanted because the reaction to a really big drop, no matter how similar it sounded to the two or three thousand other big drops that had already been dropped that day, was always so good.”
“But after spending more time at theses EDM events it became apparent that the crowd don’t really care what the DJ does,” revealed the trance stalwart. “Those crowds will literally lap-up anything you throw at them like warm piss and love it. I bet you could use a sample of a death rattle over a cat gang bang, or even worse a track The Chainsmokers made, and they’d still go crazy for it. I don’t need that shit in my sets, from here on I’ll be keeping away from the big drops and staying true to my roots with more amen breaks.”
In related news, the DJ’s dancing namesake, Dick van Dyke, has been offered a job as a podium dancer in Ibiza’s Amnesia for the summer. Read more here.
