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History & Evolution of DJing

DJing as an art been around way before the emergence of discotheques & drastically evolved since then and continues to do so influenced many contributing factors like changes in culture, ideologies, trends, tastes, technology and more.

The Birth & Progression of DJing (1930's - 1970's)

It all started in 1935, when American radio commentator Walter Winchell coined the term "disc jockey"; Shortly following that, the world's first DJ dance party was launched by radio DJ Jimmy Savile in 1943, he played Jazz music at London's Locarno Ballroom for dancers who danced to those records on a small dance floor under a strobe light.

The mid-1960s witnessed exponential growth in the number nightclubs and disco's in Europe and America; with the new trend many DJs from that era gained fame through their performances at these clubs. It is also in this decade when beat matching was made popular by the American club DJ Francis Grasso.

Moving on to the mid-1970s, when Hip-hop music and culture began to emerge from urban African Americans and Latinos in New York City. DJ Kool Herc began experimenting with DJing techniques at his parties in The Bronx which later became known as "breakbeat science". He was one of the early pioneers of hip hop music and culture.

The Golden Era for DJ's (1980's - Now)

The 1980s, DJs began using turntables and vinyl records to manipulate the sounds they were playing. This was a huge step forward for DJs and their audiences, as it meant they could mix together different songs by different artists into one continuous beat.

The 1990s saw the rise of house music—a genre of electronic music that was popularized by DJ Pierre and DJ Jellybean Benitez—as well as hip-hop, which also rose to prominence during this decade. In 2000, house music was popular but had lost some of its hold on the market; meanwhile, hip-hop remained popular but had lost some of its edge as well.

2020, While house music remains popular amongst millennials it has fallen out of favor with many young people as 120+ new genre's have emerged since the 1980's and along with it many new born sub-cultures. In the current day pop is king and that is slowly reviving disco music in the nightlife scene. Hip-hop suffered a nose dive as it fell out of favor with young people (though not necessarily everyone else), but it remains popular among older demographics like Generation X and Baby Boomers who remember when it first came onto the scene in the 1990s.

About DJ Xüe

Started her career as a Disc Jockey in 2017 & quickly earned a name for herself among India's Electro music DJ community , In 2019 DJ Xüe branched out of India to entertain crowds across Qatar, Nepal, Bhutan, Italy & currently a Disc Jockey in Dubai

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