DJ Kitsch Live at Technostate Wired March 2015
This is a 10-minute video of DJ Kitsch playing live at Technostate: Wired, on March 13, 2015 at a warehouse near downtown Los Angeles.
Check it out!! This is DJ Kitsch tearing it up last night at Technostate Wired! Happy hardcore at its finest. Almost 11 minutes of video!
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The first time I saw Kitsch play was at Kandy Festival in 2008 – an event organized by Jason Jay at the Hudson Theater in San Bernadino. She played in the second room, standing atop a loft-like platform above the dance floors.
I try to never judge a book by its cover, but I admit I did a double-take when I realized the massive, hardcore beats were coming from a young girl barely tall enough to control the turntables. Nevertheless, I witnessed her expertly mix happy hardcore to the crowd's grateful delight. She gifted me a homemade mix CD which I still cherish and listen to often. Last year I posted it to Soundcloud, so you can hear for yourself. Needless to say, I've been a fan ever since.
I was elated when I saw Kitsch's name appear on a Technostate flyer. Not only would I get to hear Kitsch play another great set, I would get to hear it at Technostate – one of the last, great LA rave crews still throwing quality underground events.
Well, the night was a complete success. Sure, the turnout was great and the talent lineup was tops, but there was something bigger going on.
At Technostate, at Minus Zero Festival two weeks earlier and at other events, there is a merging taking place – a blending of new and old. While there are plenty of 'old school' people still making it out to 'underground' events, there's a healthy influx of fresh, young faces – people who weren't around in the 90's. Many newbies have attended numerous, big music festivals and 'EDM' events, but they're just now attending their first raves and undergrounds, and are slowly being introduced to the ones who started it all – the original underground house and techno deejays.
On the flip side of the coin, it's important for old-school ravers like myself to embrace and support this new generation. The underground scene needs new blood to thrive and grow. Too often discussions devolve into criticisms of anything new – from complaining about new sub-genres like dubstep and trap to griping about deejays moving away from vinyl and using CD players, laptops and controllers instead.
Who cares if a new deejay wasn't around in the old days? What difference does the hardware make, whether it's 1200's, CDJs or Novation controllers? In my humble opinion, there's only ONE FACTOR that matters at all – and that's a deejay's ability to get people dancing and having fun, the ability to 'rock a party' in general. If people are dancing, socializing and having fun, that's all that matters at the end of the day.
While Kitsch may be newer to the scene than a lot of deejays, no doubt she possesses the skill to rock a party. We should appreciate and support talent like hers, regardless if we've been raving for 2 weeks or 20 years!
