I love music.
And I make no distinction between 'merits' of different genres- there are lots of terrible electronic acts (stand up Caspa, the Tidy Boys, Clipz and Cascada), just as there are plenty of terrible metal bands, hip hoppers and indie bands. It's healthy to maintain a mixed musical diet.

And yeah, decks and mixer is a valid musical instrument. The Musicians' Union agree with me on that, as do very many musicians, producers and academics. There's even notation for scratching so other turntablists can play the same scratches as each other.

Consider this a further correction- my current favourite listenings include Sunn O))), Kyuss and Earth. I also love hardcore, which isn't metal, but sort of counts.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 19:46, 1 reply)

I'd agree with you on the scratching,
but most DJing appears to be about blending existing music and samples rather than creating new music as such.

There is a grey area where a remix arguably transcends the original and becomes a piece of music created in its own right in the same way that a cover version can, but I imagine that's more produced in the studio rather than on decks.
(The man with the flan swashed his buckle on, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 20:27, closed)

Bands such as Portishead could not make music without decks and samplers.
And when they released Dummy there was nobody that sounded like that- original, beguiling and soulful music.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 20:31, closed)

I rest my case.

( His Popiness the Hole Invaded Poland on, Thu 6 Jan 2011, 0:03, closed)