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One Of The First Soviet Dj Mixed On Reel
Mix on a reel, a part of history DJ culture in the USSR - DJ World Hip Hop Classic's - Mr. Tape 1991. Mr.Tape (or Modris Skaistkalne) is the first Soviet DJs, who took part in the competition for DJing world level.
Due to the fact that the Soviet Union has long been separated from the whole world, including world music for the Iron Curtain, the Soviet DJ-and initially faced with a very important issue - what to play. Soviet records with Alla Pugacheva and other pop stars not ideal for DJ-ing. But the Russian people inventive: Mister Tape began recording foreign radio broadcasts from interesting music on tape. And that music could somehow reduce the guys have adapted two reel tape recorder, whose tapes drives resembled vinil, moreover, that it was possible to turn the reel, picking up speed tracks and even skrechit on them!
Of course, such a system were uncomfortable, but it is still allowed to mix tracks. Mr. Tape is not only good performance in the competition DJ-s world-class, but also became the first (but, unfortunately, the last) world champion DJ-tape.
