Prerecorded music is more often than not presented in the form of an unequivocal structure. It is distinctly separated song by song. Occasionally (within the containment of an album) the end of one song will flow onto the beginning of the next. But regardless, each song is an unchanging form with a start and an end.
In DJ sets however, music ceases to be stuck in its structure. DJs morph prerecorded material, not only into new hybrids of generic categories, but also into new structural forms. Turntables, mixers and synthesizers allow music to be amalgamated into one whole musical occurrence. While you may recognize samples from a song, they will be spliced and intertwined with other music.
At the same time that DJs merge disparate elements together, each of these elements are transfigured and adapted into new audio contexts. And in doing so, previously static material becomes dynamic. As a result the same spontaneity and uniqueness of traditional instrumental performances can arise from the mutation of mass-produced articles.
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