djphiliptan

07/06/2024

Big thanks to Re:Activate Asia for giving me the opportunity to share this mix with y’all! Love and hugs to everybody back home in Singapore.

03/06/2024

Walking my students through several generations of beatmatching technology today

06/28/2023

The Fourth of July Celebration is ON for Thursday, June 29th. Share and invite friends and family 🎉

Time: Thursday, June 29th, from 6-10pm at Trum Field
Location: Trum Field -- 541 Broadway, Somerville

Featuring live music by djphiliptan and Midnight Motion

We'll have food participation by Dos Manos Kitchen, Italian Wizard, Zaza Pizzeria and an all time favorite-- Fried dough!

Street closures, parking restrictions and MBTA reroutes will be in effect for this day.

For more information visit our website:
www.somervilleartscouncil.org/fireworks

Due to the large crowds and loud noise associated with the Fireworks Celebration, the City recommends that attendees leave pets at home and not bring unnecessary bags or backpacks. All bags and backpacks are subject to inspection. For more information, please call 311 (or 617-666-3311), or visit www.somerville.gov

06/22/2023

I’ll be spinning from 6-7:45pm! Hope to see you there!

05/08/2023

I’m not trying to put my students to sleep

02/25/2023

MIT Student DJs providing vibes at the MIT Winter Family Day!

02/24/2023

02/09/2023

Students digging for a few records they’d like to hear in class this week. I don’t have enough turntables for all of them, but at least they get a feel for what it’s like to put a needle on vinyl.

02/08/2023

You know, it really takes a whole lot of additional junk to work with a DJ turntable… what can you find in this picture?

(MIT CMS.S63/98 DJ History, Technology, and Technique)

02/06/2023

First day of class! Slightly overwhelmed, in the best way.

01/27/2023

A close-up view of the underside of a turntable tonearm! One PCB has been removed so you can see the tiny cartridge wires in the middle and the thick RCA cables on the right, and the ground cable on the left.

01/16/2023

Opening for at the after party! What a great crowd!

12/28/2022

A couple of serendipitous encounters on my last day in Singapore… running into Nelson Tan, the Audiosports king who sold me my first DJ mixer and decks, and seeing this familiar row of warehouses while strolling on the Singapore river. Chime in if you recognize this building facade…

12/24/2022

Glad I managed to catch ‘s set at today! Managed to get a close-up view of the Pioneer DJM-3000 mixer, strong Vestax 19” rack vibes

12/05/2022

It’s the speaker shootout! Helping DJs make good buying decisions

10/11/2022

sharing his experience with Traktor, Serato, and Rekordbox at today’s MIT DJ meetup!

10/06/2022

Ready to mix for the Cambridge Science Festival!

05/14/2022

Where’s the DJ? Hiding from the sun until the gig starts! See you outside Redbones BBQ for Somerville Porchfest from 12-2pm!

05/12/2022

This Saturday is Somerville Porchfest! I’ll be playing some lunchtime boogie outside Redbones.

Order some takeout and hang out with some tunes from 12-2pm!

https://somervilleartscouncil.org/node/48450

Hailing from Singapore, has been teaching students at MIT how to DJ since 1998. He studies classic mixing techniques while playing a selection of music that spans decades, featuring disco and funk sprinkled with house, garage, synthpop, rock, breakbeats, and reggae. He livestreams on tw...

05/04/2022

I haven't been uploading many narration-free mixtapes this year... it takes a full afternoon of balancing the volume of each track, cleaning up any digital glitches, and (admittedly) editing out any mixing mistakes. But if you've been following the mixshow on Twitch/YouTube, is there a particular episode you'd like me to convert to a narrration-free mixtape?

2022-01-14 Disco and funk breakbeats
2022-01-21 70s samples in house music
2022-01-28 My old college music crate
2022-02-04 Music about snow and rain
2022-02-11 Music about communication
2022-02-18 All Super Bowl music
2022-02-25 Hip-hop to UK garage
2022-03-04 Cookout boogie music
2022-03-11 All boy bands
2022-03-18 Desi Holi mix
2022-03-25 Multigenre college party mix
2022-04-01 Gay club anthems
2022-04-08 Brunch music
2022-04-22 Family festival music

You can choose more than one!

05/02/2022

New mixtape from last week's mixshow! No narration, just pure '80s synthpop goodness. https://www.mixcloud.com/djphiliptan/supersize-the-80s-2022-04-29-weekend-warmup/

No gigs coming up, which means... I can do a throwback episode! Let's sink deep into the day-glo 80s with luscious extended mixes, gracing the dance floors of clubs such as Videotopia and the FunHouse, not to mention MTV and VH1! Live mixshows at 3pm ET, noon PT, 8pm UK time every Friday! Find the f...

04/16/2022

Last night was a marathon! But folks at the Architecture/DUSP formal seemed to have a good time. Thanks for letting me mix for you, Course 4!

04/05/2022

MIT student DJs mixing at Pizza and Puppies!

03/27/2022

Just finished playing the opening set at Reality Hack 2022’s weekend party! Thanks so much to and Scott Greenwald for inviting me back.

02/19/2022

.binary busy figuring out why my turntables are messed up

01/25/2022

Just finished a great session with and for MIT’s DJ Culture and Performance class! Thanks so much Drew and PJ!

12/06/2021

Setting up a scratch workshop at MIT!

11/25/2021

This was a blast! Thanks to The Gathery and Gingko Bioworks for letting me play for Ferment 2021!