Plans and situated actions: the problem of human-machine communication
Plans and situated actions: the problem of human-machine communication
The relevance of “work-practice” for design
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Manipulating music: multimodal interaction for DJs
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Listening in: practices surrounding iTunes music sharing
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
In the mixxx: novel digital DJ interfaces
CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The DJammer: "air-scratching" and freeing the DJ to join the party
CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
DJs' perspectives on interaction and awareness in nightclubs
DIS '06 Proceedings of the 6th conference on Designing Interactive systems
Music sharing as a computer supported collaborative application
ECSCW'01 Proceedings of the seventh conference on European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
The Interactive Dance Club: Avoiding Chaos in a Multi-Participant Environment
Computer Music Journal
Musical fingerprints: collaboration around home media collections
Proceedings of the ACM 2009 international conference on Supporting group work
Multitouch interactive DJing surface
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology
A VJ centered exploration of expressive interaction
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Supporting traditional music-making: designing for situated discretion
Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Spinning data: remixing live data like a music dj
CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Digital apartheid: an ethnographic account of racialised hci in Cape Town hip-hop
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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An ethnographic study uncovers the work of nightclub DJs, which extends far beyond the act of mixing tracks to also encompass collecting music, preparing for performances, and promotion and networking. We reveal how DJs value vinyl and digital formats in different ways, acquire music through 'crate digging', prepare physical and digital crates of music before gigs, and how these underpin improvised selections during their performances. We document how DJs interact with promoters, venues, dancers and other DJs, revealing an etiquette that governs how they select and share music, and manage an ongoing tension between revealing and hiding metadata so as to maintain a competitive edge. We raise implications for technologies to support DJs, while also shedding light on previous studies of music consumption and sharing in other settings.