In a recent interview with Billboard, the "button-pushing"/"pressing play" debate arose, and Afrojack took this time to throw some shots Deadmau5's way. If you remember, Deadmau5 was the catalyst for this entire debate in 2012. Afrojack didn't pull any punches in his answer, either:
So, solo gigs are more traditional DJ sets? No "pressing play"?
You're never just pressing play. If you're a guy in a cube with a mask on, you can press play. Deadmau5 also said himself he's not a DJ -- don't talk about stuff you don't know about. I don't know shit about LED walls and giant mouse heads; I can't judge it. But if you put four CD players in front of me or [Sebastian Ingrosso] or even Skrillex, we've been DJ'ing for so long, we can do a lot of things with those CD players.
He sounds like he's speaking for the whole of the DJ community, but did he really have to throw those shots? Deadmau5 responded in kind, and felt like he had to throw shots at kitchen appliances:
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We're not saying that this debate will be raging again, but we'll see if any more darts get thrown by either side.
