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DJ Tactics

Dmitry Vinokurov, also known as DJ Tactics — DJ, sound producer, and cultural figure from Russia, Moscow. His career has started in the late 1998 as a DJ and sound producer. His scene name comes from the parallel to the ways of using different tactics in approaching particular styles and genres, it sends a message of diversity that can be applied to mixing, recording and scratching. His style is described by Rolling Stone magazine as “Addicted to phat beats and making the crowd head nod over the beats”.[1] His main styles are Hip-Hop, Electronic, Funk/Soul and Turntablism.[2][3][4][5][6]

DJ Tactics
(Dmitry Vinokurov)
Birth nameDmitry Vinokurov
BornMoscow, Russia
Genres
Occupations
  • record producer
  • DJ
  • event organiser
  • creative director
Instruments
  • Synthesizers
  • drum machines
  • Pro Tools
  • Samplers
  • Turntables
Years active1999–present
Websitewww.djtactics.ru
DJ Tactics logo

Career

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In 2001 at the age of 14 he began experimenting with scratching (turntablism), that led into working with Vestax company that invited DJ Tactics to organise a first Vestax Extravaganza championship in Russia to send a first ever Russian champion to the World Finals. In 2002 he organised and judged Vestax Extravaganza Russian Finals that led to the world finals in London’s Fabric Club.

Established, in 2013 he co-founded Flammable Beats —a DJ- and Promo-group in Russia, specialising in hip-hop, funk, soul, reggae and electronic music genres that played a role in popularising these music genres on a Russian club scene in 2000x.[7][8]

In 2020 a movie director Tatyana Chekhova filmed and released a documentary movie about the group and their impact on the Russian club scene in 2000x — Box of matches.[9]

His music career was always followed by the extreme sports events, he performed on the most of extreme events in 2000x including snowboard, skateboard, BMX extreme sports events in Russia.[10]

In 2007 a New York Times wrote in the article about Moscow club scene — "One way to measure the heat at a private club in Moscow is to find out whether DJ Tactics is in the house."[2]

Flammable Beats also hosts a self-named radio show on 100.1 FM radio Silver Rain and releasing podcasts every month.[11]

Tactics has worked with various Russian acts like; Basta, Timati, Sergei Voronov, The Cross Roadz, Guf, Ligalize, Slovetski, Slim, Krip-a-krip, Strizh, DC MC, Dunya, Jamal, and TGK.

In 2009 he started touring with Russian hip-hop group CENTR as a tour DJ doing 100 different cities allover Russia.

In 2012 he was invited to work with the Russian pop/rock legend, music composter and vocalist Grigory Leps.

In 2015 Tactics was nominated as DJ of the Year on Jägermeister Awards.[citation needed]

Tactics has opened shows for international acts like Wu-Tang Clan, Method Man, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Redman, the trio De La Soul, DJ Premier, Mix Master Mike, The Beat Junkies, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Matisyahu, Janelle Monáe, Snoop Dogg, Diplo, DJ Todd Terry, Nightmares on Wax, Mad Professor and others.[3][12]

In 2017 he performed as soloist in a famous Concerto for turntables piece by Gabriel Prokofiev in the House of the Unions with symphonic orchestra.[5]

In 2012 he launched his author show on YouTube — Tactics of Sound.[13] The show about teaching the knowledge of music production and DJing.

Show featured guests like; Afrika Bambaataa, George Clinton, DJ Zinc, Kid Koala, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, DJ Nu-mark, DJ J Rocc, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Neil McLellan.

Tactics has also worked and endorsed a number of brands like: Vestax, Digidesign, Urei, Denon, Universal Audio, Skullcandy, Ultrasone, ADAM, Serato, Pioneer DJ, DC Shoes.

In 2019 Tactics was invited by the Tele2 communications company to feature on their special projects, where people could send a voice message to their social networks inboxes and specialised bot will propose them to use one of 3 beats from DJ Tactics to put their voice messages on and send back the mixed result.[14]

During his career he released a number of mixtapes, self-releases and featured on various releases, as well as composed soundtracks for movies and advertisements.

Pipomixes website reviewed his release Cold Blood Chillin' Vol. 2 as "This might be the best mix I've heard this year. All sorts of acapella's blended over funky breaks and other diverse tracks. Highly Recommended."[15]

Non music career

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Throughout his career he organised various DJ and dance related events;

  • DMC DJ World (2008 - to the present).[16][17][18]
  • ITF (International Turntablist Federation (2003 - 2005)) later IDA (International DJ Association (2014 - 2017)).
  • Worked as a creative director at Rolling Stones Bar 2012 - 2015.[10]
  • Boiler Room (2019 at Krasnaya Polyana, Russia).[19][20]
  • Launched an educational project for kids with the Department of Culture of Moscow.[21]
  • Rewind series for DC Shoes[22]
  • G-Shock Skratch 2014 DJ competition[23]

TV and show appearances

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  • Appeared as a main DJ throughout the whole show on MuzTV TV channel in the show — Battle for Respect.
  • Appeared as a main DJ throughout the whole show on MTV — Beats and Vibes.
  • Appeared as a main DJ in Versus Battle YouTube show about lyrically battling MCs.[24]
  • Appeared as a main DJ and host throughout the whole show in — Tactics of Sound.
  • Appeared in two episodes as a guest judge on the show — Voice of the Streets

Music projects

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  • Tactics x Dazz-La (Tactics and mc Dazz-la, UK),
  • Mean Barbados (Tactics and Sergei Voronov, RU),
  • Lofi Rumba (avantgarde, lofi, hip-hop)

Discography and Production

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Releases by year

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2020

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  • Ozz (single)
  • Good Times Instrumentals (EP)
  • Wabi Sabi (EP)
  • Versus (EP)
  • TeleBeats (EP)

Movie and Advertisement production

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Featurings

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  • With Баста ft. Гуф [ru]:
    • Другая волна
    • Не все потеряно пока
    • Соответсвенно
  • Crip a crip - 40 строк[25]
  • Strizh ft. Amir - Движуха

Mixtapes

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[26][27][28][29]

  • 2003 - The Mixtape
  • 2004 - RapRu Special
  • 2012 - Love and Happiness feat. DJ Pirumov
  • 2013 - Cold Blood Chillin' Vol. 1
  • 2015 - Wild Fifteen
  • 2016 - Cold Blood Chillin' Vol. 2
  • 2016 - Earthquake
  • 2017 - Crown Jewels
  • 2018 - CD is Dead
  • 2018 - Love and Arrows for Esquire
  • 2019 - Mercy Dem Gone

References

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  1. ^ "Article about Sergei Voronov". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01.
  2. ^ a b "Moscow has hot clubs - but it's a cold wait if you're not on the list (Published 2007)". The New York Times. 2007-11-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  3. ^ a b "Слушай и скачивай новые биты от Dj Tactics". Red Bull (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  4. ^ "DJ Tactics | RAP.RU". www.rap.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  5. ^ a b "DJ Tactics". soundup.world (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  6. ^ "50 главных событий в русском рэпе: хип-хоп диджеи". The-Flow.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  7. ^ "Lord Finesse приедет на юбилей Flammable Beats – Телеканал AoneHipHop.ru. Новости шоу бизнеса, интервью, обзоры". Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  8. ^ "21 ноября Flammable Beats исполнится 6 лет – Телеканал AoneHipHop.ru. Новости шоу бизнеса, интервью, обзоры". Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  9. ^ "Коробок спичек | Box of Matches - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  10. ^ a b "Светлая музыка". Birdy Magazine (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  11. ^ "Flammable Beats | Серебряный Дождь". www.silver.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  12. ^ "На разогреве у Wu-Tang Clan выступит группа Centr и DJ Tactics | RAP.RU". www.rap.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  13. ^ "Премьера: Видеоподкаст "Тактика звука"". Look At Me. 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  14. ^ "Мощные биты и войсы пользователей: Tele2 и Affect разработали механику музыкальных голосовых сообщений". www.sostav.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  15. ^ pipomixes. "Cold Blood Chillin' Vol. 2 - Mixed by DJ Tactics". Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  16. ^ "В Москве прошел российский этап "DMC DJ World"". OutStyle. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  17. ^ "Финал DMC World DJ Championship: DJs Tigerstyles (Великобритания), Troubl (Франция), Tactics, VJ Алекс Ди | Time Out" (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  18. ^ "В Москве пройдет отборочный тур соревнования по диджейскому мастерству DMC DJ World". HipHop4Real (in Russian). 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  19. ^ "На "Розе Хутор" впервые пройдет вечеринка Boiler Room". Афиша. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  20. ^ "Лондонская вечеринка Boiler Room пройдет в Сочи". The Village (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  21. ^ "В Москве открывается школа для диджеинга". djmag.ru. 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  22. ^ "Mixmag Russia".
  23. ^ "G-SHOCK SKRATCH 2014". djmag.ru. 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  24. ^ "VERSUS BPM: Гарри Топор VS Rickey F - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  25. ^ Crip a crip - 40 строк
  26. ^ "DJ Tactics записал новый микс, с напористым хип-хопом и граймом". The-Flow.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  27. ^ "DJ Tactics: новая "Тактика звука" и специальный микс – Телеканал AoneHipHop.ru. Новости шоу бизнеса, интервью, обзоры". Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  28. ^ ""MERCY DEM GONE" — новый микс от DJ Tactics". STUDIO 21 (in Russian). 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  29. ^ "Слушать: "Пособие по самым сильным МС" DJ Tactics". FURFUR. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
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