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“What's amazing about a DJ set is when you're able to re-appropriate a song or give purpose to a song that people didn't really think it was supposed to have. Give it this sort of hidden power by playing it before this song and after that one. That it fits into this logic and it goes farther than you thought it could go.”

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Able Appropriate Djs Fit Giving Hidden Power Logic People Purpose Song Thinking

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