Here’s something I, and many people, have been waiting a few months for - TurnTubeList - the youtube video mixer/playlist creator which we reported had won WebJam 8 in September last year, was publicly released last night!

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Earle Castledine, AKA  “Mr Speaker” and one of the TurnTubeList Crew, explained why they’d created the site:

Do you remember the good-old days? 2002, and the rise of the Superstar DJ - when once-lowly DJs were elevated to unprecedented highs as festival gods: more revered than actors, musicians, and really good baristas. They could take us on musical journey and drop us off home with a twinkle in our eye…

…Alas, like arcade games in the 80’s, the DJ has been superseded by the home-market: a sea of bedroom producers take over, and the superstar DJs pack up their vinyl and head home for a well deserved rest.

It doesn’t end there, of course - Mix Masters would never give up that easily. The spirit and passion of the DJ stays alight - we still want to dance all night, and party like it’s 1999 (to 2004).
That’s why we needed to make Turntubelist. For everyone who’s ever dreamed of working some You-Tube Powered Wheels of Steel.

I’ve had a play with the site and it’s seriously easy to use. Searching for and adding tracks to either your playlist 1 or 2 (you need 2 separate playlists so you can mix videos) is dead simple. The actual cross-fading/mixing is easy as well once you get the hang of it.

In no time at all I was mixing my favourite Teddy Riley New Jack Swing songs (thought I’d start with music that I knew had exactly the same beats) and looking for more songs to add in.

The only thing I think is missing that would send this over the top is the ability to somehow record your mixes and play them back as a whole.

Then again, it’s probably a good thing that I couldn’t do that or else I would have spent even more hours reliving my greatest DJ’ing moments of the 90’s and 00’s.

Now, back to the site…