DJ Snake transitions between two of his own songs using the drop mix technique, performing a live mashup between EDM and trap that has his festival crowd going wild. In this deconstruction, you'll master the tight timing needed to pull this off for yourself. Not only will you learn how to do exactly what DJ Snake does here, but also how to transfer the techniques to your own tunes, inventing original genre-defying mashup transitions with your name on them!

In this excerpt from an action-packed section of his set from Tomorrowland 2018, Jazzy Jeff blends a variety of genres and BPMs using slick open format mixing techniques. It's a masterclass in creative DJing, and here we deconstruct every move step-by-step for you, so you can master every skill and technique for yourself.

This bombastic transition of beefy tech house tracks using FX, Filters and Loops, plus some unusual mix timing, is Carl Cox at his absolute best during his Defected virtual festival livestream. The man himself does this stuff instinctively, throwing tracks in the mix, adding FX and chopping back & forth on the fly, but in this detailed deconstruction you'll understand it all and get to perform the exact same mix beat-for-beat, inspiring you to apply the skills in your own mixes.

Learn this crowd-pleasing three-track transition by UK Garage legend DJ EZ. It's peppered with blisteringly fast fader cuts, rewinds and spinbacks, which he uses to tease in tracks and to create his own breakdowns and builds. This will really test your timing and fader dexterity and you may need to slow the tracks down to practise what we teach here - but once you nail this you'll be a fader-chopping demon!