I guess not at all, except that algorithms are probably more powerful in a certain way that controllers/mixers/etc cannot achieve. Of course, "algorithms" (to

I guess not at all, except that algorithms are probably more powerful in a certain way that controllers/mixers/etc cannot achieve. Of course, "algorithms" (to be honest I don't really know what is happening in the video) and using "traditional" DJ tools aren't really fair comparison -- they're totally different. With DJing the virtue is in the DJ's manual abilities, his technique (among many other things). In this case it's in the programmer's ability to automate a soundsystem. I should note that modern DJ software is very advanced in the algorithm department though...perhaps the algorave approach is the quintessential hacker mentality of playing with the technical nitty-gritty, whereas modern mixing software remain rather closed to the DJ (an attempt to emulate DJ hardware, I guess). Edit: whoops, looks like the "hacker mentality" is the whole point. According to http://algorave.com/about/ http://algorave.com/about/ "These days just about all electronic music is made using software, but with artificial barriers between the people creating the software algorithms and the people making the music."