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Official URDB World Record Certificate No. 0049, Nathaniel Raymond Lemieux, Most 133 BPM Vinyl Mixes In One Hour: 86 mixes, April 29, 2010

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Watch the Record Being Set, April 29, 2010

Filmed live on NuBreaks.com. Certified by URDB (now RecordSetter), Certificate No. 0049, December 13, 2010.

April 29, 2010 · Legacy Article

THE WORLD RECORD: 86 TRACKS, 133 BPM, ONE HOUR, NO SYNC

On April 29, 2010, DJ Natural Nate® mixed 86 tracks in a single one-hour set at 133 BPM, sick with walking pneumonia, his wife beside him counting every mix with a handheld clicker, and set a verified world record. What most people see is the number. What they don't see is the grandfather who inspired it, the Guinness rejection that nearly ended it, the book removal that broke his heart, and the frame that sat in a box for over ten years before it finally went on the wall.

This is the complete story, from a childhood promise to a grandfather, to performing sick in front of a live audience, to a certificate that reads: "Nathaniel Raymond Lemieux holds the official world record for Most 133 BPM Vinyl Mixes In One Hour: 86 mixes."

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Certificate No. 0049 · Issued December 13, 2010
Signed by Casey Stadelmaier & Dan Rollman, Founders of URDB.org. Ranked in the Top 10 World Records of the Year. No sync. No auto-mix. No second chances.

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DJ Techniques Series

LEARN TO MIX VINYL THE RIGHT WAY

Five professional technique articles from DJ Natural Nate®, world record turntablist, DJing since 1996. No sync. No shortcuts. No software doing the work for you. These are the fundamentals that made 86 live vinyl mixes in one hour possible. Master these and everything else becomes easier.

DJ Natural Nate® record cleaning method, Lemon Pledge furniture polish on vinyl record with microfiber cloth on Technics turntable

Tip #1

DJ Tips #1: The Record Cleaning Method That Will Make Every Vinyl Purist Lose Their Mind

I have been DJing for over two decades and have built a massive vinyl record collection over the years. Like every serious vinyl DJ, I have heard every debate imaginable about the correct way to clean records. After thousands of hours behind the turntables, I decided to stop listening to everyone else and start paying attention to what actually worked. What I landed on will make every vinyl purist lose their mind, and it works better than anything else I have ever tried.

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DJ Natural Nate® demonstrating the hand technique for unwarping a bent vinyl record, thumbs near the center label applying controlled pressure, Vision Records label visible

Tip #2

DJ Tips #2: Before You Throw That Warped Record Away: Read This First

After more than two decades of DJing, collecting vinyl, traveling with records, buying collections, and receiving countless shipments through the mail, I have seen just about every type of record warp imaginable. One of the biggest myths I hear is that once a record is warped, it automatically belongs in the trash. That is simply not always true. I have personally brought many warped records back to a very playable condition using nothing more than patience, experience, and careful hand manipulation. Here is exactly how I do it.

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DJ mixer headphone cue and level controls, DJ Natural Nate® headphone discipline technique for perfect vinyl mixing

Tip #3

DJ Tips #3: The Headphone Mistake That Is Destroying Your Mixes: And You Do Not Even Know It

Most DJs crank their headphones as loud as possible and wonder why their mixes fall apart. DJ Natural Nate® has been doing the opposite for decades, and it is one of the biggest reasons his transitions are cleaner, faster, and more controlled than almost anyone else. This is Tip #3. The airplane analogy alone is worth the read.

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Vinyl record label with colorful metallic star stickers marking favorite tracks, DJ Natural Nate® star system for fast record selection

Tip #4

DJ Tips #4: Stop Wasting Time Searching Records: The Star System That Made Me Faster Than Almost Anyone

Every second you spend searching for a track in a live set is a second you are not performing. DJ Natural Nate® developed a visual star system using metallic reward stickers that transformed thousands of records into an instantly readable library, even in the darkest warehouse parties with nothing but a strobe light overhead. This is Tip #4. It is almost embarrassingly simple. It is also one of the most effective things he ever did behind the decks.

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DJ Natural Nate® hand on Technics SL-1210GR2 pitch control slider, The-Lost-Art.com sticker visible on the turntable body, pitch control mixing technique

Tip #5

DJ Tips #5: Every Time You Grab That Record You Are Telling the Room You Are Not Ready: Here Is the Pitch Control Secret That Fixed Everything

Every DJ who has ever grabbed a spinning record to drag it back into time has announced their mistake to the room. DJ Natural Nate® spent decades eliminating that announcement entirely, and the answer was never in the vinyl. It was in the pitch slider the whole time. Tip #5 is the technique that made his world record performance of 86 live vinyl mixes in a single hour not just possible, but inevitable. Once you stop fighting the record and start steering the speed, your corrections become invisible, your transitions become faster, and the audience stops hearing a DJ working. They hear something far more powerful. They hear music that sounds like it is playing itself.

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