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I'm not sure when exactly I heard my first b2b set or who was playing it, but it's long been my feeling that b2b DJ sets create better mixes than solo sets.

Part of it comes from the energy of two (or more) people being at the decks. It's natural that two people doing anything with intensity drive one another's energy level up and given many DJs are natural performers, they will feed off the energy of a counterpart in the same way actors, bandmates, or athletes do.

The other half is that we get to see two (or more!) people's styles and record selection being mixed in a big musical cauldron, often with unexpected results coming out the other side. We might know what kind of records VTSS plays and we might know what kind of records SPFDJs plays... but wtf happens when we stick them together? That's where the magic happens.
A side note perhaps: in principle it's possible to have a b2b where one DJ does all the selecting and another DJ does all the mixing. I've never seen this in the flesh (knowingly), though in a clip of PAWSA b2b Michael Bibi b2b Dennis Cruz, it seemed like PAWSA spent a lot of time selecting tracks for the other two to mix, so this could be underappreciated and underexplored territory for b2bs.

I've been surprised that I've never stumbled across an event focused entirely on b2bs - it could be that the running costs are prohibitive, but in my opinion it could be the innovation we're missing in dance music.

I'm nowhere near ready to launch the fully-featured curation experience for 2026, but in the meantime I've added a mix of the day to the homepage.

It changes daily (UTC) and will give a little background and history for each of the mixes. The genres are variable but stay mostly in dance music. YouTube isn't the ideal medium, but I'll support other players and sources in the future. Give it a share if you like it!

I envisage a world where people rediscover curated music beyond algorithmically generated playlists operated by corporate overlords. While terrestrial radio gave a sense of community and belonging, its format is very broad and targeted toward drivers (commuting or as part of their job). While online quasi-radio stations have popped up like Boiler Room, perpetual mix youtube streams, and twitch DJs, they haven't truly adjusted to how people interact with music in 2026.