Pro Mobile - The Magazine for Mobile DJs

CURRENT ISSUE: 133(SEP/OCT 2025)

The Sep/Oct 2025 edition of Pro Mobile is packed with the usual mix of articles, news, views and reviews all linked to the wonderful world of mobile DJing.

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Pete Holding, Pro Mobile Editor

IN THIS ISSUE

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I recently saw a pie chart that was designed to be either controversial or funny. It divided the work of an average mobile DJ into three segments: 2.5% for ‘level of skill’, 2.5% for ‘music’, and the remaining 95% for ‘marketing’. While the numbers are obviously a bit of fun, it's certainly true that marketing is a massive part of our work, even more so this year.

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PROFILE ... Fabio Capozzi

Every DJ remembers the first time they touched the decks. For some, it’s a bedroom setup cobbled together from borrowed gear. For others, it’s a mixtape that sparks an obsession. For me, it happened by complete accident in 1981 on the island of Capri.

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TOMORROWLAND 2025: Rising from the ashes when your dreams go up in smoke

In the previous issue, Richard Lee provided a nice roundup from Glastonbury. It is, no doubt, the biggest festival in the UK and famous around the world. I want to take you on a journey over to Belgium to one of the world’s biggest EDM festivals, Tomorrowland.

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RETAILER SPOTLIGHT: Westend DJ... A 2025 update!

Four years ago, in Pro Mobile issue 108 (July 2021), we shone a light on Westend DJ, a London institution celebrating two decades of serving the DJ community. In the years since, the industry has navigated a global pandemic, a technological revolution, and a significant shift in consumer behaviour

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Master Social Media: Five DJ Secrets To Win More Bookings And Boost Your Brand

Struggling to stand out in a crowded market? Wondering how some DJs consistently land those dream gigs while you’re still waiting for enquiries? The answer lies not just in what you do behind the decks, but what you do online.

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DIALOGUE WITH: HLYNUR SÖLVI

Enjoying a spectacular rise in prominence and profile in recent years, Iceland-based Hlynur Sölvi is one of the most sought-after producers on today’s remix scene. He started his DJ career at the tender age of 14, and, later, moved to Los Angeles to study music theory, moving back to Iceland where he continued his DJ and music production journey.

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Back-Up!

The Drifters said it about ‘the last dance’, for Eagle-Eye Cherry, it was ‘tonight’, and, for Queen, it was ‘me’. But for DJs, we need to think more about the Weeknd song ‘Save Your Tears’, as if you don't save your data properly, it might be you crying as you post on a Facebook group asking how to recover your data from a failed hard drive.

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Your creative co-pilot: THE NIGHT A SMOOTHER JOURNEY WON THE GIG

At 6.12pm, somewhere between Brixton and Victoria, my phone rang. I had just sent a booking link and planning login. I braced for the familiar question every DJ hears sooner or later: “We love you… can you do it for less?” Instead, I got this: “Tony, I tried your portal on the train. It’s brilliant. If you care this much about planning, the night will be amazing.”

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the undiscovered DANCEFLOOR

As a DJ, you’re going to be more familiar with some songs than others. A combination of tried and trusted hits that get people out onto the dancefloor, coupled with certain requests that almost always get made, mean that some tracks are almost guaranteed a spin.

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The 7 Ps of Marketing

We marketers love our frameworks, and few are as enduring as the 7 Ps of marketing: Price, place, product, promotion, people, physical evidence, and processes. Many of you will have heard of ‘the 4 Ps of marketing’, which were product, price, place and promotion, and which were introduced in 1960 by E. Jerome McCarthy.

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The DJ Playlist - HALLOWEEN REIMAGINED

Halloween is more than just scary costumes and buckets of treats – it’s a golden opportunity for DJs to unleash their most creative sets. Whether you’re playing at a club, a haunted house party, or a themed event, the music sets the mood.

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REVIEWED

REVIEWED: ALPHATHETA CDJ-3000X

REVIEWED: CHAUVET DJ INTIMIDATOR HYBRID 251SR

REVIEWED: EQUINOX GIGABAR FX1

REVIEWED: ULTIMAX RGB LED STARCLOTH

REVIEWED: Q-LED FLUX Q4IP + FC8 CASE

CONTRIBUTORS

Andrew Broughton, David Abbott, Fabio Capozzi, Ian Watkinson, Josephine Chadwick, Mandla Sibanda, Marcos Aranibar, Marcus Bond, Paul Dakeyne, Peter Holding, Richard Lee, Steven Honeyball and Tony Winyard.

ADVERTISERS

DJ Manager, Pro Mobile Conference 2026, PBX Europe, Mastermix DJ, Mobile DJ Network (MDJN), Mobile Entertainment Expo 2025, Chris Washburn Workshops, The Groove Junction, Sparkular.UK, Wed Pro Live, CHAUVET DJ, LSA Projects (Apelabs UK), Sing2Karaoke, Phase One DJ Store, WestEnd DJ, RCF, AlphaTheta DJ, Yamaha, DY Pro Audio, Nicolaudie (Wolfmix W1), Prolight Concepts, FBT, DJ Event Planner, JHS (Kam), JBL, Tek Imports Limited

SHOPS:
CRS1, Phase One DJ Store, RSD Music, WestEnd DJ - Central London, WestEnd DJ - North Circular, Bop DJ (Leeds), Bop DJ (Manchester), Bop DJ (Bristol), Simply Sound & Lighting, The Disco DJ Shop, DY Pro Audio LTD, DJ Supplies Sound and Light, Inspiration Sound & Light, TechforMusic, Glasgow Sound Centre