I'm thinking of the DJ not just in terms of the turntable as a choice of instrument, but also due to the impact DJs have had on the development of the music ---Walter Gibbons, Larry Levan, etc. editing disco tracks, versions and dub in Jamaica, Herc & others matching the breaks--- trying to suggest the idea that the roots of modern electronic dance music reside in the aesthetic derived from DJs manipulating pre-recorded materials. These guys are all more than just playing the music, but not what I would call turntablists, either, in the Qbert sense.

Not saying that the traditional DJ is the only option in the future, as technology allows for something more complex to develop --- but if the DJ represents a kind of pure root of electronic composition and performance then would future performance permuations not be an extension of the DJ? And so should the DJ not occupy a particular place of esteem in the new world order?