Remember that wild eyed DJ who was trying to break the Guinness world record for world’s longest DJ set? He totally did it! Though yet to be officially recognised by Guinness, Smoking Joe Mekhael took out Survivor: DJ Booth last night after his 132 hour and 30 minute DJ set eclipsed the previous world record set by Brazil’s DJ King. Joe took residence in Sydney’s Empire Hotel and had to adhere to the following criteria:
– There must be no pauses longer than ten seconds between tunes; music must be continuous.
– No individual disc, and no piece of music, may be repeated in performance within four hours. A list of all the tunes played must be maintained and submitted as evidence.
– The event should take place on stage in a club or similar venue, open to members of the public, and not in a recording studio.
– For each hour of the performance, 5 minutes rest time is earned and this time can accumulate.
Here’s some footage from the night…
After his set, Joe posted the following message to Facebook:
“After setting a new world record of 132 hours and 30 minutes, smashing the old record by twelve and a half hours and becoming the new CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, Smokin Joe Mekhael has stopped the longest DJ set in the world.
I love entertaining you more than anything and the pain and ringing in my ears has made me decide to stop before I risk permanent hearing damage and the rest of my DJ career.
Smokin Joe Mekhael would like to thank each and every one of you for your love and support! My sponsors mydjspace, Empire Kx, Credit Reform, inthemix and Pioneer Electronics Australia have been absolutely awesome and YOU have been so amazingly kind to me! Thank you so much for all of the gifts that you have given me and for the continued love that you have shown me over the past 6 days!
I told all of you from the start that if you believe in yourself, you can achieve anything and I have proven that beyond a shadow of a doubt! I want all of you to realise that we all have the power within us to perform miracles, to change our circumstances for the better through the power of positive thinking and positive deeds!
It will take months for Guinness to review all of the evidence and award me with my certificate but I am already the new MARATHON DJ CHAMPION OF THE WORLD and I will have my championship belt within a few weeks!
Now I’m going electrify my pillow so hard that it won’t know what hit it!
Now remember, you have the power to do whatever you want with your life and to change your circumstances for the better by working hard and believing in yourself! Anything is possible!
Most of all, I want you to remember that Smokin Joe Mekhael loves you!
#MAKEYOURDREAMSREALITY!
#WOOOOOOO!”
