In case you’ve been out of the world record loop for the past few days, Australian DJ Smokin Joe Mekhael is in the middle of what he’s hoping will be the longest DJ set on record. At nearly 105 hours already, he’s closing in fast on the record set by Brasil’s DJ King earlier this year (120 hours and 19 minutes). Editorial Update! He broke the record by twelve hours, see inside for videos of the magic moment! 

Check out Joe in his moment of glory, breaking the world record for longest DJ mix in the video above!

We’ve reached out to Joe himself to hopefully talk to him and ask him about how he’s holding up, but until he gets back to us, we’ve got a bit of knowledge from our collegues over at InTheMix.AU:

“I cannot use USB sticks, CDs are my option here,” the man told DJ Warehouse recently. “The longest track I will play will be a progressive house track ranging between 10-15 minutes. Smokin’ Joe Mikhael does not take the easy way out! I cannot repeat the same song within a 4 hour timeframe, however I plan on taking that one step further by not repeating a song for the whole 168 hours.

“There’s no limit on Red Bull or Caffeine however the doctor advised against much of it as it can contribute to having a heart attack. And obviously Smokin Joe Mekhael will break this record without using drugs!”

Joe plans to DJ for 7 days straight, a total of 168 hours.

Smokin’ Joe Links:
Twitter
Soundcloud
Website

Think you could break the world record? Is Smokin Joe off his rocker? Let us know in the comments below! 

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  • http://tehk.org tehk

    Why is there no sound on the feed?

  • Rogue-DJ

    Awesome, so now he can be sick of DJing and every track he has. “Everything in moderation….”

  • Spacecamp

    Hmm, seems to be there just quiet. It was louder yesterday, I feel like. 

  • Acidistic

    may the beats keep you alive man :) Your fuckin nuts!!

  • Clockwerk

    Can I get the track list? lol

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  • M.C. Rhizz

    This is insane! Not only is he staying up for a few days, he is constantly having to come up with music to mix. Go JOE!

  • http://www.ali.dj Hedgehog

    Ustream is really the wrong (albeit the best known) plattform for such a stunt. There are better ones like Livebeats.com.

  • Dsmit

    Too bad the camera zoom sin so much. I’d like to see the turntables he is using and watch what he does etc, not only watch his head ans massage girl..

  • coke

    107:49… dead air… or it was just a slow part?

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  • Noelflava

    Go Joe!!

  • Djtonyrella

    Always thought Sven Väth is the craziest motherfucker….

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Huigen/100001851257183 Mark Huigen

    Another BIG ADVANTAGE us digital DJ’s have over this guy ( right now ) imagine the stacks of CD’s he needs to complete his 7 days without silence or repeating tracks.

    i’ll pick a laptop with a SSD full of music over lugging a CD bag around any day ;-)

  • Michael75

    12 hours off the record!! Go man Go

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Huigen/100001851257183 Mark Huigen

    The audio stream is dreadfull, thats the problem…

    You’d expect a little more effort to get the audio spotless, i always thought DJ-ing was about sound and stuff, i guess i was wrong ;-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/brikha Emil Beatsnatcher Brikha

    I hate to be a hater in this case but, why does anyone want to do this?

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  • 303bassline

    fuck off bellend

  • 303bassline

    oh have a cry. the guy is having a go and its a live stream from an actual club over the clubs wifi. Its not like you are going to record the set for future listening. 12 Hours from now that place is going to be epic!!!

  • Spacecamp

    “Mallory is famously quoted as having replied to the question “Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?” with the retort “Because it’s there”, which has been called “the most famous three words in mountaineering”.”

  • Lem865

    there is currently nothing playing! fail!

  • Viszla

    LOL

    20 minutes and still counting…. THE same 4 bar loop…

  • http://www.facebook.com/ian.v.jones Ian V Jones

    It sure is easy to be cynical. How about a bit of love for the man!?

    100 hours + so far, please feel free to have a go.

  • 303bassline

    it was a sanctioned break

  • Audio Domini

    Has he slept since he started???!!!!????

  • DonmecZ

    7 hrs left. He’s looking tired but i believe in the power of dementia…lol jk, go joe go!!!

    ju kan dowwwwet!!!!!

  • Remote

    I think so iirc last time I read about one of these they get like 4~hours sleep to every 20hours or something. It’s rather bad for your health not to sleep

  • Alberto Florez

    yutuiy

  • Pabloco

    10 days without sleep can kill you…. nobody should ever take this world record that far

  • Matt

    Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Doherty/100000474900038 Mark Doherty

    serious respect ! ! ! ! !  ! how he has managed to stay awake is crazy ..i mean 24 hours no problem, 48 eehhhh after that christ how can he function let alone dj … 

  • DonmecZ

    I once stayed up for 3 days then had to work as a bouncer in a moshpit in a heavy metal concert. I puked. It was shitty times for sure… But i dont think I can stay awake for more than 4 days. not even just sitting in a chair and doing something enjoyable… heck i couldt really dj for more than 4 hrs… my ears get tired and i start to sweat and it drips into the fader… not cool… how about you? what’s the longest set and/or the longest time you stayed awake for?

    regards

    G

  • DonmecZ

    well said!

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  • Jareth

    GO JOE!!

  • Viszla

    oh. didn’t know that. ty!

    do you have any official rules for this?

  • http://www.facebook.com/brikha Emil Beatsnatcher Brikha

    Really? You’re quoting the man who climbed the highest mountain in the world, to make a point about the accomplishment of DJing for 1 week? ;) Climbing the highest mountain requires amazing physical, psychological strength, it’s down right dangerous and you have to practice for years to become that good.

    DJing for 10 hours or 10 days, is no different, it just requires less sleep and a butt load of caffeine. It’s dangerous, sure, but for all the wrong reasons. It doesn’t require any particular skill, certainly not with BPM counter and electronic music. Set the tempo, filter, EQ or pull down the sound… and repeat for a week.

  • http://djfdrk.blogspot.com FDRK

    Did he just get a request???

  • http://djfdrk.blogspot.com FDRK

    It’s like the previous anual sauna world championship in finland.
    One guy finaly won.

  • TIEN

    Congrats on the record Joe! I’ve been watching this way too long haha. Finish strong!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joel-Pratley/1785362834 Joel Pratley

    hang in there mate !!! im coming past for lunch tomorrow to share fist pumps !

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=636011765 Matthew Hornung

    This guy sucks. Blending the last 15 seconds of one song with the beginning of the next does not constitute mixing.

    Wand some good music? http://www.deephouselounge.com

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=636011765 Matthew Hornung

    Not to mention, what is up with the shitty sound quality, and lack of a proofread on a banner that is RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE. Its ok, I really dont want to see his face anyway.

  • Anonymous

    I bet he smells right now

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    Russian DJs with you!!!!??????? ????!!!

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    Russian DJs with you!!!!??????? ????!!!

  • shroomer_nick

    do you have 10Xterrabytes free space for the word.doc :P

  • Goboxmusic

    Hold on man!!!

  • changop

    he started dj’ing clean shaven

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Huigen/100001851257183 Mark Huigen

    I was’nt trying to be negative about HIM, just staying awake that long is incredible on it’s own let alone DJ all those hours…. But you’d expect him to have some sponsors or something who would supply him with a better live stream which is able to carry the sound a little better….

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Huigen/100001851257183 Mark Huigen

    I was’nt trying to be negative about HIM, just staying awake that long is incredible on it’s own let alone DJ all those hours…. But you’d expect him to have some sponsors or something who would supply him with a better live stream which is able to carry the sound a little better….

  • Anonymous

    129:09 not in the picture. Pee break?

    scamo

  • Machete1349

    Where is he?

  • dh

    you’re an idiot for saying that his style of mixing is not real mixing.. you even used the word blend to describe his “not mixing”… blend is a synonym of mix.. hater

  • Drhiggens

    no but really what I have been hearing sounds like a loop that has not changed in about 5 min

  • http://twitter.com/neiloughton Neil Oughton

    I think he has called it a day.

  • DutchM

    He must be passed out, same song for an hour now

  • me

    Yess I…just saw the last 2 minutes…razy guy…rrrrrrreeeeeessssppppeeeeccccctttt…..!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/piopro James ‘Pioneer’ Burkill

    did he do it?

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  • eschebach

    did he complete the 7 days?? 

  • http://www.dreamr.xxx Dreamr OKelly

    I’m sorry, but 7 days of spinning non-stop without drugs? Nope, didn’t happen. I was in the Army and they routinely made us go without sleep for 2-3 days during jungle training. We were given stimulant shots to stay alert after 36 hours.

    I just don’t understand how he can do that without altering his chemical system.

    On a side note, it sounds like a richie hawtin set. I haven’t heard a musical change in over 5 minutes! (Please dont tell me to leave DJTT because I said something bad about Richie, just had that happen at another UNAMED dj site I used to read) :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/inbituin Charles Angeles

    Shouldn’t be too bad. He played songs that were 10 minutes long in 168 hours. 6 songs per hour. About 1008 songs. haha.

  • twintip

    ooooh, about 16 hours B2B with a friend of mine. otherwise 8 hours to myself. and, I had “help”

  • http://www.facebook.com/djstayinschool Martin Wilson

    Looks tiring.

  • http://www.facebook.com/djstayinschool Martin Wilson

    The hottest guy in the world

  • Anonymous

    LOOSER GET A JOB

  • loco

    “There’s no limit on Red Bull or Caffeine however the doctor advised
    against much of it as it can contribute to having a heart attack. And
    obviously Smokin Joe Mekhael will break this record without using
    drugs!”… caffeine and all the crap in red bull are drugs! what a dumb statement :P

  • http://twitter.com/NotSoSiniSter NotSoSiniSter

    Had to of taken Progivil or Adderal to stay up that long. Sheesh…

  • http://twitter.com/NotSoSiniSter NotSoSiniSter

    Had to of taken Progivil or Adderal to stay up that long. Sheesh…

  • http://www.facebook.com/thislink Alan Daniel Camarena

    Challenge Accepted!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=585959625 Hendrik Beat’itude Hebel

    i want to do something like this with a couple of dj mates, where people pay a one time entry to a club and then the mix goes on for a month or so :D now that would be an idea…

  • Kate

    Learn how to spell you LOSER!

  • Saoudi

    he actually called it 7 days :P

  • None

    He gets 5 min of sleep for every hour djed.. He can accumulate those min which he did. Plus how much meth did he smoke???

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