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On Friday December 16th, Smokin' Joe Mekhael started mixing at 9pm in an effort to break the Guinness World Record for Longest DJ Set ever. Currently at 113 hours and counting, it appears Smokin' Joe is well on his way. The current record of five days and 19 minutes is held by DJ King from Brasil.

If he lasts, Mr Mekhael will break the previous record of five days and 19 minutes just before 9:30pm today at the Empire Hotel in Potts Point. He plans to extend the record and continue until Friday.

Here are the rules he has to follow:

- 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.

“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!”

lol no i totally agree.. there are some very strange "World Records"