DJ playlist

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Hello amarok developpers,
I use amarok since version 1.3 and I'm very happy with it :)
But now, I have a very specific use case for a "dj playlist" that I don't
know how to handle with the current dynamic playlist functionnality and I
think it would be a nice idea to add to amarok.

Here the problem : I sometime organise small dance parties with friends and
I'm the one who set the music, I usually prepare my playlist before the
party, or I do dj in real time (using amarok, of course...)
What I would like to see, is a mode to play dynamically song grouped by
genre (or any other tag).
Let me explain, I want for example (and this is what I'm actually doing),
play between 3 and 6 musics where the tag is "rock", then between 3 and 6
where the tag is "pop"  and then between 2 and 3 "slow", and restart with
the "rock" phase.
The ideal for me would be a "DJ mode" in the playlist panel that let me
select how many queries I want, and for each query, let my set a range of
songs to play.
in that case, my queries would be :

1 ) "genre=rock" range 3-6
2 ) "genre=pop"  range 3-6
3 ) "genre=slow" range 2-3

[x] when the playlist finishes, generate a new one.

If this is already possible with current amarok features, I'll be very happy
to know how to do that. If it is not the case, do you think it would be a
nice addition to dynamic playlist and do you plan to add something like that
?

thanks :)
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