Miles Egan said:
:It would if I made the rules. I'm not qualified to criticize Mills on
:technical grounds. I just think it's lazy and unneccesary to use such
:boring rhythms. The sky is the limit with a drum machine and a good
:sequencer. Why not use the tools?
Um, weren't we talking about a DJ set here?
A fair bit of space was spent in the
Jockey Slut interview on the tightrope
a DJ walks between moving the punters
and pure exploration. Check out the
Mills back cat. and you'll find quite a bit of stuff
outside of 4OTF.
Ah well, here's to diversity of opinions. As the "straight beats
or not" debate tends to run distressingly close to religion,
I'll refrain from dragging it out any further (damned
Hugenots!) I'll just end here by saying that in the
context of DJs playing straight techno (no chaser),
Mills comes closer to "getting it" (i.e. working out
the implications of making and spinning the "Movable
Parts" of modular music) than anyone else I've
seen work a pair (or trio) of SL-1200's. In the
immortal words of Tomi Koskinen, if it kick it
kick, period.
-d.w.
on now: "Joe 90" - Claude Young & Ian O'Brien