coldcut are the shit! this aint no cold shit action.The one thing these guys
do is dj eclectic sets, not many people can handle
that........................
very few infact
hassan i sabbah
and the lemon merchant
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From: "Paul." <sonic_tooth@yahoo.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] solid steel
quoted 2 lines I too must agree with Aaron, I think that it's one of the finest DJ mixes
>
> I too must agree with Aaron, I think that it's one of the finest DJ mixes
I've heard in quite some time...especially tracks 16, 17 and 18 (riffing on
a drum intruction record, Blackalicious' alphabet workout, and Four Tet's
Glass Head)...very well mixed, and the flow just has that intangible
"rightness". It makes me want to dance, and trust me, I _don't_ dance. :P
quoted 2 lines Paul
> Paul
> Aaron D Meyers <adm226@nyu.edu> wrote: I thought the Solid Steel mix cd
was quite good. It had some familiar
quoted 90 lines stuff and some more obscure stuff I'd never heard. I thought the
> stuff and some more obscure stuff I'd never heard. I thought the
> mixing was superb and totally creative. I'm not sure what you expect
> from a DJ mix. Maybe you could suggest an amazing mix CD that will
> blow the Solid Steel thing out of the water. If you listen to the
> Solid Steel CD next to the DJ Spooky mix CD that came out at the same
> time, it should be even more obvious that a lot of talent went into
> that disc. That DJ Spooky is the laziest most boring mix ever!
>
> -Aaron
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "production unit"
>
> Date: Saturday, February 9, 2002 1:29 pm
> Subject: [idm] solid steel
>
> > I don't want to pee on anyone's parade, but I found the DJ Food
> > Solid Steel
> > album INCREDIBLY disappointing.
> >
> > The mix that you speak of (Mirror In The Bathroom/Mask) is
> > actually really
> > simplistic - it's a drum and bass track that has no discernable
> > melodies in
> > it whatsoever, and thus is bound to sound pretty good with
> > anything that
> > it's beat-matched with. What's more, there's a big spiel on the
> > cover about
> > how one should 'not think for a second that this was made with
> > just two
> > decks and a computer', which I think is a total and utter crock.
> > Hell,
> > there's even a point in the mix where one record just stops and
> > another
> > begins, which I find *really* lazy.
> > This would probably lead on to a good stream - what do you folks
> > think makes
> > for good and bad DJing?
> > Myself, I like records to actually merge together both
> > ryhthmically and
> > melodically, which is not that hard at all with a bit of effort. I
> > think
> > that DJs have raw materials to work with, and have to present
> > something
> > amazing with these limited resources, without having to resort to
> > too much
> > trickery. Don't get me wrong, I'm not some 'Back to the land, away
> > with ye
> > and your machines, Satan!' sort of guy, but I do like to see
> > limited tools
> > used to their full effect before graduating to the next level of
> > technology,
> > a level that is often superfluous.
> >
> > Well, that's the 4-album deal with ninja down the tubes...
> >
> > Wow, 2 posts in 2 days!
> >
> > Cheers, folks. Please disagree to your hearts content.
> >
> >
> > marciablaine.cjb.net
> > forthcoming:
> > e.p. on Dalriada
> > inclusion on Benbecula "Music Volume 2"
> > inclusion on Law & Auder "I Am:Bient"
> > inclusion on Struktur
> >
> >
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