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my opinion was that she was probably one of the worst dj's i've seen bar none(skill wise)...the word mixing has absolutely no meaning to her....she does make decent music but as far as djing is concerned....the word dj is quite incorrect....nothing in her set was "mixed" per say....just when one song ended...she crossed the fader into the next song....as far as technicality it was horrible.....now why she is allowed to get up and embarass herself...the only explanation i can think of is because shes a girl(nothing personal to IDM girls(no idmgirl threads please))....the dj kicks cd has to be the biggest sham since who knows what..but deffinitely not her mixing on that cd...another note on her performance, about 1/2 at least of her set was her songs as he mentioned....but i wont go off on that tangent...nonetheless i'll end off on a good note saying that i do for the most part like her music, if not to diverse but still decent sounding. she was deffinitely the most dissapointing act of the whole winter music conference(notice i didnt say worst...worst would have to go to wink or icey or some bullshit like that)..anyway....ummm i think ill let this lead into my review of the wmc....ahh ill put it in another email...anyway....if i want beautiful i'll go to a strip bar...if i want music i'll go see a decent dj.....dont confure the 2. dj.merck Greg Earle wrote:

quoted 20 lines Any word on a U.S. release of Andrea Parker's "Kiss My Arp"?

> > > Any word on a U.S. release of Andrea Parker's "Kiss My Arp"? > > Dunno about US, but at WMC she told me that Mo' Wax was putting it out in May > finally, with a single to precede it. > > BTW, she's an absolute Goddess in every sense of the word. She played *the* > most slammin' set of any DJ set I heard at WMC (followed a Hip-Hop outfit, > so she starts off with "Straight Outta Compton"! You GO grrrl) - it was > mostly full-on Moderne Electro, liberally sprinkled with 6 or so of her own > unreleased tracks (!) in that same flava ... and when she dropped > "Ballbreaker" > I almost peed my pants (the best track I heard all week, bar none). That > coupled with the fact that she's angelically beautiful and is *soooo* nice > and personable (she smiled warmly at everyone who came up to talk to her, > and was extremely pleasant to everyone), and you have the makings of an IDM > Goddess :-) I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with her. (And she comes to LA > @ Atlas on her birthday, April 2nd! Woot!@!@! I'm bringing a cake ... hehe) > > - Greg

dj merck spewed:

quoted 1 line BTW, she's an absolute Goddess in every sense of the word. She played

>> BTW, she's an absolute Goddess in every sense of the word. She played

*the*

quoted 4 lines most slammin' set of any DJ set I heard at WMC

>> most slammin' set of any DJ set I heard at WMC > > My opinion was that she was probably one of the worst dj's i've seen bar > none (skill wise)...the word mixing has absolutely no meaning to her

Well Mr. Nose-In-The-Air DJ, I said "the most slammin' set". I didn't say "the most deftly mixed set", now did I? If I want great DJ mixing, I know where to find Claude Young and Stacey Pullen and the like, thank you very much. (And, in fact, after Funkstoerung - who were pretty fucking boring as far as I'm concerned ... there, how's that for some IDM flame bait? - I rushed downstairs to catch Stacey's set.) The reason it was "the most slammin' set" to me was the tracks she played, not her mixing. I guess I should have qualified that in the first place.

quoted 5 lines another note on

> another note on > her performance, about 1/2 at least of her set was her songs as he > mentioned .... but i wont go off on that tangent...nonetheless i'll end > off on a good note saying that i do for the most part like her music, if > not too diverse but still decent sounding.

Well, there we differ, she's one of my most favorite music makers, and I went to WMC hoping that she'd play live (she said she was going to try to do just that after Mo' Wax gets the album out in the UK). But I knew she wasn't, so I was satisfied to hear her play a lot of her own music, especially given that most of it was unreleased tracks.

quoted 4 lines She was definitely the most

> She was definitely the most > dissapointing act of the whole winter music conference (notice i didnt > say worst ... worst would have to go to Wink or Icey or some bullshit like > that)

I'll reserve that slot for Fatboy Slim, Lord knows what anyone sees in the mainstream quasi-Rock music he spins, but hey, whatevah ...

quoted 2 lines if I want beautiful I'll go to a strip bar...if I want music i'll go see a

> if I want beautiful I'll go to a strip bar...if I want music i'll go see a > decent DJ ..... don't confuse the 2.

I didn't go there because of her beauty, I went there because I thought I'd get to hear some of her music, and from the DJ Kicks CD I figured she'd spin some decent tracks. And they were better than decent. I got what I came there for. I'm really glad I'm not a DJ. You listened to it with DJ's ears and picked it all apart because it didn't meet your DJ'ing standards and you were disappointed. I listened to it through non-DJ's ears and heard some great music that I loved and enjoyed. I'd rather go through life enjoying music and having a good time instead of being disappointed by technicalities, frankly. It's not like she fuckin' trainwrecked or anything ... <rant> In another post I was going to mention how seeing Jega play live at WMC was the best thing I saw the entire week, but after reading the last week's worth of digests and all the Jega slamming, fuck it. I'll just think to myself that I heard some of the most intense hardest-ass drum n' bass I've ever heard (and nary a drill n' bass moment, t'was more Jenkinsonian than Paradinasian) while the rest of you can keep thinking that Dylan sucks. Whatever. This list is starting to remind me far too much of 1990-vintage rec.music.industrial. I came to Techno in part to escape the relentless negativity and effete snobbery of Industrial, and now it's catching up to me again. Sigh. </rant> - Greg

quoted 1 line Any word on a U.S. release of Andrea Parker's "Kiss My Arp"?

> Any word on a U.S. release of Andrea Parker's "Kiss My Arp"?

Dunno about US, but at WMC she told me that Mo' Wax was putting it out in May finally, with a single to precede it. BTW, she's an absolute Goddess in every sense of the word. She played *the* most slammin' set of any DJ set I heard at WMC (followed a Hip-Hop outfit, so she starts off with "Straight Outta Compton"! You GO grrrl) - it was mostly full-on Moderne Electro, liberally sprinkled with 6 or so of her own unreleased tracks (!) in that same flava ... and when she dropped "Ballbreaker" I almost peed my pants (the best track I heard all week, bar none). That coupled with the fact that she's angelically beautiful and is *soooo* nice and personable (she smiled warmly at everyone who came up to talk to her, and was extremely pleasant to everyone), and you have the makings of an IDM Goddess :-) I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with her. (And she comes to LA @ Atlas on her birthday, April 2nd! Woot!@!@! I'm bringing a cake ... hehe) - Greg

"dj.mercenary" <illbilly@bellsouth.net> wrote:

quoted 2 lines my opinion was that she was probably one of the worst dj's i've seen

> > my opinion was that she was probably one of the worst dj's i've seen

bar

quoted 4 lines none(skill wise)...the word mixing has absolutely no meaning to

> none(skill wise)...the word mixing has absolutely no meaning to > her....she does make decent music but as far as djing is > concerned....the word dj is quite incorrect....nothing in her set was > "mixed" per say....just when one song ended...she crossed the fader

into

quoted 1 line the next song....as far as technicality it was horrible.....now why

> the next song....as far as technicality it was horrible.....now why

she

quoted 2 lines is allowed to get up and embarass herself...the only explanation i can

> is allowed to get up and embarass herself...the only explanation i can > think of is because shes a girl(nothing personal to IDM girls(no

idmgirl

quoted 1 line threads please))....the dj kicks cd has to be the biggest sham since

> threads please))....the dj kicks cd has to be the biggest sham since

who

quoted 2 lines knows what..but deffinitely not her mixing on that cd...

> knows what..but deffinitely not her mixing on that cd... > dj.merck

I think most of the Dj Kicks aren't really mixed by the djs but mixed using a computer. The best of the whole series are the Claude Young and Stacey Pullen, but those two are definitely mixed by them. The Claude Young cd is essential! The Kruder & Dorfmeister and Andrea Parker are really nice but I don't really get the sense that they are actually mixing. I have a feeling that the upcoming Andrea Parker show in LA, will be somewhat reminiscent of when Amon Tobin and Photek were out here. Great tunes, but not much with regard to mixing. It'll be worth it just to hear her new unreleased tunes. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com