Jeff Mills - Live At The Liquid Room - Tokyo... to be remembered 4 ever

[MARK ANXIOUS]

i havent listened to this since the days when it was released but i doo know one thing - it blew me away. if you're just into beat mixing and getting shit in time, this sucks. but the thing that made me freak over this was just the sheer chaos. an almost two fingers up to normality. every other dj was about simple 3 minute mixing but mills, well it was just revolutionary. all the tracks went together in there own way and oh so quick.

i'm sure it sounds crap now, but back in the day, it was amazing...

[Microdot]

i havent listened to this since the days when it was released but i doo know one thing - it blew me away. if you're just into beat mixing and getting shit in time, this sucks. but the thing that made me freak over this was just the sheer chaos. an almost two fingers up to normality. every other dj was about simple 3 minute mixing but mills, well it was just revolutionary. all the tracks went together in there own way and oh so quick.

i'm sure it sounds crap now, but back in the day, it was amazing...

having already heard mills play a whole bunch of times, including his legendary set at the Lost when Basic Channel played live, I found this mixtape to be a major dissapointment.....

[Izz]

I loved it. Well, still do. Yeah, the mixing was untidy but was balanced out by the outstanding selection of tunes. Which matters the most to me when I listen to a set.

[davethedrummer]

yeah it's really not about the mixing at all
but if you listen there are plenty of subtle moments with 2 copies where he's really got it going on but he's just not making a big deal out of it.

no really what it is, is that the tracks he plays are pretty dull on their own
and mills just brings it all to life and gets it kicking by doubling up , cutting in and out
and splicing musical phrases together in real time to create unique grooves from pretty un-dynamic records

maybe he had more technically perfect nights
but he nailed it with his sheer energetic force of will on this mix.

[lunatrick]

this was the first mix I heard which made me start listening to techno properly.......I'd never heard anything like it.....he does take a bunch of basically boring loops and make them sound exciting....I've seen him a few times and he is hit or miss but unique in his style......

[RDR]

yeah it's really not about the mixing at all
but if you listen there are plenty of subtle moments with 2 copies where he's really got it going on but he's just not making a big deal out of it.

no really what it is, is that the tracks he plays are pretty dull on their own
and mills just brings it all to life and gets it kicking by doubling up , cutting in and out
and splicing musical phrases together in real time to create unique grooves from pretty un-dynamic records

maybe he had more technically perfect nights
but he nailed it with his sheer energetic force of will on this mix.

100% I've said it before and i'll say it again, I am 200000% sure that mills makes mistakes on purpose, not all the time, but the mistakes are toooo regular for a DJ of his calibre to be doing that much. He's said it before that his 3 ring circus is just that he'll use the bass of one record, the middle form another and the treble from another and switch between the two.

for alll the haters i challenge any of them to mix and CREATE which is what he's doing, that well. I dont give a monkeys about mistakes here and there. Its the honesty, dynamism, vitality and funkiness of that performance that shines like so many others fail to do.

[Technologic]

100% I've said it before and i'll say it again, I am 200000% sure that mills makes mistakes on purpose, not all the time, but the mistakes are toooo regular for a DJ of his calibre to be doing that much. He's said it before that his 3 ring circus is just that he'll use the bass of one record, the middle form another and the treble from another and switch between the two.

for alll the haters i challenge any of them to mix and CREATE which is what he's doing, that well. I dont give a monkeys about mistakes here and there. Its the honesty, dynamism, vitality and funkiness of that performance that shines like so many others fail to do.

Cubism innit, well, almost.

I haven't heard this album in a very long time, but i do remember being blown away by it when i heard it, just never got around to picking up a copy.

[elektrik chicken]

if your a fan of techno and you dj you just wish you had the skillz of jeff mills
for any 1 who's seen him play live like i have you'll know that he's got a lot more up his sleave than just mixin 2turntables i'd like to here you guys do a set of 3 or 4 deck mixin, mixin at a rate of 1 track every 30seconds or so!!!!!
lets see how seemless your mixin is then!!!!
any1 going to take up this challeng cos i'd love to hear the out come....

[AcidTrash]

yeah it's really not about the mixing at all
but if you listen there are plenty of subtle moments with 2 copies where he's really got it going on but he's just not making a big deal out of it.

no really what it is, is that the tracks he plays are pretty dull on their own
and mills just brings it all to life and gets it kicking by doubling up , cutting in and out
and splicing musical phrases together in real time to create unique grooves from pretty un-dynamic records

Any chump can do that and its easy.

[lunatrick]

Any chump can do that and its easy.

the concept of 'trolling' is lost on this man - you're supposed to pretend to be someone else when you do it not log as yourself!!!! ;-)