As a natural born cynic to the kind of sound Umek plays, I was definatly suprised by the guy's skills when I saw/Heard him play in Germany a few weeks ago ... There is a lot of hype surrounding the guy, and the music he plays isn't really something that keeps my attention, but and he had some neat tricks I'd never seen before.. the trax he was playing were pretty run of the mill, but he was using them as tools more than anything..
Like I say, not really my kind of thing, but respect none the less....