Quote Originally Posted by serox
sorry, i just wasnt feeling it, no need to flame me, i just think he isnt as hot as he use to be:?
Check mine and Death's posts above. The next night at Lost he was awesome. Loads of long, slow, subtle mixes. Don't think he dropped a beat all night.

Not flaming you or anything, Serox, but it does seem that in the techno field people are very quick to write off artists as having lost it, or as has-beens just because they drop a couple of beats in one set. As I say, that comment isn't directly related to what you've said here, but I've seen a few similiar comments lately about Mills and Hood and Baxter.
I'm sure if you go to gigs to check out bands you'll find they play some shit gigs, but people are happy enough to acknowledge it was just a shit gig and don't write off the bands entire career.

Why is it if a techno DJ plays a ropey set, and in particular DJs with a bit of history and deserved status, people want to slate them and write them off ? I don't geddit. :?

@Gunjack. I also heard mixed reports about that set but haven't listened to it myself yet so can't comment from a personal perspective. However, I know some people who were there and the main complaints were that he lost the plot midset. This report came from guys who are slaves to the kickdrum though. I then compared this report with some other friends who are a bit more Mills aware and they said it was great all the way through. Mid set, he dipped into some of his beatless material of the Metropolis variety and they said he lost some of the crowd at that point. Lots of the kids just didn't get it. I guess at a festival like Homelands you will get a lot of hyped up kids who just won't understand that more musically adventurous side and just want a constant, pounding kickdrum.

I guess it's like someone once said about Hendrix "Y'all can listen to Jimi, but ya'll can't hear Jimi."