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

[t-dj]

That mix was certainly not intended to be perfectly beatmatched, its a snapshot of a live fireworks at a techno party that was off the hook.
Many people - especially newcomer djs - failed to understand what the term "energy" in there consists of. Later on they started chasing these tracks down cause they finally understood the content. The fact that Mills can charge 5 digit number dj fees and gets a full house in 95% of his shows in the real world proves online talk wrong any time. But yeah "that guy can't mix" etc blah blah...go on.

[MangaFish]

That mix was certainly not intended to be perfectly beatmatched, its a snapshot of a live fireworks at a techno party that was off the hook.
Many people - especially newcomer djs - failed to understand what the term "energy" in there consists of. Later on they started chasing these tracks down cause they finally understood the content. The fact that Mills can charge 5 digit number dj fees and gets a full house in 95% of his shows in the real world proves online talk wrong any time. But yeah "that guy can't mix" etc blah blah...go on.

I understand all that (always have done) - i just don't think that mix is all that.

i've heard of plenty of off the hook sets with heaps of energy without resorting high bpms. sets with bag loads of energy, progression and quality tracks and better beatmatched. Granted beatmatching isn't everything, but this particular set just doesn't tick enough boxes to make up for it short comings.

I'm by no means calling Jeff a crap DJ. He clearly isn't. I just think this mix is massively over-rated.

[drift9]

personally, i used to loooooove this mix when i had it ages ago. but i lost it about 7 years ago. Back then i knew the mixing was rough but it still got me jacking every time. I'd love to hear it again to see how it stands up (hopefully it's better than his exhibitionist...) but can't find the sucker anywhere. blast...

[Siege]

I remember hearing this years back...i think it was one of them sets you had to be there, to appreciate fully,but yeah the mixing was f*cking terrible. If you listen to the dvd he brought out where hes mixing in the shop window,the mixings pretty similar.
I love his style,concept and ideas..playing snippets of god knows how many trks in a set,but personally for me it needs to be tight.

[DJPAUZE]

I remember hearing this years back...i think it was one of them sets you had to be there, to appreciate fully,but yeah the mixing was f*cking terrible. If you listen to the dvd he brought out where hes mixing in the shop window,the mixings pretty similar.
I love his style,concept and ideas..playing snippets of god knows how many trks in a set,but personally for me it needs to be tight.

Agreed, I am all about the mixing. I was quite suprised that he released this actually. I have seen many other sets that were much tighter.

All in all, great track selection, terrible mixing.