Quote Originally Posted by AcidTrash View Post
I dont agree at all. Knowing when to stop when you have an infinite palette and getting colour balance right is one thing, especially when jusdging space and light but two ro at a pinch three record players with a bunch of records which meet a predefined criteria is really not much to write home about. It an experience I quickly tire of. Its musical plate spinnig to me. fun but overrated as an art.
Ok I acutally see what your saying here, and to be devils advocado, I do agree to a degree.
The "DJ" as some super skilled god ethos is dead.
Once everyone bought decks and worked out just how easy it is, that was bound to happen.
Mixing records is a fairly easy skill to master.

However, Mills was there first (ok not first, but you get my point ), and changed the nature of DJ ing. He brought the cut up of hip hop and did it live, with something you could still actually dance too (as opposed to turntablism).
It`s his effect that has earned him his legacy.
There was a before Jeff Mills, and an After Jeff mills, and things defintely changed.
This mix was essentially the flag stuck in the ground that marked this point, in a way.

Regardless of how you think now about it, it did what it did, and it definitely had an effect that essentially anyone involved techno today, is riding on the ripples of, no matter how small those ripples, they are undeniably there in some way. From his labels to his mixing, Jeff Mills influence is there.

I don`t own 1 Mills record. I`ve never dug his tunes at all, but I know that his music has influenced people who`s music I do like, who have in turn influenced or inspired me, so just by that example alone, it shows the effect this "chump" has.
Even acid techno has a bit of mills in it `Trash, so indirectly, your digging mills.

And I am also divided on Mills.
I have seen him at his very best, and I was so stunned at one point in the night, that I stopped moving, and just observed what was happening, both in what he was doing, and how the crowd was being worked, and I was completely (and soberly) blown away. A never ending crescendo of a mix that pretty much levelled every single one of the 2000 people on the dancefloor at some point, for 4 hours, you could see peoples faces, everyone was trying to ride the crest, but pretty much everyone at some point had that "****, he`s done me" look at some point.

I`ve also seen him when he sucks, blowing all the mixes and playing predictable tunes, but that is the nature of how he works. It`s off the cuff and seat of your pants.

So yes, I think Live at the Liquid rooms has pretty much secured itself legendary status within techno circles, and I`m not even sure I like it that much, but it`s status is deserved and undeniable.