Okay heres my scoop.
As a dj, hes OKAY, people dont really notice his mistakes. I've seen him play, he tends to play alot of trance but when i saw him he played hard german techno ONLY, was great music but i wasnt too into the mixing.
As for his productions, i have baguette, in my opinion its one of the tracks that made him what he is today. His new label SACRIFICE has been putting out some okay material. I like Picotto because his productions are different. The sound quality is always great and his arrangements are sometimes twisted. I do have a listen to all the stuff on his label, i dont buy all but the odd track i will go for.
Mauro Picotto is one of the biggest names in the world right now, but that can be affiliated with the fact that he makes and plays trance as well.
And yes i do like him, as a producer, and i will buy his music if he makes something hard and intelligent for my likings.

Pauze