jeff mills purpose maker video

[rhythmtech]

never been a huge fan of mills' djing but really enjoyed watching these vids..

guess he can be on the cash sometimes :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLanIfR13A
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-kY0...related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svyAC...related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGsJ4...related&search=

[Tyrisia]

would be nice if he got the records playin in time though..

[rhythmtech]

would be nice if he got the records playin in time though..

the first mix is ok.. goes a bit odd after that.. 10/10 for enthusiasm though.. he's all over that mixer

[Tyrisia]

oh, is the first mix the best? that's the only one I watched tbh, I'll have to watch the rest now to see how bad he can actually get hehe

[loopdon]

I will check these out. Mills has this 'organic' style of mixing, imo. Not really into it due to technical flaws but it has a certain charme. I think at times that he should stick to two decks. As said he can be 'on the money', no doubt. If he really wants to, i guess!

[Frank Dogshit]

the tunes are sick....thats all that counts and most of them are his own.

[Tyrisia]

the tunes are sick....thats all that counts and most of them are his own.

I agree the tunes are mint, so wouldn't it be better having 5 vids of him in the studio doing what he does best, rather than 5 vids of him takin his own beautiful pieces of art and totally mangling them so that he can show everybody how good he is at mixin on three decks, which he obviously isn't.

[A.P.]

Thats bad mixing man.
Nuff said!

[Jay Pace]

More to djing that getting records perfectly in sync. Otherwise everyone with a copy of ableton would be a superstar. Records in time. Wooo.

Mills has his own style and its hectic, messy, inventive and utterly unique.
And thats why he's as famous as he is.
i think people miss the point about mills.

Got sick to death of seeing him at lost, but he blew me away at sonar a couple of years back. When he's on form nobody comes close.

[TechMouse]

Otherwise everyone with a copy of ableton would be a superstar.

Aren't they?

That man in Turnkey lied to me! I demand a refund...

[loopdon]

More to djing that getting records perfectly in sync. Otherwise everyone with a copy of ableton would be a superstar. Records in time. Wooo.

Mills has his own style and its hectic, messy, inventive and utterly unique.
And thats why he's as famous as he is.
i think people miss the point about mills.

Got sick to death of seeing him at lost, but he blew me away at sonar a couple of years back. When he's on form nobody comes close.

It's also the right time - right place thing i think. He was there when things started rolling and was a big part of it. I am not sure if he could be at the top if he started today.

[echodek]

It's also the right time - right place thing i think. He was there when things started rolling and was a big part of it. I am not sure if he could be at the top if he started today.

.... but would he be doing what he has done if he was doing it now? and who else would have done it? :D

[Tyrisia]

More to djing that getting records perfectly in sync. Otherwise everyone with a copy of ableton would be a superstar. Records in time. Wooo.

Mills has his own style and its hectic, messy, inventive and utterly unique.
And thats why he's as famous as he is.
i think people miss the point about mills.

Got sick to death of seeing him at lost, but he blew me away at sonar a couple of years back. When he's on form nobody comes close.

I'm sorry Jay, but if our Jeff here was to play in a club where nobody knew who he was, I'm bettin he'd clear the floor. I'd rather a dj hold his hands up and say "sorry, can't beatmatch guys" and play one tune after another in the more traditional sense of djing, than play me two hours of stuff that's so poorly mixed that there's no flow, and the poor punters can't dance to it because they can't quite decide which of the three seperate beats to dance to.

Clubbing to me is about gettin on a dancefloor and wobbling about whilst drinkin beer etc, and if I can't dance to the music, I get frustrated and leave, be it Abba or poor three deck mixin when two would have been perfectly adequate.

[Jay Pace]

Have you seen Mills before?!

He was one of the people who dragged me into techno (from prog house & D&B of all places) and I didn't have a clue who he was or what he was going to play. But the energy was unbelievable, the atmosphere electric and the music utterly unique.

I've never seen places erupt quite as hard as they do when Mills gets it right. Sometimes it clangs, but its rare that it kills the night as a consequence. Mills on fire is out of this world. Mills off form is very frustrating though...

Maybe you haven't heard a proper set yet mate, honest to god when he does his thing right its formidable.

[Tyrisia]

Yeah, I have seen mills before, and I was seduced into techno by his purpose maker stuff all those years ago, but I must admit he has never made that bigger impression on me dj-wise, I remember Dave Angel playin at our local night in about 97? and back then he had a great rep, he played all the tunes, didn't obviously drop mixes etc, and the fact that everybody was lookin forward to a great night and he was up to scratch made sure we all had a night better than expected. Alot of the night's success comes from pre-hype.

Not sayin that you ain't seen Mills play a blindin set, I wouldn't know, but his tunes have impressed me way more than what I've heard of his dj'in, that's for sure. But the bottom line of this whole conversation is that he's all over the show on those vids, and there's no arguing about that.

[module]

if some kid down your local played like that, you'd be qik to point out his flaws..

this 'but hes made great trax' line is thin.. his mixing is awful. period.

i can play waaaay better than that, but i dont get £5,000 a show..

this is EXACTLY what is wrong with the scene..




would Utd pay rooney £50,000 when a week when hes 45 on the grounds 'he used to be great'

i think not..


as for his tunes.. same shit for over 15 years.. his sound hasnt moved an inch..

[Mucky Beats]

ummm the mills debate...i have this with my mates all the time... i have seen jeff mills about 4 times and once in at bugged out he was ok but droped stupid 80's gash electroish numbers for like 15 minutes was horrible for those 15mins also he droped take that featuring lulu ...wtf that is just wrong!
but other 3 times he really was not worth watching... i remeber at creamfields 2004 he was just galloping for 30mins and in end even tho was no other techno on elsewhere had to get the hell away from him. and other 2 are much same.

this said i love his music , he has without doubt help shape techno and for this im sure the times he nails the 3 decks and pulls off great set fair play...but i for one would not ever go out of my way to see him as he has let me down too many times.

[djfilthmonger]

Thats bad mixing man.
Nuff said!

Bigtime, you d expect more from a experianced dj like himself

[DVNT]

Are these the same videos as what was released on the Exhibitionist DVD?

(can't view utube at work :()

[echodek]

on a positive note... did anyone see him rocking the DVDs at sonar a couple of years back? that was mad funky... cutting up old Soul Train clips and that... awesome!

And also, has anyone heard his Peel Session? That is a mixtape and a half... motor city all the way!