Decks, Efx & 909 was recorded in a one live pass and then edited. The original mix was about twice as long as what you hear on the cd. it obviously contains things that are humanly impossible -- and that's the point. he's never put out a 'standard' mix cd and he never will. Sound Of The Third Season comes close, but it's clear the intent of that cd was to capture the mood, the moment in time.. which i think it did very well. And actually all the djing on Third Season is Sven; rich did all the editing afterward, insertion of the real-life recordings, etc.

DE9:Closer To The Edit was obviously all done in a computer (after recording the loops from vinyl).

The Mixmag cd ('95) was also a custom edit deal... back when no one ever did that for mix cds. he was even experimenting with a series of mixers linked together to dj with back then cuz dj mixers were so lo-fi in terms of effects sends, options, etc..

The sloppy comment is hilarious. Rich is one of the world's best djs, regardless of whether you like what he's playing or not. if the original post in this thread was in reference to his March '04 Maida Vale Peel set, yeah, that, like other Radio 1 things he has done, was much more minimal. it's a damn radio show afterall. but after seeing him dozens of times i'm quite certain he can play mega-banging, minimal bleep bloop, house, and everything in between like very few people can. he is responsible for most of the hardest music nights of my life and also for making my jaw drop at how he can make minimal music really work in a club full of nutters... and then sneak in a vocal house track just to take the piss. and don't get me started on the live pa's.

funny thing about the amount of minimal perlon-y stuff he's playing now: 3 years ago or so when he doing so much DE9 touring you'd hear a lot of people complain about how he was playing too hard.

i grew up seeing the guy, going to all the plus 8 parties. it's cool if you don't like him, taste is taste. but sloppy? um, no.