Jeff Mills played in Adelaide last friday night here's my thoughts i'd be interested to hear others from around oz when he plays.
firstly big respect to the locals on the night only caught the last few mins of Dj Bundi but Dj Bold (vast recordings/Dirty House) who was playing live for the first time in adelaide was rockin slamming acid type techno and Cycloid (undefined records) were fantastic they really warmed the crowd up well a fair but harder than their recent releases but just what the crowd seemed to want. Now for Jeff Rockin' absolutely superb had all the new tunes i wanted to hear and more thrown in with a few of the expected and a few classics. What can i say? As soon as i heard Moodymann's I can't kick this feeling i knew i was in for something good this was followed in quick succession (and probably to get them out the way) by the bells and jaguar but what was impressive was the way he layered lil' louis 's french kiss over the track b4 the bells very tasty. my trainspotting sort of stopped from here i recognised some purpose maker tracks but that's about the limit of my knowledge on current techno as i've mainly been buying house. This definitely got me thinking about buying some techno again so my credit card is definitely going to be looking sorry for itself in the next few weeks. Missed the last hour due to sleep deprivation and a 3 hour car drive to get to adelaide but am guessing no electro was played this (i am guessing here) also meant me missing out on seeing him play with the 909 alone but unfortunately beer is no stimulant and the prospect of getting up early in the morning meant i had to miss out. After being slightly dissapointed the last time i saw him spin in melbourne (NYE 1999/2000) i was more than impressed this time.Mixing was up to his usual standard as was use of 909 during set. andrew just missed a few of the expats to make the night *waves to Tan and Royal* bring on Common Factor @ Cargo
