titonton rocks it like a mofo
On Thursday, April 24, 2003, at 07:02 PM, [-[-]-[]-[|]-] wrote:
if I've learned anything from jeff mills, its that beat matching isnt
AS
important as track selection and mixing of the tracks etc.
you can drop the bass and mix things a bit offtempo and with stuff
like drum
and bass or real sparse minimal stuff (think Komet) it ends up adding
to the
experience .
that being said, mills is the man. he does well for using 3 decks and
mixing that fast
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew MacQueen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313" <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:19 PM
Subject: RE: (313) That Sloppy Ass Broken Beat Mix I Been Saying I'll
Do
Unfortunately, this mix didn't turn out like I'd hoped.
It's kinda sloppy in a couple of parts. Hopefully you
don't think any of my mess is too disastrous. I've never
actually tried to mix an entire set of broken beat stuff before.
ha... no worries! Such is the life of someone who chooses to mix this
mad
style! it's a cross to bear i hear ya ;) i feel like some of it
does
work well for a fast cut-n-paste fashion, while others (esp. the
stringy
ones) you can really ride and wring them out over some acapella beats.
But
to always take the safe transitions, intros and outtros is just too
boring.
I have yet to hear a super-locked-down-tight mix of something with
this much
differing percussion signatures and polyrhythmic breaks and disjointed
action going on... and in the cases where I know the tracks being
played, I
can often hear even the most experienced DJs taking a mixture of risks
and
'safely mixes' (ha) the ambient or beatless break areas as places to
'take'
to the next new track, Orrin Walters included. And there is a time for
both. I'd say such is the way of the style, I mean it's BROKE-N !
anyone
who says they can lock a set super tight of this style isn't playing
the
craziest stuff in the genre... which to me is the most interesting.
Not the
noodley, faux-jazz wonky stuff, (which i am fading fast on) but the
real
experimental 'technosoul' side of it, like mustang, titonton, domu,
aardvarck(!difficult!), rednose, genre, numbian mindz, seiji, nu era,
son of
scientist, moonstar, total science, etc.
hats off for not pre-planning every mix out for the whole thing...
that is
so BORING. personally i can never do the same mix more than once or
twice
max, life (behind 1200's) is too short and there's too much fun in
riding
the randomness of it all, flipping it over and trying out that b-side
you
never really gave proper attention to, experimentation, etc.
BTW - Brian Gillespie has pulled off some pretty heroic broken beat
flavored
DJ sets in detroit but he'll also tell ya the sh!t ain't easy and
frankly i
think it is (and should be) mixed with other genres to really stand
out and
create impact.. I love to hear it with similar 'feeling' 4/4 stuff
too, UR
especially comes to mind, Ibex, Recloose, As One, Urban Tribe, even
Plaid..
(not exactly 4/4 but you know what i mean).
DJ Aaron Shin is also great at mixing broken beat style, he lived in
Chicago
but has also relocated to New York, and he was into DJing this style (+
house) from day ONE.. he taught me a lot and turned me on to sounds I
never
heard before. He goes more vocal than I can personally, but if he is
DJ'ing
out and about in NYC do catch him. Very diverse and he always has the
latest
cuts, he's on the hunt for the new white lables like Ted Nugent on
opening
day of bowhunting season. :P
peace,
Matt MacQueen
