----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew MacQueen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 2:19 AM 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. > Yeah. I wouldn't have been happy with that at all, although the mix into NY Boom wound up coming off like that b/c I just ran out... :/ > 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. > This is both my experience of it clubbing, and my inclination musically. I think most of the tracks on this mix reflect that sort of track selection too. I especially wanted a lot of it to have a sting-y or tech-y edge and wanted to get a lot of stripped-down stuff in there (for [313] appeal), even if it wasn't all as minimal as some of those more recent Seiji remixes, like his remix of Titonton which almost seems to be going too far in the other direction towards a broken beat tracky-ness??? Weird. I mean there's nothing wrong with it, but it kills the appeal that draws me to this stuff if it isn't very lively. > 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. > I must confess that the first few mixes are pretty well sequenced, but I'll do that live often too. I look at it like planning out the first 10 plays of a football game. It gives you a chance to read things and settle into comfort before getting too distracted by an open slate. Also, I must confess that typically when putting together a mix, I will work at it for a long time until I'm perfectly happy with the track selection (since I think of it as a mixtape more than a DJ mix still), and this is why I typically never get a mix done, because I will never get happy with both the track selection and the mixing, always shuffling things around for each take... > 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.. > Hehe. That's why I was so surprised by trying to do this. I've always been adding it into house and techno sets, which I think works really well as a transition, or just some spice. I'll probably never try another all-broken beat set again, unless I get booked for it or something. > [Aaron Shin]'s on the hunt for the new white lables like Ted Nugent on opening day of bowhunting season. :P ROFLMAO! Anyway, thanks for all the reassuring comments. Was beginning to wonder if I made the right decision. Tristan ======= Text/Mixes: http://www.phonopsia.co.uk Music: http://www.mp313.com Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
