>Me too, that's silly.  It might have to do with them never getting
>exposed to that on a party level.. that is where it makes sooo much
>more sense.

ha, you're not kidding. the heads I speak of don't get out alot ; )

>etc. music and hearing their DJ mixes live in a
>party atmosphere have been a real gateway for me to discover so much
>older great music from late 70's to early 80's... reaching further past
>house and into the roots of it...

yes, me too. as well as people older than me helping and reading stories
etc..
some lovely tales here btw...
http://www.djhistory.com/books/archiveInterview.php
I particularly enjoyed the tales from Ian Dewhirst out of Mirfield (had to
give it a shout, its where a couple of my mates come from!)

>SOOOO many KDJ killer cuts are based on disco and r&b samples, or
>fragments of them.

virtually all of them I guess. they are well done though I think too. I
know plenty heavily into soul/r&b etc who think he's a bit of a joker
though.
carl craig uses alot of samples in this form too to keep it on topic (for
his older stuff, particularly 69, but not exclusively).

> It's like another world of sound once you
>get deep into the source stuff, and their peers, and THEIR influences
>in turn, etc.  It's like mining underground and you find another tunnel
>you never knew existed as a branch, to explore and see what sounds you
>like and don't like, and the tunnels just keep on branching out
>forever.

Oh god, tell me about it! I keep thinking I'm getting somewhere, only to
find I'm horribly wrong. the amount of obscure music out there is just
incredible. I'm starting to think I need to give up soon! Fun looking
though eh?

>But lost of people and DJs are lazy, (less so the subscribers of this
>list... but) they just want music served up to them on a marketing
>platter, without having to think or have their own personal taste and
>preferences.  Remember this is the era of the 'insta-dj'   :P

Very true. to be honest, I can hardly blame 'em. some people don't have
time, or can't be bothered, or just aren't that interested. and in my
experience they're probably better off than me! "insta-dj's" should be
lined up infront of the firing squad though. : )

ok, so this brings me round to something I was thinking about.

Mixtapes. great aren't they? usually free & unlicensed, in general they're
someones labour of love. I've lost count of the amount of very good
mixtapes that have inspired me over the years.

top 5 mixtape thread anyone? ; )

p.s nice post matt, thanks.
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