i just popped in to see carl for a bit last week (hey- i'm in LA, not a lot of techno options). To my amusement, he is STILL sporting Motor-Detroit t-shirts. he might not play detroit, but he sure 'sweats' detroit.
that poor, stinky stretched out t-shirt =P On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Cyclone Wehner wrote: > Carl Cox is a populist DJ, he doesn't pretend to be anything else. I heard > his fifth anniversary InTec mix-CD and was surprised at the quality of the > label, classic Detroit sounds. Incidentally he has just completed a volume > in DMC's Back To Mine series which is very diverse. Surprised he has no 313 > classics on there, but he has Diana Ross, Style Council, Loose Ends, 808 > State and Leftfield. He's also bought a crib in Melbourne near old pal Eric > Powell, and there have been rumours of a residency, but I digress! > > > LOL. I used to know Carl when he lived with Maxine and sold rave tickets out > > of his place in Brighton. He was the same then. He'd take bookings for > > techno nights, raves, house nights, garage nights, jungle nights, death > > metal nights (well maybe not). Not that I especially have a problem with > > this, but its just that because he tried to span every genre he never got > > too deep into any one of them and so all his sets seem to represent the > > blandest of whatever particular genre hes playing. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 1:47 PM > > Subject: Re: (313) Underated Producers > > > > > >> Tell you what. This got me thinking. > >> > >> (Yeah, yeah, I know that doesn't happen too often) > >> > >> Everyone bangs on about Tiesto etc. But bringing the conversation round a > >> little, I noticed that the now famous Dj Mani in his top 10 list of labels > >> name checked Intec (Carl Cox's label), and 2 of Billy Nasty's labels in > > his > >> top 10. > >> > >> Now. This obviously proves DJ Mani is a total no-brainer, but also on > >> another level too. > >> If you ask me, at least with the likes of Tiesto etc you know where you > >> stand. He's a popular trance dj, and does his thing to the masses. > >> > >> Carl Cox on the other hand, is a complete band-wagon jumper, who changes > >> his micro style of music every few years or so to keep in with the kids. > >> > >> I forget how many times he's done it, but jesus. Billy Nasty is the same. > >> Their current little thing is so called 'techno' (that's hard dance music > >> to you and me) > >> and f**kwits like Dj Mani are lapping it up and spending their money on > > it. > >> There's 101 other worthy UK labels he could spend his money with, and has > >> been for the last 15 years. > >> > >> Shame Dj Mani ignored all these and chose to spend his money with the > >> jokers. > >> > >> He speaks of battles etc, and boycotts, but flippin 'eck, all us here in > >> the UK have been battling against these jokers using the name techno from > >> the year dot. It's nothing new. > >> > >> These clowns ruined that word 'techno' (and had done by about '92), such > > is > >> which we can't use it anymore. I don't use it anyway, do you? > >> > >> Hmm, sorry, more ramblings. > >> > >> And if you guys from Renegade Rhythm come back with a story like "well, me > >> and the advent were having tea and scones and they say Carl Cox is > >> alright", I'm gonna scream. > >> > >> Alex > > >
