I may not have been very clear in my first post, so I'll expound a bit. Carl Craig is and has been one of my favourite artists for about 11 years. I made a mixtape of his music called 'maestro' once upon a time and in my youth even said he'd be the closest thing I have to an idol. I still rate most of his remixes and a lot of his productions very highly but I don't think productions are a very good indicator of performance skill.
However, when I first saw him about six years ago I had the impression that he played great tracks but wasn't a very distinctive DJ yet. I saw him a couple more times before the 2002 Planet E party @ DEMF where he totally blew me away, showing that his DJing could equal his productions. Since then I've seen him a number of times and generally rate him highly, may travel to see him, etc. But I think it has to be the right venue on the right night. Like I would never go to see him at Turnmills or Fabric (have actually stayed in another room while he was playing there, etc), and when I last travelled to Brighton to see him I was pretty dissapointed, because the first half of his set had no momentum whatsoever. While he rectified that towards the end it still seemed a lackluster effort. It's gotta be hard to consistently perform well as a touring DJ, but I sometimes get the feeling he may not be feeling it that much some nights. Tristan ======= [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phonopsia.co.uk
