True his sets in Detroit always rocked as he is a great track selector and smooth mixer, however, he seems to have recently taken to associating with this electro movement to increase his visibility in the dj world, which has worked, either for him or against him, depending on your perspective, as he was ranked in the "very official" (rollseyes) DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll this year for the first time, I believe. His sets have always crossed many genres (house, techno, electro, retro). The last time I saw him was in 2002 and played almost all crunchy german tech-house type stuff, not his usual party set. In any case, he can charge more per gig now becuase he has been ranked. :p
----- Original Message ---- From: /0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; 313@hyperreal.org Sent: Monday, November 6, 2006 5:18:52 PM Subject: Re: (313) john aquaviva aquaholic CD I used to love acquavivas sets in detroit. he's weird though.. Im not big on listening to recordings of his sets, but when you're there, he seems to know just the right track to drop. its been maybe 4-5 years since I last saw him, and I've heard he's fallen off since (maybe before, depending on who you ask) so this is a dated opinion :) but yeah, an acquaviva mix purporting to be electro falls into the "dont bother" catagory to me, asI have no reason to believe he knows electro from his brownstar. then again, neither do I ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 11:44 AM Subject: Re: (313) john aquaviva aquaholic CD > On 11/6/06, kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Now from what I can tell, it's a bunch of stuff associated with GSR, >> who put the mix CD out, and I even like some of the tracks, but "The >> True Electro Experience"? BULLSH1T. > > yeah i saw that title in an ad in XLR8R and i just shook my head. what > a toolbox. > > tom
