i was at twilo on friday for jeff mills. it was my first time hearing mills spin, so i can't comment on how he compared to other times. but i wasn't blown away, and he didn't come up to the hype ( but hype's about hyperbole, and not reality). i felt he had stretches of being simply good, interspersed with moments of sheer frenzied brilliance. at the end of his set he stopped the music, and after a moment of silence let 'strings of life' come in. it was fantastic hearing the track on the twilo sound system. and the old school heads clearly stood out in the crowd by their screaming. i didn't expect too much because he was playing at twilo. we turned up at 3.30 to avoid the enormous line. the club was too packed for dancing, with most people standing around on the dance floor. for the majority of the twilo night friday crowd sasha and digweed are at the limits of their musical tastes, so a pumelling from jeff mills left them a little dumfounded as to when they were meant to wave their hands in the air.
everybody sounds like crap at twilo--it's commerical clubbing, their is never any vibe, and the sound system is so domineering that it makes all the djs end up sounding the same. richie hawtin on a sunday night, and laurent garnier about three years ago are the only decent sets i've heard. that being said, the upstairs lounge at twilo on a wednesday is another matter altogether. elliot taub(aka ulysses) brought out rolando a month or two back, and it was a blinder of a night. and he's booked claude young for later this month. james Adam Shore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 03/14/2000 11:32:32 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org cc: (bcc: James Bucknell/Magazines/Hearst) Subject: (313) Jeff Mills at Twilo Was anyone as disappointed as I was at Jeff Mills' set at Twilo this past weekend? It was so different than the other two times I've seen him- it seemed like he was just spinning other people's records haphazardly, there was few consistent grooves and none of what I love most about his sets- keeping certain sounds constant while subtely dropping out and bringing in new ones. It had none of the intensity and intricacy I was expecting. And the Twilo vibe was as sketchy as it's ever been, the crowd was just awful, and for some reason the room was brighter than I've ever seen it. What went so wrong on Friday?
