Actually, Jeff doesn't claim to be a perfectionist, he believes in taking a risk, his belief being: sometimes a move will come off, sometimes it won't, but it's about the excitement level. He has elaborated on this in interviews. Me, I prefer that style to the seamless mixing of progressive house stalwarts, a philosophy that is increasingly now paramount in deep house circles (UK especially), where DJs are obsessed with mixing according to keys and beats and the mix supersedes the records .... sure it's seamless and perfect but it's very mono. It's not so much deep house as sleep house.
All this reminds me of a recent interview Chuck D gave here when he lamented that today's pop producers and recording artists leave out the mistakes in a record when mistakes make a record real and give it soul..... He leaves them in. So does Mills. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: (313) 100 BEST DJ IN THE WORLD (Mills) > Date: 02/11/2002 21:44:50 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Pryor, Ryan N") > > > live at the liquid room is laden with errors. it is a classic set. but it > has at least 5 big mistakes. for a recorded mix that is a lot. mills is a > sloppy dj. but he can get away with it because of his record selection. > > He can get away with it because he's so damn quick. When a DJ works the > decks & mixer as much and as quickly as Mills does then there's bound to be > some mistakes. > > > > > >
