I recently listened to the shake mix on groovetech and was nicely impressed by the combination of farina-esque house grooves with doubling up and some nice skills - makes a nice change to hear good house mixed up in that style
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cyclone Wehner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 November 2002 16:21 > To: 313 Detroit > Subject: Re: (313) 100 BEST DJ IN THE WORLD (Mills) > > > I had a feeling my 'sleep house' would get me into trouble. > > ;) > > I am just so frustrated that here in Australia house > promoters want to book > these new school house DJs who play so smooth you wanna bring > a pillow and > drink cocoa yet they don't wanna book great DJs from the US > as they're not > hip (well maybe West Coast). You just know that they were > into Sasha, not > Kevin Saunderson and Mayday, back in the day. They play great > records (eg > Classic) just very boringly. It's... nice. > > There's one particular don of sleep house from the UK but I > don't wanna get > in trouble. > > If you're getting that kinda response then you're not playing > sleep house. > > Sleep house DJs don't mess with the EQs much or anything much > like that, > it's all about The Mix. It's not a performance, it's not > innovative, it's > just immaculately boring. I can't think of any 313 sleep housers. > > > From: "Jonny McIntosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: (313) 100 BEST DJ IN THE WORLD (Mills) > > Date: 05/11/2002 2:16:38 > > To: "313 Detroit" <[email protected]> > > > > Personally, I like to get the dancers dancing and the > 'spotters 'spotting: I > > like having the whooping, screaming, yelling, jacking, > climbing the walls > > AND the googly eyed "what's he doing?!? What's that > record?!" You don't have > > to dance to recognise that it's a pretty similar > achievement: everyone comes > > away saying, damn he/she banged it out - *that's* what I'm after. > > > > As to how you do it, do it any way you want to. I used to > do tricks far more > > than I do now, I now never scratch beyond the odd second > copy doubling up, > > and I pretty much conform to Cyclone's "sleep house" school > of DJing. I > > certainly *wouldn't* say that the mix supercedes the > records - quite the > > opposite - and in any case, it's just something that I have > observed works > > better for the music I play. Some of the "sleep house" gang > would say that > > mixing it up in the Mills style is mix over content, but > they'd be equally > > wrong. It's horses for courses, and I suppose a good DJ will adapt > > accordingly. In my case, it's certainly not lack of skill - > I'm relying on > > some charity here :) - nor is it some deeper than thou > homage to the house > > canon, it just works for me. Not to say there aren't style > over content DJs, > > but they're the *real* boring ones. > > > > All just IMHO. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice.
