I am well aware that Mills was not the first guy to incorparte the 909 or any other hardware into his sets, but rather that he was the guy that encouraged Richie to do so, as well. I am assuming his concern was because they are friends.
----- Original Message ---- From: /0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Joel Gajewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: 313 Org <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 5:21:54 PM Subject: Re: (313) Richie Interview i think the chicago guys were using 808s in DJ sets before mills started using a 909 in his ----- Original Message ----- From: "robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Joel Gajewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "313 Org" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:11 AM Subject: Re: (313) Richie Interview > > >> Also, I don't think he claimed to be the first guy to incorporate a 909 >> (or any other technology) into his sets, and I believe in an old >> metroTimes article he stated that it was Jeff Mills, who was already >> using a 909 in his sets, that encouraged him to try it out, too. I >> remember him stating that he was initially hesitant because he didn't >> want to be known as a Jeff Mills "biter." >> > > Given the later disco guys used 808s to augment disco tunes (which is > what became house) I doubt even Mills was the first to use a 909 in that > way. > > robin... > >
