ye....now.....just because of the context of the messages now, i feel
obligated to drop my few cents in....
i get the impression that some of us, judging by certain statements (ie:
gilles isn't quite scratching YET) don't fully understand the range of this
man's djing history. while i don't quite put him on the same skill level as
say coldcut or dj food (HIS mix on worldwide REALLY dwarfed the skills of
peterson....i was embarrassed FOR him....although, again, they're two
different styles entirely), he's been around for a number of years (at least
twelve or so), and he was djing long before he had radio gigs, record
labels, etc.. it was his revolutionary djing/song selection that helped
catalyze the entire acid jazz movement (ah yes, we're all on THAT mailing
list, aren't we???) -- the sunday sessions throughout the late 80s with
gilles and patrick forge, among others, are legendary at the very least.
in sum, my point is that we should treat gilles like a record label owner or
radio personality-gone dj, if we're doing that to begin with (i could be
putting things in the wrong context entirely). to be realistic, it's really
the other way around. i think the reason there isn't much scratching, REAL
djing (by some standards), etc., is because it really doesn't fit that well
into the style. i mean, i heard gilles mix TIGHTLY some phat disco tracks
in new york -- the man can do it.....it's just not really how it's meant to
be done on the leftside (speaking of which, and this isn't really a
shameless plug, but those more interested in that whole movement as opposed
to the acid jazz thing as a whole should visit http://leftside.listbot.com).
best.
p.
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