Re: Gilles Peterson & Rob (zinger/galliano/whatever)

From: Mark Allerton (Mark@warmspot.cix.co.uk)
Date: Fri Apr 21 2000 - 01:14:54 MET DST

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    To be fair here... DJ Food when I've seen them play out is two guys and four
    turntables, so you're not quite comparing like with like.

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: paul s. westney <pwestney@jhu.edu>
    To: Michael Aregood <maregood@comcastpc.com>; dj t-bird
    <djt_bird@yahoo.com>; Fish <fish@yesmate.com>
    Cc: acid jazz <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 9:43 AM
    Subject: Re: Gilles Peterson & Rob (zinger/galliano/whatever)

    > 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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