I certainly don't worship him, but I do think Jeff Mills, at his best
moments, makes some great records. Some of his tracks don't do much for
me though, I find he is hit or miss. What I would say, is that I think
more than anyone else, Jeff Mills writes tracks that are extremely
dramatic and dynamic, which is not a quality that is particularly common
in techno. His discourse may lack a certain intellecualt rigor, but I
think he nevertheless qualifies as an "artist" as opposed to someone who
is only an entertainer. I think perhaps some are offended that he
presents himself as an artist, but I don't have a problem with it, I
personally wish more people would be willing to discuss techno as an art
form rather than just entertainment.
/dave
:P wrote:
for the music he makes, Jeff Mills sure makes himself sound like he does
something intellectual or complex.
there is a lot of much much better music out there, why does everyone
worship the guy who tries to make 4/4 techno sound like physics?
dont answer that, I already know the answer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sakari Karipuro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 5:17 AM
Subject: Re: [313] simple axis 9x-question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Tue, 16 Jul 2002 about following:
On Tuesday, July 16, 2002, at 12:59 AM, Sakari Karipuro wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Mon, 15 Jul 2002 about following:
originally released version does have a kick and appears on the The
Other Day comp.
Spider Formation
taken from AX-009 (b2). i had always thought that if my life had a
like i said, newly released.
and the The Other Day version is different... i think. maybe not. it's
i was talking about the original version, which was released on axis-009
many many years ago (the original 009 ep), and appears as such in the
other day cd.
009 series that this is stuff he's had around for a good while, etc...
spider formation was recorded in 1992, according to his own words on
"the other day" booklet. and considering axis-010, "growth" was released
in 1994 i guess that the original axis-009 was released also in 1994,
perhaps even in 1993. personally i was more into house during those days
and mostly missed all essential techno releases.
i once read that Spider Formation was the name (pet or otherwise) of his
studio.
from the "the other day" booklet:
"Spider Formation was also a unique design in which i considered
designing my current studio. I eventually altered my designs and
produced more 'control center' design."
sakke
--
"Progressive clubs are pathetic two years behind the times."
- Dave Angel 1993
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