While Saunderson was better than I expected, it didn't really blow me away and like a few other people I was a bit confused as to why Mills came on so late - which meant that I was getting unfairly impatient towards the end of Saunderson's set. It was effective and crowd-pleasing but nothing ground-breaking really.
I was really impressed by Mills, though, I have to say. Maybe it's because it's a while since I've seen him, or because I was swept up in the spirit of the night, but he seemed to me to be very assured and on-form, and he played quite a lot of tracks that I hadn't heard before but that were pretty intriguing; the 909 stuff was pretty rude as well. And even though I know this is serious flamebait, I actually think the DVD thing at the start worked... *duck!* One of the things I worry about sometimes is that the world of techno will hit a point where all new music is basically schranz and if a DJ is going to really rock the crowd he/she will have to basically play ancient classics. Periodically, though, you hear a set that helps to persuade you that there's still development and evolution of the sound going on (Surgeon's set at Turnmills a few weeks back sounded like just that sort of thing actually). So yeah, I thought Mills did a really good job and he did exceed my expectations in all honesty. The 2001 stuff was nice visual dressing but I'm not so much of a "visuals" man and didn't really notice it being "soundtracked" in any particular way... was nice to look at though! Brendan > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Odeluga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 March 2004 11:56 > To: Brendan Nelson; 313 > Subject: RE: (313) Mills > > > Well what did we all think of Lost then? Especially Mills and > Saunderson. > Come on, let's 'ave opinions ... > > k > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Brendan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 11:45 AM > >To: 313 > >Subject: RE: (313) Mills > > > > > >Yeah, it was a pretty surreal moment on Saturday when I saw that > >in the magazine! I was on the lookout for a bunch of Absolutely > >Fabulous-style fashion journos looking out of their depth at Lost, > >but without success... > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Tom Churchill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: 01 March 2004 11:47 > >> To: 313 > >> Subject: (313) Mills > >> > >> > >> Did anyone other UK list-members spot the Jeff Mills mention > >> in the fashion > >> pages of the Guardian's Weekend magazine on Saturday? > Quite amusing: > >> > >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,1156729,00.html > >> > >> > > >
