Well I knew Carl back when he was selling rave tickets from his flat in Brighton and heard him out often (It was hard to miss him in the late 80s early 90s) and I dont remember him once ever truly blowing me away. Sure he would do the whole 6 deck mixing thing and he was definatly one of the more competent mixers on the rave scene back then, but I always felt his track selection, whatever genre he was playing, was just too obvious and uninspired. Its as if he always had ambitions to be a radio friendly figure and always played the 'big' tunes. I dunno, maybe I'm being harsh, but I just feel as both an artist and a DJ he has always left me cold. If they really wanted a big recognisable UK name to be represented on the movie then Dave Clarke would actually have been the better bet maybe.
Stu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erin Bate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "313" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:44 PM Subject: Re: (313) Hi Tech Soul - The Movie > > I know Carl isn't who I personally would pick for this movie, but if you > talk with some of the guys from back in the day, they give alot of > respect to Carl Cox... I am not sure why, because I have never heard > anything from him I was impressed with either..I remember when he was > playing the DEMF...I got a ear full about his influences on Detroit > music...From artists who have been around since the beginning. > ~Erin > > Stewart Caig wrote: > > >I still find Carl Cox an odd choice of UK representation in a film such as > >this, sure he was playing some techno sets back in the day, but he was also > >playing garage, house, jungle, d&b, happy hardcore and just about anything > >else he could get booked for! And his actual music has never really been any > >good. > > > >Stu > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
