Thankyou for that. Well said, you beat me to the punch.
On Tue, September 9, 2008 2:55 am, kent williams wrote: > Man, Richie Hawtin is 313's third rail. > > I don't have anything to add, really, except to say that the best DJ > sets I've seen were done with two turntables and a mixer without > effects. If you play the right records, in the right order, and mix > them right, magic happens. No reason not to experiment with new stuff, > or to redefine what a DJ does, but the results are what matters. And > there is an undefinable something to a DJ who can grab ahold of a > dancefloor and make it a top night, and while technique and gadgets > can help, they won't make a boring DJ exciting. > > And I've seen Richie be exciting, and I've seen him be boring. I have > to think that part of what makings his sets these days pretty > lackluster is that he really knows his audience, and he's giving them > what they want. I know people who are among the faithful, and they'll > argue that everything he does is brilliant. I know people with > Plastikman TATOOS for Jebus' sake! Given that he's got a global > audience who think he's awesome no matter what he does, and has > surrounded himself with a group of DJs and producers who do nothing to > challenge him, it's no wonder he bothers the picky bastards on 313. >
