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

From: Leslie (icehouse@redshift.com)
Date: Wed Apr 19 2000 - 17:14:39 MET DST

  • Next message: Michael Aregood: "RE: Gilles Peterson & Rob (zinger/galliano/whatever)"

    I agree wholeheartedly on the mc-ing thing, it's just not necessary Gilles,
    lose it man!

    leslie/The Power of Sound

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: dj t-bird <djt_bird@yahoo.com>
    To: Fish <fish@yesmate.com>
    Cc: acid-jazz list <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 2:58 AM
    Subject: Gilles Peterson & Rob (zinger/galliano/whatever)

    >
    > > > yeah....now we're really onto something... gilles is the man.. his
    > djing
    > > > takes a little getting used to, in that sometimes he doesn't even try
    to
    > > > match beats or come up with anything terribly ingenuous...instead,
    he's
    > > > djing for the art of song selection, which, quite honestly, not
    > > > many people are in the position to do with the same skill and
    knowledge
    > > that
    > > > gilles has.
    > >
    > > while we're on the subject, just thought i'd mention that i'm playing
    with
    > > gilles on thursday night if anyone's in the cheltenham area. also ex-mc
    > from
    > > galliano will be on the mic.
    > >
    >
    > why does gilles have an mc? hopefully someone can clue me into the point.
    > i heard gilles in l.a. and i thought what's up w/that mc? i've owned some
    > galliano stuff in the past and dug it (so it's not that i don't like rob),
    > but he needed to get off the mic--he was talking over vocals!!
    >
    > gilles is a dj in all senses of the word, folks. He's starting to
    > beatmix--and sounds like it (but who didn't when s/he started)--and
    frankly
    > his non-mixed transitions are still the biz!! he was actually doing some
    > cuts (drop-ins--he's not quite scratching yet), and some other tricks to
    > mold the tunes to his ends--i could tell, cuz i *own* some of the records
    he
    > played.
    >
    > -t
    >
    >
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