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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