Michael Aregood wrote:
>
> > but he needed to get off the mic--he was talking over vocals!!
>
> I bet it's a pretty thin line you straddle between being annoying and
> bringing up the vibe in that context. Seems like it could go either way at
> any given moment. Some people were really digging the unconventional MC
> thing at the show i went to. I could have done without it.
Yeah, in the Los Angeles show (and I assume at every show; everyone's
descriptions of GP's set was pretty similar) when GP played a jungle track, Rob
would go off into this goofy pseudo ragga thing. It was a couple steps shy of
being embarassing, but his "Hey, we're all having a good time, aren't we?" vibe
seemed to redeem it.
> He was dropping hip hop samples (accapella vocals) in between breakdowns of
> some batacuda track!!
Yeah, he cut in some James Brown song ("Keep on singin!") intro chatter when I
saw him.
Gilles was doing beat matching, but only in his house/garage selections. It's
obviously easier to do than in the house format.
What makes Gilles, Gilles isn't really his DJing; it's his accomplishments;
without him there would be no 4Hero, Young Disciples or Galliano, among others.
Roni Size and the rest of the Reprazent crew would be unknown outside of Bristol
and Incognito would merely be early '80s jazz-funk has-beens. Without Gilles
there would be no Talking Loud or Acid Jazz labels. Without Gilles there would
be no 'acid jazz.' Without Gilles, we wouldn't be here (on this list).
Elson
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