To be fair here... DJ Food when I've seen them play out is two guys and four
turntables, so you're not quite comparing like with like.
----- Original Message -----
From: paul s. westney <pwestney@jhu.edu>
To: Michael Aregood <maregood@comcastpc.com>; dj t-bird
<djt_bird@yahoo.com>; Fish <fish@yesmate.com>
Cc: acid jazz <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: Gilles Peterson & Rob (zinger/galliano/whatever)
> ye....now.....just because of the context of the messages now, i feel
> obligated to drop my few cents in....
>
> i get the impression that some of us, judging by certain statements (ie:
> gilles isn't quite scratching YET) don't fully understand the range of
this
> man's djing history. while i don't quite put him on the same skill level
as
> say coldcut or dj food (HIS mix on worldwide REALLY dwarfed the skills of
> peterson....i was embarrassed FOR him....although, again, they're two
> different styles entirely), he's been around for a number of years (at
least
> twelve or so), and he was djing long before he had radio gigs, record
> labels, etc.. it was his revolutionary djing/song selection that helped
> catalyze the entire acid jazz movement (ah yes, we're all on THAT mailing
> list, aren't we???) -- the sunday sessions throughout the late 80s with
> gilles and patrick forge, among others, are legendary at the very least.
>
> in sum, my point is that we should treat gilles like a record label owner
or
> radio personality-gone dj, if we're doing that to begin with (i could be
> putting things in the wrong context entirely). to be realistic, it's
really
> the other way around. i think the reason there isn't much scratching,
REAL
> djing (by some standards), etc., is because it really doesn't fit that
well
> into the style. i mean, i heard gilles mix TIGHTLY some phat disco tracks
> in new york -- the man can do it.....it's just not really how it's meant
to
> be done on the leftside (speaking of which, and this isn't really a
> shameless plug, but those more interested in that whole movement as
opposed
> to the acid jazz thing as a whole should visit
http://leftside.listbot.com).
> best.
> p.
>
>
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