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Posted by armandzadza on Nov-28-2004 03:01:

Jeff Mills - Exhibitionist

If you are curious to hear what's it like to mix 41 tracks in 70 minutes without Pro-Tools, check out this CD.

P.S. I wonder how many decks he used to makes this mix?!

Posted by TwoPlow on Nov-28-2004 04:03:

3 decks + effects, if I remember right.

Posted by montana on Nov-28-2004 04:15:

jeff mills uses a main technique to hi trackselection, he only plays like 1+ min of the song, and those 1+ mins is what he thinks is the strong part of the song

Posted by jeromy d on Nov-30-2004 01:15:

yeah, also worth checking out Jeff Mills - "Live @ The Liquid Rooms : Tokyo - 1995"....an absolutely mind blowing mix of layer apon layer of hard , brutal Detroit funk....

Posted by JFernie on Nov-30-2004 01:30:

check out the dvd!! , loads of mixes on there and you can watch him go if you can keep up his hands

Posted by Radagast on Nov-30-2004 01:33:

It's been done.

Posted by OurManFlint on Nov-30-2004 09:34:

Ya, I suggest get the dvd, you can actually see him mix. His hands move so quick, amazing.

Posted by chesco on Nov-30-2004 11:33:

courtesy of discogs. If you think the exhibitionist is impressive, check out richie hawtin - closer to the edit

After recording, sampling, cutting, and splicing over 100 tracks down to their most basic components, I ended up with a collection of over 300 loops, ranging in length from 1 note to 4 bars. I then started to recreate and reinterpret each track, putting the pieces back together as if an audio jigsaw puzzle- using effects and edits in between each piece. This 53 minute piece, consisting of over 70 tracks and 31 ID points, represents what those loops became, and how their interactions created something that had not existed before. -Richie Hawtin-

Posted by Laushinameee on Nov-30-2004 11:51:

jeff mills is continuing down this really silly road. I think i would have more respect for him if he just stopped all this nonsense. Sure he plays a lot of tracks? big deal. His mixing is really really shoddy. I think he needs to strike some sort of happy balance but then I doubt he cares what the people he plays to really think.

Posted by phl1979 on Nov-30-2004 20:21:

Indeed Jeff's mixing isn't always spot on, but in some way it has its charm. He puts on a record, mixes it in and then begins beatmatching. In techno you get away with that. In livesets I don't mind a few mistakes, but on a mix cd like this he should have tried harder.

Saw him live @ Tivoli in Utrecht (NL) and was amazed he didn't make any mistake then.

Posted by Laushinameee on Nov-30-2004 20:23:

the problem with jeff mills is that hes now pretty much destined to be remembered as a circus act rather than 'a good dj'. Sure he has talent, but hes attempting things outside his ability. Again, I doubt he cares but there you go.

Posted by JFernie on Nov-30-2004 20:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Laushinameee
the problem with jeff mills is that hes now pretty much destined to be remembered as a circus act rather than 'a good dj'. Sure he has talent, but hes attempting things outside his ability. Again, I doubt he cares but there you go.

uhh exactly what is he attemping outside his ability, have you ever seen him live on a 909

Posted by Laushinameee on Nov-30-2004 20:51:

quote:
Originally posted by JFernie
uhh exactly what is he attemping outside his ability, have you ever seen him live on a 909

you ever seen him try to cue up a record with his elbow? he cant do it.

Posted by phl1979 on Nov-30-2004 21:33:

quote:
Originally posted by JFernie
have you ever seen him live on a 909

The last half hour of his performance at Speakerplay @ Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam (NL). That was quite memorable. He totally made up for an average dj set.

Posted by PhilBxR on Nov-30-2004 23:21:

Still need to see this DVD!!

Mills was awesome at CF.