yeah Benny, i do like that WavyJ's mixes better.
there are more than 1 roads to Rome, and there are more than 1 way to play this music... but one of the main characteristics of it is the unrelenting high energy -- the feeling of being immersed in a sea of bliss. and as it is with Soukous or many other kinds of African dance music, the times that i have absolutely LOST MY SHIT beyond previously imaginable levels at shows and parties are those times when the energy builds, and builds, and builds, and builds. and when it reaches the stratosphere, when you think OH MY LORD this place can not POSSIBLY get ANY more hype -- the music just fucking kicks it up another notch. total sweat drenched jumping catharsis.* **
and maybe it's my minimal techno background speaking a little bit, this Abrantee breaking up the energy with stop and go all the time in a directionless selection with no flow is just FAIL to me.
*heh, i guess this can be kind of applied to a dj set of many kinds of music... but i think maybe especially with this stuff.
** and by "high energy" i don't mean bpm or physically banging, i mean "high" as in getting high, as in high spirited, as in ecstatic.