not many human musicians can do that after 20 years of making music.
^^ joking in the most loving way imaginable, and with the utmost respect and admiration of course.
Contact Special is the one to get. Seriously. Metropolis is excellent too, though I guess that's around ten years old now.
I'd recommend the Exhibitionist DVD very much, it's enormous fun and very interesting. I'm not sure you'd want to watch it more than once though. Watch it on YouTube basically!
I always wondered whether the twitching of his fingers was a deliberate affectation. I've come to the opinion that it's not, there's something compulsive about it, I think this kind of precise attention to detail, and the idea that he can always improve a track minutely, is an integral part of his philosophy.
I have some early Wizard mixes I'll try and find, they are pretty amazing, the cuts and blending had me rewinding to get to grips with how it was done, proper how the fuck moments.
would love to hear these...
would love to hear these...
Trying to find them now Where did that Jeff Mills text come from that you posted?
Those Wizzard mixes are amazing. Sometimes quite poppy in places. But sometimes it's the collision of tracks in the mix which is almost more important than the tracks themselves.
My point about OCD isn't that this is something weird or anything like that, I think whoever said it's just a mark of being deeply connected with the music is spot on. Even if there's something obsessive about it, I don't think that's a bad thing at all.
Thank for linking to my Wire interview, hope it's an interesting read.
Yeah I seem to remember one from DHP with loads of hip house, uk chart music D-Mobb, Wee Papa Girl Rappers, Cookie Crew etc and all that mixed with house and techno. Loads of hip style mixing with scratching, spinbacks and cuts.
My point about OCD isn't that this is something weird or anything like that, I think whoever said it's just a mark of being deeply connected with the music is spot on. Even if there's something obsessive about it, I don't think that's a bad thing at all.