Originally posted by: bizmark
it's really pretty good. I have listened to it a few times now in the past few days. The mixes are all pretty smooth, it's fairly difficult to tell when one song ends and the other begins, esp. if you're not paying very much attention. So the mixing technique is good. Also all of the songs seem to be good matches. So he chose them well and ordered them well. Last thing is the choice of music.... this is rather percussive stuff, if you catch my drift. I tend to like things with more of a vocal line or a melody, done with heavier synths etc.... So that's the only place where I can really find fault with it, and of course that's more of a personal matter... of course things with prominent melodies can be a lot harder to mix together and have it come out right. But overall a very good mix.... can he pull it off on the fly? How long did it take him to develop it? Did you record this all in one take?
Also could you give some vague timings for the various tracks..... There are a few songs that I really like, but I'm too lazy to listen intently and figure out where each track begins and ends, and count up 1-2-3 songs...
I'll do some more intense listening sometime and see if I can give any more feedback... this was all based on casual listening while I did something else.
I have the cd segmented already, PM me if you want to know the times and stuff, I cna't find the piece of paper taht has it right now. See, me and him are over the vocal stuff, we're all about music without lyrics, forces you to pay attention to the beats and all the different layers and such, instead of just concentrating on the vocals/beat.
He's been spinning for about 2 years now, and has a residency at an la club (opening, but hey gotta start somewhere right?). Does a pretty good job live, has to play to the crowd though, so it doesn't make a good cd, but sure gets people on teh dance floor
We did this recording in 1 shot, he thought of the set 1-2 days before, but for the most part he pulled out the records when I got there and we went with it.