[Dynagroove] Alton WHO???

Tue May 22 17:26:00 PDT 2001

i dunno - i am moderately picky about mixing, and i thought that his
mixing was pretty acceptable.  at the end he was mixing some disco
together which is _anything_ but easy to do and he was doing a pretty good
job.  and the mixing overall was decent i thought... i heard a FEW dodgy
mixes, but i wouldn't go so far as to say there wasn't a decent one all
night.  (and it was the guys birthday so i'd guess he probably put down a
few drinks... i've heard him other times and his mixing / programming were
a bit smoother)

but i'd much rather hear someone play an interesting assortment of tunes
and have fun than be boring and mix perfectly (i can respect both, but i
think the former is generally more fun).  i guess i try to mix the two
approaches myself...  i do enjoy playing a pretty smooth (some might
say boring) set, but i also enjoy pulling out a few surprises.

86% of people who go out and dance (ok so maybe in a big city the
percentage is a little lower) don't really care about the mixing and
wouldn't notice a trainwreck if it hit them in the head.

anyway i def. thought alton rocked the spot. props to the crowd too -
the same set definitely wouldn't have gone over well with a less
open-minded (well ok maybe less drunk too) crowd.

i haven't had such a good time at a party in la for quite some time, and
ultimately that's what's important to me.

oh yeah the guy who was playing keyboards over the djs was pretty dope
too.  i am not usually such a fan of this sort of thing, but in this case
it was done well (and tastefully). does anyone know who this guy is?

my $0.33

--w

On Tue, 22 May 2001, Noel Pickett wrote:

> I also skipped Freethinking and went to see Alton at More...
> 
> Though I agree that his track selection was really amazing, dropping funk,
> to Hip-Hop to House and taking the crowd for a serious ride, his mixing left
> a lot to be desired. I don't think that I heard one clean mix from him the
> whole night. I had to struggle a bit to stay in his vibe in the beginning,
> because I usually think on the clean mixing level and not "wow, he's playing
> records I've never heard level." For the first time in my life though, as a
> DJ critic/music lover, I tried to look past all that and really got into the
> vibe he was throwing down and by the end I was rocking out and out of
> breath! 
> I would definitely see him again, because he had me movin' and groovin'
> despite the lack of clean mixing. It as a really amazing experience. That
> crowd was sweet as can be, no one bumping into me and when it did happen I
> got warm smiles and a sorry! There was a real vibe in that place and I was
> very glad to be apart of it. Singing happy birthday to Alton at the end
> really capped off the night...and man is he a nice guy too! Very humble...
> Though I agree with the message below about the vibe and his track
> selection, his mixing was not up to par. But don't let that stop you from
> seeing this man play, it was some of the best music I've heard in a long
> time!
> 
> Does anyone know when he will be coming out here again?
> 
> tossin' out $.02 more
> Noel
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin James Godsill aka da nubian princess
> [mailto:ben at hq.newdream.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 2:56 PM
> To: Rhythm junkies
> Cc: dynagroove at reelhouse.net
> Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] Alton WHO???
> 
> 
> I decided to skip free thinking for once to check out Alton Miller play
> last friday at MORE for his birthday and he fucking ripped the roof of
> of the place, and this is more than just idle hyperbole.  He started out
> with the techy deep stuff that you would expect given the records he
> puts out.  He got everyone pretty firmly and thickly into the deepness
> and once he had us all  in his abstracted grasp he threw down some old
> hip-hop track which he mixed perfectly into a dancehall track.  With the
> crowd, at this point getting all hot and bothered, Alton then took it
> way back into some dope old disco tracks which i might normally find
> cheesy they just fit the moment and the back in time movement of his
> set.  As Alton sliped it back into the deep funkiness from the disco
> about 3 tracks later I looked around and I see one of the most diverse
> crowd (in all measurable terms) just getting down, getting vocal and
> getting sweaty, it was a beautiful site.
> 
> Anyway this is more long winded than I meant it to be.  In short Alton
> Miller fucking rocks and he should be brought out more often to LA cause
> he throws down the style that people seem to really dig on out here.
> 
> my $0.02
> benjamin
> 
> Rhythm junkies wrote:
> > 
> > Ok kid's,
> > 
> > This is Dj Alton miller live at two shows in SF......check em out
> > you'll love him!!
> > 
> >   You'll need real player to enjoy.
> > 
> > Set 01/15/00 San Francisco
> >
> http://www.betalounge.com/cgi-bin/betalounge/loungenav.cgi?section=%2Fstuff%
> 2Fstaple%2Fstaple1-15-00.ram&x=21&y=5
> > 
> > 
> > Set 8/05/00 San Francisco w/ Vocalist Dorothea
> >
> http://www.betalounge.com/cgi-bin/betalounge/loungenav.cgi?section=%2Fstuff%
> 2Fstaple%2Fstaple8-5-00.ram&x=56&y=3
> > 
> > 
> > Here's the site the music was borrowed from with some nice pictures to
> > view while you listen. http://www.deepcity.org/staple/
> > 
> >  There's some good pictures of Alton Miller, Lance DeSardi , JT
> > Donaldson plus many ,many more rocking it in SF.
> > 
> >                                                        The
> > junkies.........
> > 
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