Technological determinism + the weekend that was

Amongst the highlights of my weekend which will be discussed ad nauseum for sometime into the forseeable future, one of my good friends Chris Gillett came down for the weekend for both the England game and Fuse-In Detroit. CJAM dedicated their entire programming lineup for the weekend to covering the festival, with live simulcasts of Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Mos Def, etc. But also had the chance to showcase many upcoming DJs with live sets to compliment the programming across the river.

Chris plays a lot of house, but absolutely destroys techno records. His mixing skills are filthy disgusting, and it's only a matter of time before he's playing weekly in Toronto, Detroit, and eventually Europe. So when the opportunity to spin on-air came around, how could anyone say no? Techno is a lot more intricate than people give it credit for, and often gets summarily dismissed as simply the art of tweaking monotony. I would argue that people who think like that probably haven't heard enough to really give a legitimately harsh assessment.

With that said, here's your chance. Listen to part of the set, and tell me what you think. I'd provide the whole thing, but the shmuck on before us disconnected the decks to plug in a drum machine (?) so technical issues were not the artists fault.

Chris Gillett in the mix
Pt. 1
Pt. 2