Innacitymisfit house mix 2000 Mix was heavily influenced by Larry Levan. However, it was the encouragement from my friends at Tower Records in the mid-90's that got me started making mix-tapes in Chicago before I moved out west. Listening to it now, I enjoy the selection (partly because I had to sell most of those records), not so much the mixing due to the bargain basement gear and skill level. Dj'ng was and still is part of my creative practice. It keeps me sharp and inspired. And yes, like one of my colleagues said when I did a set at the SFAI grad studios ten years ago, "I am playing for myself". I do it because I love the music with hopes that you will too.
“Invisibility, let me explain, gives one a slightly different sense of time, you’re never quite on the beat. Sometimes you’re ahead and sometimes behind. Instead of the swift and imperceptible flowing of time, you are aware of its nodes, those points where time stands still or from which it leaps ahead. And you slip into the breaks and look around.” — Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison