Comments on: Cassy, Simply Devotion

By: harpomarx42

harpomarx42 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:10:05 +0000

I would be very surprised if this was an Ableton mix. I know (and you know) that Cassy is a vinyl purist. To directly quote her from her LWE interview:
“[Vinyl] does matter to me because it changes the sound of the music, and even if people say it doesn’t really make a difference. It’s different quality, it’s a different form of feeling. When I have this vinyl feeling… This is how it started and I think there’s a purpose behind it.”

Even though the beatmatching and the EQing is very smooth, I still wouldn’t be surprised if this was a vinyl mix. She is a very technically skilled mixer, and I can see her pulling this off.

By: peder

peder — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:49:23 +0000

faith is a london based fanzine who pretty much refuse to pdf their publication… i can corroborate andrew’s story… you might also remember them from the “house, house and more fucking house” t-shirts they did in collaboration with innervisions

By: littlewhiteearbuds

littlewhiteearbuds — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:52:34 +0000

That’s very interesting, Andrew; I doubt many can even imagine Cassy doing a digital mix but I suppose it makes sense given the blends you mentioned. Would you please link us to the interview if it’s online? Not having an easy time tracking it down.

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:39:39 +0000

cf the comments about Ableton mixes here, I’m pretty sure this is mixed digitally (as she discussed in her interview with Faith). far more smoothly mixed than usual Cassy and far longer transitions — check the blend of STL into Danny Howells, for example. (Of course the point about Ableton making people used to/expect smoother mixes is still perfectly valid)

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:31:16 +0000

I went to our local record shop yesterday and the only CD that stands out in terms of artwork is Simply Devotion. Caught my attention, purchased and loving it.

By: Pete Srdic

Pete Srdic — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:56:52 +0000

hmmm I should probably not comment as have not received this on my order as yet – but mixes in general wise, LWE is correct in that with Ableton et al, people are getting used to smooth smooth smooth. Okay homogenised. I for one welcome a little less smooth …. humanising. I kneel at the alter of Cio D’or, in such esteem I hold her, and one thing I love about some of her mixes (at times), are the less than smooth track transitions. Though genre wise and harmonics, she’s on the money.
Now hang on, let me check …. nope, no sexism here. Phew !

By: DT

DT — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:23:19 +0000

lol @ martina’s post

how you can miss the point in such audacious fashion is beyond me

By: Chris Burkhalter

Chris Burkhalter — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:44:38 +0000

We’re comparing Cassy and Tama Sumo, Martina, not as “girl DJs,” but as two of european house musics finest working DJs, and as the only two artists to have helmed CDs in the ultra-high-profile Panorama Bar series. Both ‘Simply Devotion’ and Sumo’s mix are burdened with unavoidable comparisons to Cassy’s ‘Panorama Bar 01,’ as both are ‘follow-ups,’ in different ways.

If you wanna brand me as sexist, I’d hope you’d have more damning evidence than my mention of these two formidable DJs in the same sentence. There are enough genuine gender biases in electronic music that targeting this dilutes the discourse.

By: littlewhiteearbuds

littlewhiteearbuds — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:50:06 +0000

Martina, I think you’re reading sexism where it doesn’t exist. Both Tama Sumo and Cassy put out big house mixes this year. It is fair to compare those two mix CDs, especially in a year without too many high profile mixes that stood out.

By: martina

martina — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:08:57 +0000

Guys stop comparing the ladies and enjoy them solely for what they are , this is not a marathon nor a miss universe contest …
is seems like when it comes to female artists you always have to make a shallow comparisions instead of concentrating in the one artist you are reviewing
take your hands of your pants and stop thinking on whos got the bigger boobs guys , this is not porn