An interesting one this. I enjoy Mills mixes regardless of technical faults because he has a unique way of arranging tracks by using the 'best' part of an individual record (sounds curiously similar to Kool Herc's ethos of using the break as opposed to the whole track) the best example of this being his Liquid Rooms mix, which still has the energy to leave me reeling. Strange then that I found 'Exhibitionist' leaving me a little deflated - bored even. It's not so much the mixing (a few dodgy moments, but even the best of us have 'off' days). No, the problem for me was the music. It was dull and uninspiring. Even the 'better' parts of some of his selection left a whole lot to be desired. Unimaginative and plagarised samba rhythms are slowly becoming the undoing of techno, and here we have a whole host of them tainting the mix. You know it's dubious when you hear 'The Bells' in a mix and think that it's refreshing! I know that to compare the Liquid Rooms mix to this contemporary mix is a trifle unfair due to the different production values, techniques and influences used back in the early to mid 90s, but I strongly feel that a large part of techno has lost the edge that made it a forward facing, different and futuristic sounding. On this mix it is almost difficult to differentiate between productions because most of the tracks seem to derive from the loop driven formula that Mills inspired and shaped with his Purpose Maker output. But the difference is that instead of shaping, manipulating and striving for new sounds and ideas, the majority of records featured on this mix poorly imitate what Mills was trying to achieve...almost 10 years ago!!! I recently listened to Mills being interviewed and he said that he no longer uses samples, and he doesn't remix tracks anymore. He strives to create original audio concepts. Perhaps his yearning for originality will be picked up on by his admirers and contemporary producers who use him as a reference point for their often questionable creativity. A case in point being Ben Sims remix of 'Alarms' which is just the usual 'Hardgroove' rinse out that will no doubt set dancefloors on fire, but personally leaves me feeling that I have heard it all before.