I actually had quite a good conversation with him before Xmas before a gig for M8 magazine up in Scotland and I must say rightly or wrongly he is actually a nice fella and knew what he was talking about. He enjoys his work and can we all really be so small minded that we slate him off for that. Basically he gets clubbers into clubs. (Maybe not necessarily experienced club veterans or likewise - but people who will spend money and that's how the clubs view it so he'll always get the work). You can also say that he's in this position because he works for Radio 1, but to get there you need to put in years of serious graft. He knows his music and we spoke about early electro - a subject to can't actually engage in with alot of dj's (he even remembers ET Boogie - which most of you probably won't, but the ones that do will). So I'm sure you can hate his sets if you hear him have a bad night once in a while and you can slate him for that (but can any of you seriously tell me you do your own jobs 100% efficiently ALL the time????). Basically don't slate the fella, if you don't like what he does don't go to any events he's working at. We're all big enough and grown up enough not to slate off someone because they're successful. House is about unity not slating those who's musical tastes are different from our own.
Matt gets off his soapbox