At the same time that Dabrye emerged from Tadd Mullinix's mind, so did the James Cotton alias.
The debut single Mind Your Manners (Fall 2001) came out like a strange techno oddity with a
title track featuring vocalist Chiann Tsui teaching good manners to kids in Mandarin Chinese.
Tracks from the 12" found their way on to many a mix CD, from John Tejada to Magda.
Not one to be pigeonholed, Cotton's work became darker with his heavy
"Dance Mix" of Charles Manier's "Bang Bang Lover" and the monolithic EBM monster of "I Seek"
from Spectral's State of the Union EP. His follow-up Buck! EP is like a shot of caffeine,
bathed in classic techno and Belgian new beat influence. The Press Your Body EP paved the way
for his dark and hypnotic debut fulll-length, The Dancing Box.
James T. Cotton represents Mullinix's deep love of techno,
the sensation that is evident Mullinix's powerful DJ sets.
Here's his "ACID MIX 05", promo offer from the Spectral Sound website:
James T Cotton - Acid Mix 05 - Jul 2005
tracklist:
James T. Cotton - My Zel (unreleased)
Sound Factory - Cuban Gigolo (Capitol)
Saturn V - Raid N (unreleased)
Fred Brown - Roman Days (Rockin House)
Saturn V - Jaxx (unreleased)
DJ Pierre - Box Energy (Trax)
Saturn V - Black Crow (unreleased)
Roy Davis Jr. - Acid Bass (Soul Jazz)
James T. Cotton - Oochie Coo (unreleased)
Suburban Knight - The Groove (Transmat)
2AMFM - Release Yourself (unreleased)
Eric Martin - Emergency (Muzique)
2AMFM - Phuture Drumz (unreleased)
Faces - Drums #2 (Muzique)
CTI - Mary (Double Vision)
TOLL - Milzbrand (Vinyl On Demand)
James T. Cotton - My Muddy Melodie (unreleased)
* it might be more acid than mnml, but he's a premiership player in the minimal league so let that mix play in here too
enjoy!
