If Maas has a talent, it's his ability to combine different styles into one multi-purpose unit. Sort of like a DJ's Swiss Army knife. While this talent has some lazy appeal, a set consisting of such flawless, beat-mixed tunes becomes no more than an evening frugging in front of a programmed CD jukebox. And such an evening would be passionless. It's sad that most dance music events have become just like this.
Participants attend solely to get fucked up on whatever chemicals are for sale that night.
The craft of the DJ is a laughable notion in such environments. If Larry Levan's Live at the Paradise Garage has taught us anything, it's that, though Levan would never win a beat-matching award, he knew a soulful tune when he heard it. Levan had passion an accompanying fascination with the strange, and a fervent wish to communicate to those he played for. Maas, by contrast, hopes to provide factory-sealed tools for DJs whose passion is more chemical than musical. And he's damned efficient at it.