chicago juke: dj nate, dj rashad [R.I.P. 2014], leatherface aka kaptain cadillac, dj roc &c &c

it's really good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AlJ88YZ3U8

old news now, but i really enjoyed dj earl's boiler room LA set from february

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tx5pnyPR-A

nice!

probably my favorite mix of 2014

really though

ffs this is good

damn, what a set.

Mixing with no headphones either.

"next life" comp on hyperdub is so excellent

― the late great, Sunday, 16 November 2014 23:22 (1 month ago) Permalink

I agree! I've barely been paying attention to juke this year but this compilation is sick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG43xypTwwk

I saw Traxman and Litebulb the other weekend and watching Litebulb dance just made all this music *make sense* in a way that no quantity of Youtube videos ever could.

Bah gawd that DJ Earl mix

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/644-footworks-forgotten-archives-are-making-the-best-compilations-youve-never-heard/

really excited to hear these.

idk why but a lot of the recent footwork hasnt done that much for me, unless its the core group of producers who have been repping it for years. not to be all purist, but im not that interested in what a lot of the international/non chicago producers are doing with it.

damnit, all the links are down :-/

Really enjoying the DJ Manny & DJ Jalen "Cruise Control" EP. Creates a very somber mood while being incredibly fast paced and frenetic...something tells me that you might be able to describe much of this stuff that way but I love the way this album does it. "Tell the Truth" is so killer.

Hey everyone, please be advised that the Jlin album is completely fucking incredible.

jlin easily one of the best footwork albums out there. she sounds so diff to everyone else too.

Yeah it's reignited my faith in footwork as a progressive genre. great record

Yeah, I feel like Double Cup and Space Zone are the only footwork full lengths I've enjoyed as much.

space zone is underrated, double cup i feel is quite overrated. rashad should get plenty of props for all the groundwork hes laid for footwork, but as a producer, traxman is heaps more accomplished, and actually just plain better (sorry to speak ill of the dead!)

the last track on jlin, with the 'im not one of your fans!' sample is brilliant. i love her samples.

Yeah, this Jlin album is destroying me.

looking forward to checking it out. so far it sounds heavy on the 12/8 vibe.

Don't wanna be all 'female electronic artist' about this but I could hear and see (in the vid) shades of gazelle twin,fka twigs and Holly herndon in her sound. It's very much footwork, but I could play them all back to back and it wouldn't be that jarring, you know?

Don't wanna be all 'female electronic artist' about this but

how have you not learned not to start shit off like this

^^^^

One of the tracks is a collaboration with Herndon tho.

That Jlin record is spicy as fuck. Definitely face sweating and enjoying that burning sensation on my tongue. Can't wait to play it on a loud system.

xpost oh didn't know that. which one?

"Expand"

the jlin feels like a game-changer

i'm still waiting for dark energy to click for me. it's not as frenetic as other footwork stuff?

feels like more of a listening than a dancing album, lots of cool drum programming, but doesn't truly groove

its def more head-pleasing, like its made for you to pay attention to the patterns. a lot of it makes me think of dubstep actually, though without ever sounding like shes trying to sound like dubstep. tbh i lost interest in a lot of the stuff by footwork producers that was trying to incorporate other genres (even that made by the original chicago guys), but jlin somehow integrates dubstep-friendly elements in a much smoother, more natural way.

great mixtape: https://mallmusicinc.bandcamp.com/album/mall-music-presents-juice-ii

This DJ Orange Julius mixtape is definitely pretty great.

dj spinn raising the bar

http://backspinpromo.com/djspinnoffthatloud/

with this track specifically, "dubby" is quite old now, and i am not 100% keen on the other two

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMzjsL8vaog

https://youtu.be/Wgtfx8RttME

the Paypal album is fun, first few tracks especially. love the room-y percussion in this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVrIFxGNRb0

yeah i'm definitely gonna buy it when it comes out.

that 'Ahhhhhhh' track is sweet. have a hard time with this stuff, a lot of it sounds pretty raw, w/excess, like trigger happy samples/percussion and questionable flows.. i like how machinedrum has a more easily digestible, almost like, bibio/post rock take on the music. the jlin dark energey stuff sounds well focused.

So what have been the best juke/footwork releases this year? I've not really been keeping up

I have been loving Jlin's stuff though. The new EP is sick

my favorite footwork track this year was "off that loud", posted the video about six posts up

my faves:

DJ Spinn - Dubby (from Off that Loud EP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49cQHfWzn0o

DJ Rashad - 6613 EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF0sDAq6aec

Mall Music Presents Juice II
https://mallmusicinc.bandcamp.com/album/mall-music-presents-juice-ii

DJ Pay Pal - Buy Now EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DtS6caVrQA

DJ Mastercard - Virtual Crime EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB87r3MrHNQ

Machinedrum - Movin Forward EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Xj4vP0Yhs

DJ Khalab - Eunoto EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N43K6oadp4

Clap! Clap! - Simple EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI5_ZedJnLc

RP Boo - Classics Vol 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLvOGOLq6KY

Thanks! I saw there was an RP Boo album out this year but I just haven't gotten round to picking it up yet

yeah the new rp boo is great

ne dj mastercard is great
https://mallmusicinc.bandcamp.com/album/corrupt-memories

new*

DJ Taye mix - https://www.mixcloud.com/Mixmag/in-session-dj-taye/

thanks dominique