Rolling Footwork / Juke / Batida / Shangaan/ Chaabi / Other

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Wanted to start a new rolling footwork and juke-related thread as the title of the one we've been using for years doesn't really reflect what's happening so much any more.

Figured it would be nice to open this out to some of the more esoteric dance styles that have been emerging around the world too, seeing as many of them seem to share that broken / cut-up / / hard / fast / unpredictable rhythmic style.

So take this thread as you will - if it fits or if it don't, post up your tracks.

canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 15 January 2016 12:25 (eight years ago) link

should footwork really be chucked in with the others? im not sure anyone making chaabi cares about footwork.

StillAdvance, Friday, 15 January 2016 12:29 (eight years ago) link

I'm really interested in this kind of crossover trend of sampling tiny snatches of African rhythms in this way. Posted this DJ Paypal track on the old thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgtfx8RttME

Which shares a similar vibe to this from Italian producer, Clap! Clap! (who is doing a show in the UK with Omar Souleyman in March)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp4vSJyVoGk

And also this from the Lisbon producer Nigga Fox, who along with Marfox has been spearheading their own Cargaa-style, releasing tracks on Warp and footwork label Lit City Trax.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp4vSJyVoGk

canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 15 January 2016 12:38 (eight years ago) link

xp yeah, I'm not trying to lump them in with each other, it's just that electro chaabi etc won't really get discussed on other dance-related threads.

canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 15 January 2016 12:39 (eight years ago) link

well that's a good start. sorry for the repost - here's the Nigga Fox track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHdgIke_6KI

canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 15 January 2016 12:41 (eight years ago) link

ok whatever! i love electro chaabi, at least the cairo liberation front mixes i have, so would welcome any tips for more like that.

StillAdvance, Friday, 15 January 2016 12:44 (eight years ago) link

I take it you've heard the EEK x Islam Chipsy stuff? Not strictly electro chaabi, it's its own thing. Two drummers and an absolutely incredible synth wiz making awesome heart-pounding stuff

canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 15 January 2016 12:49 (eight years ago) link

its amazing. the live vids on youtube are also incredible. i wanted to buy it but trying to save at the mo.

StillAdvance, Friday, 15 January 2016 12:57 (eight years ago) link

I saw them a few weeks ago with my o/h and they melted us into the floor. Even with earplugs in, they were deafening. V loved it too - don't think I've ever seen her so excited at a gig.

canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 15 January 2016 13:04 (eight years ago) link

which is the MOST esoteric dance style? should have been a poll

ogmor, Friday, 15 January 2016 13:37 (eight years ago) link

my favorite principe last year : https://principediscos.bandcamp.com/album/alma-do-meu-pai

also mastercard > paypal : http://mallmusicinc.bandcamp.com/

ANU (sisilafami), Friday, 15 January 2016 13:40 (eight years ago) link

Enjoying the DJ Firmeza stuff. By the way, I wasn't sure whether Cargaa was the right name for the Lisbon stuff. I've seen it referred to as batida as well.

canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 15 January 2016 14:25 (eight years ago) link

yep batida is the name, it means beat.

ANU (sisilafami), Friday, 15 January 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link

'Hwwambo' is such a good track.

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 15 January 2016 17:30 (eight years ago) link

Check this shit out. There's a Jlin remix in there

https://soundcloud.com/liquorishrecords/noam-kamal-kulturu-ep-preview-lqd004-2

paolo, Friday, 15 January 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link

As in a remix done by Jlin, not a remix of Jlin

paolo, Friday, 15 January 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link

Rolling Afrobeats / Afropop 2016

Rolling Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2016 Thread Once Known as World Music

other threads where some of these styles get covered

curmudgeon, Friday, 15 January 2016 20:12 (eight years ago) link

this one too, similar kinda 6/8 clave groove: https://soundcloud.com/principepromos/dj-nigga-fox-um-ano

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 15 January 2016 20:20 (eight years ago) link

Anyone want a footwork-ish mix I made?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g1sqyp2hn97l93a/slim%20traks.mp3?dl=0

canoon fooder (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 12:56 (eight years ago) link

I've been researching some Japanese Footwork for a radio show, the stuff I really like drifts in to more abstract Hip Hop or other genres occasionally, but I love this from Orrorinz.

https://orrorinz.bandcamp.com/track/blow-yo-shit-rough-mix

MaresNest, Wednesday, 20 January 2016 13:40 (eight years ago) link

ooh this thread looks good, I've been digging that track in particular off the PayPal album and wondering where to go next, the link with Nigga Fox makes sense

the tune was space, Wednesday, 20 January 2016 14:32 (eight years ago) link

article on Gqom

Gqom, the foot-stomping new sound of South Africa's townships

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/22/gqom-house-dance-bhenga-julz-da-deejay

The minimalist house music that comes with its own unique dance style, bhenga, that’s Durban’s answer to Chicago footwork

Gqom Oh! The Sound Of Durban Vol 1 is out on Friday 29 January via Gqom Oh!

djmartian, Sunday, 24 January 2016 22:01 (eight years ago) link

sounds cool.

canoon fooder (dog latin), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 14:39 (eight years ago) link

P4k review: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21381-the-sound-of-durban-vol-1/

ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 14:42 (eight years ago) link

I've been toying with the idea of buying up a bunch of footwork (and related) vinyl online and teaching myself how to DJ properly... Is this a wise choice? All my mixes are kind of pre-prepared digital affairs rather than on the fly mixes. Footwork is still relatively niche where I live, but the appetite for booming bass has always been very high.

canoon fooder (dog latin), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 15:02 (eight years ago) link

This is from a while ago. House of Black Lanterns don't strictly stick to footwork, but this is nice and forbidding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sWoR1VWEc4

canoon fooder (dog latin), Thursday, 28 January 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link

Kode 9 has one of those residency shows on Radio 1. This one has a bunch of juke on it. And a gqom track. And some other stuff, mostly grime

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06ybqvq

paolo, Friday, 29 January 2016 19:23 (eight years ago) link

There was some talk in the poll about Nidia Minaj and the Portuguese scene...its called batida? Where can I find out about that?

thank you, based basics (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 31 January 2016 19:29 (eight years ago) link

Ok I just saw a little duscussion upthread...us there anythung else besid es s the Danger EP to look out for?

thank you, based basics (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 31 January 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link

Maybe Paypal and N Fox?

thank you, based basics (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 31 January 2016 19:32 (eight years ago) link

In terms of Batida, there's always Marfox too.

canoon fooder (dog latin), Sunday, 31 January 2016 19:48 (eight years ago) link

Yeah I found the principe bandcamp page. Ty dog latin!

thank you, based basics (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 31 January 2016 19:58 (eight years ago) link

new mix

Night Slugs' Newest Signing J Heat Takes us on a Jersey Club Journey
https://thump.vice.com/en_uk/track/night-slugs-newest-signing-j-heat-takes-us-on-a-jersey-club-journey

djmartian, Friday, 5 February 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link

3 seconds into this and i can tell i'm gonna love it

posted with permission by (dog latin), Saturday, 6 February 2016 01:39 (eight years ago) link

cross posting this here, detailed percussion-heavy club tracks (mostly 130 - 140) from Salviatek (Uruguay): https://salviatek.bandcamp.com/album/aequs-nyama-ep-stk002-2

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 15:30 (eight years ago) link

actually 'ayida weddo' is 160 and would be cool mixed w/footwork

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link

For those who enjoyed the first two installments, DJ Orange Julius new Juice mix is out today: https://soundcloud.com/mall-music-inc/juice-iii

Dominique, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 15:36 (eight years ago) link

Zora Jones - Ruby Fifths feat Heavee - https://soundcloud.com/fractalfantasy/sets/ruby-fifths

Scratcha DVA remix - https://soundcloud.com/fractalfantasy/ruby-fifths-ft-heaveedva-hiemotions-remix-zora-jones-1/s-uFROh

paolo, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 18:18 (eight years ago) link

The Moro and Mhysa EPs on Non are interesting:

https://nonafrica.bandcamp.com/album/moro-san-benito
https://nonafrica.bandcamp.com/album/mhysa-hivemind

Hey (Extended Mix), Saturday, 27 February 2016 11:32 (eight years ago) link

That Salviatek is so good! Definitely check the Moro if you like that.

Hey (Extended Mix), Monday, 29 February 2016 07:53 (eight years ago) link

This thread is awesome; here's the playlist:

ILM's Rolling Global Footwork and Juke Related Music Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

ulysses, Monday, 29 February 2016 21:21 (eight years ago) link

will check it out for sure, <3 NON.

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 29 February 2016 21:29 (eight years ago) link

I wasn't familiar with them til someone on twitter linked Mhysa's cover of "Just a Girl"! Even tho I already followed Mhysa, I only knew of her as a DJ.

Hey (Extended Mix), Tuesday, 1 March 2016 01:19 (eight years ago) link

two weeks pass...

HOLY FUCKS http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/18099-dj-marfox-2685/

Hey (Extended Mix), Thursday, 17 March 2016 09:58 (eight years ago) link

This might be my favorite track this year.

Hey (Extended Mix), Thursday, 17 March 2016 09:58 (eight years ago) link

Scratch that. It definitely is.

Hey (Extended Mix), Thursday, 17 March 2016 10:00 (eight years ago) link

I AM TRYING TO LEAVE MY EARTHLY BODY AND TRANSCEND TO THIS TRACK'S LEVEL.

Hey (Extended Mix), Thursday, 17 March 2016 10:27 (eight years ago) link

indeed, love this guy, and his Portuguese partner in crime DJ Nigga Fox. Along w the Teklife crew and DJ Paypal/Mastercard/Orange Julius folks, pretty much auto-listen for me right now

Dominique, Thursday, 17 March 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link

this is cool

the late great, Thursday, 17 March 2016 18:44 (eight years ago) link

agreed

ulysses, Thursday, 17 March 2016 18:46 (eight years ago) link

That Mastercard rules!!

the article don, Thursday, 17 March 2016 22:45 (eight years ago) link

Actually so does Orange Julius! Great thread

the article don, Thursday, 17 March 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link

so i assume you all are down with Iglooghost. it's a little too 'ADD sugar rush' for me, but after hearing all his early rap production (which is great) it's amazing to see how he's developed.

https://soundcloud.com/brainfeeder/iglooghost-peanut-choker

https://soundcloud.com/brainfeeder/iglooghost-xiangjiao1

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 17 March 2016 22:57 (eight years ago) link

also i'm going to post the 130 - 140 bpm club music that i've been soaking in lately here, this EP is a stunner:

https://trackmeet.bandcamp.com/album/nihil-2-hubris-ep

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 17 March 2016 23:00 (eight years ago) link

I'm away at a wedding gift at the moment. can't wait to hear all this stuff when I get home. cheers all.

draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Friday, 18 March 2016 01:31 (eight years ago) link

ADD sugar rush

this aesthetic is my exact nemesis

Hey (Extended Mix), Friday, 18 March 2016 02:04 (eight years ago) link

this Nihil 2 stuff is great tho!

Hey (Extended Mix), Friday, 18 March 2016 02:25 (eight years ago) link

dj katapila reissued by awesome tapes from africa

quite basic, but i can't stop playing it. it's like one long drum track.

the late great, Friday, 18 March 2016 09:56 (eight years ago) link

http://www.eternaldragonz.com/
'Notified' is the jam

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 21 March 2016 14:10 (eight years ago) link

been listening to a lot of Rinse FM, and something about their compression makes everything sound twice as raw & banging.

also sorry for self-promo but i genuinely think some of you would like this:
https://soundcloud.com/dummymag/chants-silencer-magpie

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 31 March 2016 15:36 (eight years ago) link

Jlin picks her favourite tunes - http://hyponik.com/features/youtube-sessions-jlin/

paolo, Thursday, 31 March 2016 18:18 (eight years ago) link

working my way through this one, lots of good jams i wish i could identify:
https://soundcloud.com/rinsefm/totalfreedom240316

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 1 April 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link

haha the Red Hot Chili Peppers blend (:52)

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 1 April 2016 16:46 (eight years ago) link

saw a fantastic DJ set the other night in Bristol by this guy the Busy Twist. I was pretty much in heaven for the whole set.
https://soundcloud.com/thebusytwist

draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 14:41 (eight years ago) link

looks like the tracks on their soundcloud are quite old. I'd love to have a copy of the set they played though.

draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 14:47 (eight years ago) link

Free mix from Budapest Juke - Hungarian Footwork

http://budapestjuke.bandcamp.com/album/budapestjuke-vol-1

draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 13:02 (eight years ago) link

This Ash Koosha record is interesting. Sometimes Arca-ish, sometimes more like a 2016 take on IDM. Very rhythmic but not especially functional (seems like he doesn't like kick drums much?), although there are a couple tracks I could hear working in a mix. It's growing on me.

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 14:24 (eight years ago) link

here's an artist I never expected to post in this thread: http://www.stereogum.com/1869919/paul-simon-wristband/mp3s/

Dominique, Thursday, 7 April 2016 15:36 (eight years ago) link

lol

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 7 April 2016 15:40 (eight years ago) link

this out tomorrow: http://teklife57.com/releases/001-Afterlife/

Dominique, Friday, 8 April 2016 02:49 (eight years ago) link

does this fit in here?
https://www.facebook.com/100007907582356/videos/1647341645539406/

i;m thinking about thos Beans (Michael B), Saturday, 16 April 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link

there are at least 20 reasons that video is incredible

TARANTINO! (dog latin), Sunday, 17 April 2016 12:55 (eight years ago) link

the lads on a fucking mad one

i;m thinking about thos Beans (Michael B), Sunday, 17 April 2016 15:18 (eight years ago) link

who is that guy?

Playlist updated through April.

ILM's Rolling Global Footwork and Juke Related Music Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

ulysses, Saturday, 30 April 2016 17:41 (eight years ago) link

I've got a no-holds barred DJ set coming up and I'm thinking of doing a really nice blend of everything from afrobeats and soca, but mixing it up with more this-thread-oriented stuff. Any essential things I mustn't miss?

TARANTINO! (dog latin), Sunday, 1 May 2016 12:57 (eight years ago) link

new DJ Nate????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQrt19UO91U

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link

DAMAGED MERC

https://soundcloud.com/pan_hq/sets/m-e-s-h-damaged-merc-pan-69-ep

tracks 1 &3 on repeat.

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Saturday, 28 May 2016 17:32 (seven years ago) link

let me say now that the new Air Max '97 EP is really something. super detailed percussion ensemble-esque dance music.

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 8 June 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link

so apparently Clap! Clap! did a bunch of production on that new Paul Simon.

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 10 June 2016 19:40 (seven years ago) link

the video doesn't do the track justice but still:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H4YFkUINVU

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 20 June 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

album of the year : https://principediscos.bandcamp.com/album/mambos-levis-doutro-mundo

ANU (sisilafami), Saturday, 23 July 2016 10:05 (seven years ago) link

The Endgame EP on Hyperdub is super

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8A7d1UkPk

paolo, Saturday, 23 July 2016 10:17 (seven years ago) link

Not sure if this belongs in here or in the grime thread

paolo, Saturday, 23 July 2016 10:18 (seven years ago) link

of all the thread playlists, this is definitely the one I enjoy the most

thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Saturday, 23 July 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link

album of the year : https://principediscos.bandcamp.com/album/mambos-levis-doutro-mundo

― ANU (sisilafami), zaterdag 23 juli 2016 12:05 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is great. Currently stuck on DJ Safari's "Tempo Do Xakazulu":

http://principediscos.bandcamp.com/track/tempo-do-xakazulu

(Album is on Spotify too)

breastcrawl, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link

What do you all make of the Gqom sound? This new mix looks good, although I find the vibe just a little too dark to play out most of the time.

https://boomkat.com/products/gqom-oh-x-crudo-volta-mixtape?utm_source=Boomkat+Production&utm_campaign=0bf552dd91-Download_Now_Trim_Delia_Derbyshire_Gqom_7_28_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f7c1f6eb34-0bf552dd91-130429701

TARANTINO! (dog latin), Friday, 29 July 2016 08:24 (seven years ago) link

https://soundcloud.com/staycore117/toxe-bite

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 29 July 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link

cool links, but what are these? might be worth saying a bit about them before throwing them up, save this thread turning into a bunch of links.

TARANTINO! (dog latin), Friday, 5 August 2016 11:53 (seven years ago) link

PS that Principe compilation linked above is really good -- great summary of that label sound, and very consistent across the tracks. If you like DJ Marfox, Nigga Fox et al, it's a must

Dominique, Friday, 5 August 2016 14:07 (seven years ago) link

sorry, i know i'm guilty of just dropping links.

whiney, if you like noisy dancehall, this B.YHZZ ep on Infinite Machine is pretty serious:

https://soundcloud.com/infinite-machine/sets/im045-b-yhzz-contra-ep

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 5 August 2016 14:29 (seven years ago) link

New Jlin - https://soundcloud.com/jlinnarlei/malkina-re-edit

paolo, Thursday, 18 August 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link

more like an acid/juke/UK Garage/vaporwave hybrid -- and fun!

Vaperror - Acid Arcadia
https://vaperror.bandcamp.com/album/acid-arcadia

Dominique, Wednesday, 24 August 2016 17:41 (seven years ago) link

see also the same dude as DJ Camgirl, in more of a breakbeat/jungle style (similar to Machine Girl)

https://plus100.bandcamp.com/album/problems

Dominique, Wednesday, 24 August 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link

Playlist (somewhat) updated through August.

thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link

The DJ Earl album on Teklife is good

paolo, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 16:51 (seven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

M.E.S.H. can do no wrong

https://soundcloud.com/dummymag/tomas-urquieta-anatomia-mesh-remix

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 23 September 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

really love this EP from LOFT, very inspiring:

https://astralplanerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/turbulent-dynamics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noYsIHvNkE0

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 14 October 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link

Playlist updated, 56 tracks and four hours long.

ILM's Rolling Global Footwork Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Monday, 24 October 2016 23:10 (seven years ago) link

drums drums drums drums drums

https://nervoushorizon.bandcamp.com/album/tsvi-sacred-drums-ep

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 31 October 2016 14:21 (seven years ago) link

one month passes...

sick pod

flopson, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:20 (seven years ago) link

B-)

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 8 December 2016 05:00 (seven years ago) link

love it

the late great, Thursday, 8 December 2016 05:13 (seven years ago) link

two weeks pass...

http://www.teklife57.com/releases/Teklife_VIP/

just another (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 00:19 (seven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4h8yMoZKOs

RIP Rashad
Teklife forever

Thee Macallan 18 Year, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 23:26 (seven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Jlin going all in on the 12/8 feel, ends up feeling very West African (also very pointillist, all those different little one-shot samples): https://www.residentadvisor.net/tracks/835461

change display name (Jordan), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link

and there are something interesting ones on this comp:

https://clubchai.bandcamp.com/album/club-chai-vol-1

change display name (Jordan), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:31 (seven years ago) link

Finalizing the playlist for the year here:

ILM's Rolling Global Footwork Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Monday, 23 January 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link

I saw RP Boo last week and he told me Jlin's album would probably be coming out around May. I'm v excited.

Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Monday, 23 January 2017 21:59 (seven years ago) link

(also if have a chance to see Boo, do so. holy fuck.)

Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Monday, 23 January 2017 21:59 (seven years ago) link

DJ Chap: https://discospeligrosa.bandcamp.com/album/drum-pakk-1
Teklife crew member does something like favela meets footwork. Mostly just drum tracks, but short lengths so you can groove to them and move on

Machine Girl: https://machinegirl.bandcamp.com/album/machine-girl-vs-machine-girl
EP from late last year. Not straight footwork by a any means, lots of jungle and breakbeat in there too. But I like artists that f with the formula

Dominique, Monday, 23 January 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link

not to keep promoting but chance the rapper / lil yachty's dj oreo is actually from chicago's west side & in this interview he talks about djing / throwing the war zone footwork battles/parties, being mentored by tek life, the wala cam underground etc:
https://soundcloud.com/somanyshrimp/so-many-shrimp-radio-ep-4-pt-2-oreo-11517

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 00:52 (seven years ago) link

new DJ Nigga Fox is like minimal acid, and EPIC

https://principediscos.bandcamp.com/album/15-barras

Dominique, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 02:35 (seven years ago) link

i'm curious to hear this one, a+ sound design on the streaming tracks:
https://egyptrixx.bandcamp.com/album/pure-beyond-reproach-htra004

change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link

cross-posting this one here because it's 160
https://soundcloud.com/glacial-industries/liquid-city-motors-current-source#t=0:00

change display name (Jordan), Monday, 6 February 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link

two weeks pass...

full Liquid City Motors EP is out now, so good!
http://music.glacialindustries.com/album/current-source

change display name (Jordan), Friday, 24 February 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link

one month passes...

So far I've been successfully resisting the urge to post any of my own stuff on here, but this is a collab and I think readers of this thread might dig it: https://soundcloud.com/weareinsert/exclusive-download-ophex-x-chants-fogo-digitais

change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 6 April 2017 22:16 (seven years ago) link

listening now.. this is.. amazing Jordan

I would easily play this out any day

Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Friday, 7 April 2017 00:03 (seven years ago) link

Thanks dl!

(btw I sent you an ilx email, just sayin' in case that doesn't go to an active account)

change display name (Jordan), Friday, 7 April 2017 00:19 (seven years ago) link

gotcha

Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Friday, 7 April 2017 00:33 (seven years ago) link

I've been sleeping on this whole gqom thing but I've really been enjoying Dominowe's EP on Gqom Oh! Darkside UK funky type vibes...

paolo, Friday, 7 April 2017 08:24 (seven years ago) link

Is anyone releasing gqom apart from Gqom Oh! I'm going to do some digging into their other releases (even though there's only about three) but I'm not sure where to go from there

paolo, Friday, 7 April 2017 08:26 (seven years ago) link

cheers ulysses

Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 09:09 (seven years ago) link

two weeks pass...

new Air Max '97 is inspiring as always
https://decisionsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/vessel

change display name (Jordan), Friday, 28 April 2017 16:41 (seven years ago) link

nargiz was on that Club Chai comp (that i think is gonna go down as hugely influential on the year in club music) with that Rihanna remix but here's an also great mix she just did for what looks like a new club night/concert series in Atlanta

https://soundcloud.com/morphatl/morph-8-nargiz

austinb, Monday, 8 May 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link

do we have like a separate thread or anything for diasporic club music? like for naafi and non and ghe20g0th1k versus the scene-based stuff like gqom and shangaan?

austinb, Monday, 8 May 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link

I've been posting it here for lack of a better thread, but please start one.

change display name (Jordan), Monday, 8 May 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link

(meant to link Rolling "Experimental Is A Shitty Descriptor But Whatev" 2017)

change display name (Jordan), Monday, 8 May 2017 20:06 (six years ago) link

dope firmeza mix for redbull radio

http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/L3ZV4ZAW/file.html

ANU (sisilafami), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link

(that link immediately brought on a pop-up)
(but firmeza is dope)

you have to hit the back button then it works

ANU (sisilafami), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link

three weeks pass...
four weeks pass...

For fans of the Principe Discos stuff, this is another Portuguese artist Fatigado (on Golden Mist):

https://goldenmistrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sanzala

Dominique, Thursday, 29 June 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link

Thanks, this is nasty.

change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 29 June 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link

one month passes...

lol why didn't anyone tell me about Eye's footwork "mix"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTOiJbkKlH8

Dominique, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link

WHOA

the late great, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link

yah that bangs

Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link

speaking of footwork in japan, anyone into FOODMAN?

the late great, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 22:30 (six years ago) link

that's amazing, ta!

ogmor, Thursday, 17 August 2017 13:01 (six years ago) link

also just announced: http://teklife57.com/releases/005-DJMANNY_GREENLIGHT/

just another (diamonddave85), Thursday, 17 August 2017 17:57 (six years ago) link

Foodman is awesome. I've met him during my stay in Japan. Definitely has a new album on the way.

maarten, Thursday, 17 August 2017 18:04 (six years ago) link

Don't know if you've all seen this before - it's from 2013, 75k views on Youtube etc., but I keep coming back to it. The guy who comes in at 15:50 is just complete brilliance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4lLTpMZdug

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link

nice find, thanks!

Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link

yeah that's sick

Shat Parp (dog latin), Thursday, 31 August 2017 13:52 (six years ago) link

one month passes...

dj manny!!!

the late great, Sunday, 8 October 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link

one month passes...

For those compiling your year-end lists, this playlist includes all the available tracks on this thread, organized roughly chronologically in order of mention... also a good time to look back on this thread cause there's some bangers!

ILM's 2017 Rolling Global Footwork Thread Spotify Playlist

Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link

Add the new Traxman and Nidia Minaj

mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link

JAWOHL

you wanna provide some track names and reasons why?

Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:29 (six years ago) link

gone girl and tone deaf and idk

mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:47 (six years ago) link

i don't have spotify but i hope jana rush is on there.

also this is pretty great https://buwanbuwancollective.bandcamp.com/album/0

ANU (sisilafami), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link

three months pass...

new DJ Taye is really good! Vocals and hip hop influence bring a lot of variation to the sound, and Taye's productions are on point

Dominique, Monday, 5 March 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link

excited to check it

i was surprised that i wasn't much into the dj earl album because in general i really like his production and dj'ing (particularly the jungle / dnb influence he brings)

the late great, Monday, 5 March 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link

also got quickly bored of the dj manny

hate to say it but i feel like footwork really peaked about 4 years ago

i'm still listening to footwork buuuuuut aside from jlin not much i think that reaches the heights of "double cup" or "legacy"

the late great, Monday, 5 March 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link

On the other hand, if this is real...

FootWork and Juke fans get ready 😎🎧🔥😈✔️ pic.twitter.com/5LW3q28G1i

— DjnateAkaBakaman 🎧☔️🎧☔️🍃 (@FLEXXBABII) March 1, 2018

change display name (Jordan), Monday, 5 March 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link

whoaaaaa

the late great, Monday, 5 March 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link

wasn't the thing w/ Nate that he drifted away from footwork really soon after the first collection came out and started doing relatively straight rap productions instead?

thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Monday, 5 March 2018 20:04 (six years ago) link

He invented Bop!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP7DvWrOWoc

Frederik B, Monday, 5 March 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link

Yeah, he was doing auto-tune singing and it was still kinda crazy but a world away from the footwork stuff.

change display name (Jordan), Monday, 5 March 2018 20:29 (six years ago) link

chief keef invented bop tbf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5lRW_eS8KI

but yeah dj nate was early on that wave

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 5 March 2018 23:11 (six years ago) link

pvmic

the late great, Monday, 5 March 2018 23:36 (six years ago) link

fwiw i think jana rush dropped one of the best footwork release oat last year.

ANU (sisilafami), Monday, 5 March 2018 23:39 (six years ago) link

tbf Gucci Goggles came out before Ballin. But I don't know who invented what, all I know is that I kinda miss the sound :( Super Saiyan vol 1 is one of the underrated mixtapes of the decade.

Frederik B, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 01:00 (six years ago) link

tbf Gucci Goggles came out before Ballin. But I don't know who invented what, all I know is that I kinda miss the sound :( Super Saiyan vol 1 is one of the underrated mixtapes of the decade.

― Frederik B, Monday, March 5, 2018 7:00 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not according to the time stamps on these videos. and sicko mobb / every bop artist will tell you they were inspired to start rapping by keef, 'ballin' was the biggest keef song on the west side

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 10:26 (six years ago) link

pvmic

― the late great, Monday, March 5, 2018 5:36 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my character is dude who is right

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 10:27 (six years ago) link

It feels really awkward for me arguing this with a chicagoan, and my comment that dj nate invented bop was meant tongue in cheek, but the flexx washington mixtape came out in august, and ballin came out in september, no?

Frederik B, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 11:15 (six years ago) link

the date on the 'ballin' youtube i posted was may. it was getting played out all summer

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 12:03 (six years ago) link

i just think it’s funny that you popped into a footwork thread to street team for chief keef

the late great, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 15:18 (six years ago) link

the date on the 'ballin' youtube i posted was may. it was getting played out all summer

― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), 6. marts 2018 13:03 (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh well. Fair point :)

Frederik B, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link

i just think it’s funny that you popped into a footwork thread to street team for chief keef

― the late great, Tuesday, March 6, 2018 9:18 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It’s like a metaphor for what happened to footwork irl

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link

how so

the late great, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 19:57 (six years ago) link

artists like say dj nate stopped making footwork to make keef type records

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link

most hip hop producers i talk to in chicago had a point where they were making juke & footwork stuff tbh

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 22:35 (six years ago) link

i see

the late great, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 22:43 (six years ago) link

nobody listens to techno :(

the late great, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 22:43 (six years ago) link

I'm sure most rap producers in Chicago have dabbled in footwork/juke, but out of the ones that really made their name on it, I can't think of any others (besides DJ Nate) who abandoned it?

change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 23:00 (six years ago) link

not the same thing at all but i heard taye raps on his new one?

the late great, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 23:01 (six years ago) link

Yeah it's cool hybrid imo

change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 23:08 (six years ago) link

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

change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 23:10 (six years ago) link

I'm sure most rap producers in Chicago have dabbled in footwork/juke, but out of the ones that really made their name on it, I can't think of any others (besides DJ Nate) who abandoned it?

― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, March 6, 2018 5:00 PM (forty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

some of them used to do it primarily but i'm sure veering to rap was specifically bc they hadn't made their names as dance producers

im not saying the culture is gone at all, i know ppl who still do it, just that the rap gold rush def shifted some of the zeitgeist away for awhile

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link

That makes sense.

Re: the DJ Taye record, all the DJ Paypal collabs are the highlights imo.

change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Whoops meant to post in this thread

If you didn’t go to parties at The Rink, House of Kicks, Dolton Expo, Markham Skating Rink, 5th City, Paul Hall or the Route then you wouldn’t understand this thread...

— AshleySherelle (@AshleySherelle) March 23, 2018

Good twitter thread of how this stuff was experienced

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 23 March 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link

Nice. I didn't hear any of this until post-Bangs & Works, but I love hearing this era of tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzh3MIO27VU

change display name (Jordan), Friday, 23 March 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link

That one in particular has been huge forever, I remember us saying that in high school

I am pretty sure it’s skeet skeet skeet not ski ski ski lol

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 23 March 2018 18:58 (six years ago) link

Recently thought of it when hearing this Scratch DVA track (takes the same rhythm and slows it down 30bpm, I'm sure it's referencing this music)
https://scratchadva.bandcamp.com/track/square-off

change display name (Jordan), Friday, 23 March 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link

nine months pass...

Amazing track from the Batida Apresenta: The Almost Perfect DJ, Vol. 1” DJ set(?)/compilation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC1Z1iMOsF4

Batida • Eléctrico 18

breastcrawl, Saturday, 19 January 2019 23:38 (five years ago) link

one month passes...

1) DJ Nate returns to footwork!
https://hyponik.com/news/planet-mu-welcomes-back-dj-nate-for-new-album-take-off-mode/

2) His rise was slowed after he was paralysed from the neck down two years ago...

!

3) ...an accident which he’s recently recovered from.

!!!

change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 28 February 2019 15:18 (five years ago) link

I guess he made videos of his physical therapy, damn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THzg_asEJD8

change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 28 February 2019 15:22 (five years ago) link

wow, kudos to dj nate, that's awesome

ogmor, Friday, 1 March 2019 11:11 (five years ago) link

It's not my business but I have so many medical questions based on that press release (mostly because my partner is a PT and I hear about this stuff a lot). Like, clearly he wasn't literally 'paralyzed from the neck down' since he was making beats and doing physical therapy?

But whatever, hoping for the best for him.

change display name (Jordan), Friday, 1 March 2019 16:11 (five years ago) link

eight months pass...

DJ Nigga Fox just dropped an LP and it's about as good as his EPs in my layman's estimation.

pomenitul, Friday, 1 November 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link

Agreed

change display name (Jordan), Friday, 1 November 2019 15:29 (four years ago) link

I like it a lot as well

breastcrawl, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 22:20 (four years ago) link

Cross-posting this album here since it has a lot of similarities imo

https://subreal.bandcamp.com/album/poliformo

change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 22:22 (four years ago) link

two years pass...

http://localactionrecords.co.uk/cuff-yo-chick

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 15:52 (one year ago) link


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