god, yes. thank you!
haha i prob shoulda been able to find that, huh?
― handy ban (lou), Friday, 3 February 2012 04:02 (twelve years ago) link
haha your welcome, there are so many tracks that are probably totally obvious that I have not been able to find lol
― DO NOT CALL (The Brainwasher), Friday, 3 February 2012 04:08 (twelve years ago) link
more footwork recommendations pls! think i've exhausted B&W2 now.
I know DJ Earl has an album coming out, and it reminds me of the slinkier, jazzed-out end of drum'n'bass (Reprazent etc). Lots of soul samples etc... Not really what you'd expect of footwork, but kind of refreshing.
http://soundcloud.com/djearlteckz
― Laughing Gravy (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 10:35 (twelve years ago) link
funny people are comparing shangaan electro with footwork as that was the connection I made when I first heard of the style - got into both concurrently.
― Laughing Gravy (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 10:37 (twelve years ago) link
I like this guyhttp://liljabba.bandcamp.com/album/swisher
― Number None, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 10:45 (twelve years ago) link
still grappling with this as a genre but really probably listened to these tracks as much as anything in 2011
wish more footwork producers would do that wheezy blurry techno synth thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpnff1guVuc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6p-FpZyBP8
― the late great, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
from jack to juke - 25 years of ghetto house
http://vimeo.com/36275353
― fauxmarc, Friday, 10 February 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Had a go at making my own footwork track out of vintage ska samples. Not sure I've got the hang of it yet, but thought I'd post it here anyway http://soundcloud.com/doglatin/jukeska
― Laughing Gravy (dog latin), Friday, 10 February 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
dig it
― fauxmarc, Friday, 10 February 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
OMG dj traxman your new album is a treat
― the late great, Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
I'm loving it too. Also 14tracks.com are doing a footwork comp I wanna check out.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Saturday, 21 April 2012 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
am i tripping or does the first track on the traxman album sample the kalimba from roland p young's "crystal motions"?
― the late great, Monday, 23 April 2012 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
footworkin on air
vs
crystal motions
i think the sampled bit is about 4 minutes in
but i don't know, i might be tripping
― the late great, Monday, 23 April 2012 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
Oowwwwwwww let there be rock / ROCK ROCK RA RA ROCK ROCK RA RA ROCK ROCK RA RA ROCK ROCK RA RA ROCK ROCK RA RA ROCK ROCK RA RA ROCK ROCK RA RA ROCK ROCK RA RA ROCK ROCK RA RA ROCK ROCK RA RA ROCK ROCK RA RA ROCK ROCK RA RA
― azealia canks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 23 April 2012 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
the Traxman album kills but ^that bit did make me think of, like, the middle of a Fatboy Slim set from the 90s
― W. E. B. Du Bois Goals Panel (DJ Mencap), Monday, 23 April 2012 07:12 (twelve years ago) link
and that's a bad thing?
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Monday, 23 April 2012 08:45 (twelve years ago) link
i knew it wouldnt be long before someone says my favorite track on the album is sucky, but i didnt think it would be with one post
― azealia canks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 23 April 2012 09:05 (twelve years ago) link
xp not particularly no! it's fun when new stuff that is 'cool' accidentally sounds like old stuff that is now 'uncool'
― W. E. B. Du Bois Goals Panel (DJ Mencap), Monday, 23 April 2012 09:05 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, definitely, and anyway I think Fatboy Slim was/ is a good, fun party DJ if you can ignore his rather embarrassing excesses. Dance music history is cyclical, not linear!
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Monday, 23 April 2012 09:12 (twelve years ago) link
i would think its more in the tradition of lil jon
― the late great, Monday, 23 April 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
why is black people never allowed to rock
― the late great, Monday, 23 April 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
Feels like it's gone a bit quiet from the footwork camp of late (other than Traxman of course)... What am I missing?
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Thursday, 24 May 2012 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
Rashad has an album on the way pretty soon I think.
This mix is fire and has plenty of stuff from it.
http://soundcloud.com/djrashadteklife/rashad-spinn-we-trippy-mane
― jimitheexploder, Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
The new Rashad stuff is off the chain
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 24 May 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
that mix is dope.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 24 May 2012 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
this is my first post here so I'd might as well make it count!
"Feels like it's gone a bit quiet from the footwork camp of late (other than Traxman of course)... What am I missing?"
there's all kinds of comps and stuff out now that you should be listening to!
http://japanesemutationbootyism.bandcamp.com/album/japanese-juke-footworks-compilation - the japanese are getting more and more interested in juke. this is a phenomenal comp that covers pretty much all areas of the sound from two and a half min retrigger masturbation sessions to far more abstract works. I can't seem to shake the question of if they realize the kind of music they're making in my mind. yes a lot of it is good but the whole thing seems like a chinese room argument in music.
http://sabacanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fa-fa-chronicle - more jap juke. everything guchon does /everything on that label is worth listening to by the way; he's been in the game for a while now.
http://dubpornrecordscollection.com/album/belly-a-footwork-compilation - a belly inspired comp
http://radology.bandcamp.com/album/province - some russian cats who instantly took to the sound. if you enjoy this at all I highly suggest grabbing vtgnike's album "Sueta Nebitiya"
http://post-religion.bandcamp.com/album/c-h-o-r-i-z-o-ep - juke for kids who identify with net art.
those are all the recent free comps that come to mind. a lot of the people on those comps have tons of free tunes laying around if you look.
not chicago people to look into:
Andrew JukeBroken FingersDamscrayDream Continuum (supergroup of machinedrum and om unit aka phillip d kick)Film4D2GuchonHayato6goJuke EllingtonLeatherfaceLiL JaBBA (can't stress this guy enough)MachinedrumNomsSatanicpornocultshopSide9000SkimatixVtgnikeWheez-IeX-Man
hope that helps~
― nohighs, Friday, 25 May 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
cool post
― flopson, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
nohighs = Dave?
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
dave quam? no, too hipster-ish.
― the late great, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
ahah who is dave and how do I remind you guys of him
― nohighs, Friday, 25 May 2012 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks for this nohighs! Fuckin' awesome
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Saturday, 26 May 2012 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
I decided to gamble on a 14tracks.com compilation called footwork diffusion - it's not a strictly footwork comp but I'm impressed with a good bunch of the tracks so far.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Saturday, 26 May 2012 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT1yV7axOsA
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Saturday, 26 May 2012 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
ha, i had the same thought.
for more non-chicago juke stuff, i liked munchi's 'rotterdam juke' EP from last year, and here's a nice pair of tracks from a local dude: http://goldendonna.bandcamp.com/
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Saturday, 26 May 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
I've been Instapapering what little things people have written about footwork and I'm pretty much finding that as soon as a writer namechecks Burial, it's dropping the ball
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 May 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
WTF has Burial got to do with footwork? It's Dilla people generally tend to namecheck in these things, I thought?
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Monday, 28 May 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― the late great, Monday, 28 May 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
WTF has Burial got to do with footwork?
I'm saying!
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 May 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
burial is probably closer to "footwork" than dilla if you count machinedrum etc as "footwork"
― the late great, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
let's not
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
(and yeah, I don't really see what Dilla has to do with things either)
agreed
― the late great, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
I'm saying too!
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Monday, 28 May 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
i don't know, i mean i've never read that anywhere but it makes sense to me, more than burial. feel like maybe it was rev (?) said he doesn't like jd beats because of the way they lurch & a lot of footwork stuff has the same quality
― flopson, Monday, 28 May 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
Footwork's lurch is totally different from the Dilla lurch tho. Dilla's comes from lack of quantization, footwork's comes from 3-based rhythms that often don't resolve themselves by the next down beat, if that makes sense.
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
o ya that totally makes sense
― flopson, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
like
|X X X X X X X X X X X ||1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 |
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
there's another one too, though, that dilla also does, those like -- abrupt spaces -- in beats, not going to find an example right now but maybe soon, i know some tracks on b&w do it for sure
― flopson, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
not that im against britishers spending their hard earned 'pounds' to help a kid in inner city chi make a few bucks instead of that money going to dubstep dj dark shadows of nottingham or w/e
^^this is classic
― waka flocka flame judi dench (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 2 October 2010 21:03 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flopson, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
not sure what rhythm you're trying to notate there rev?
a lot of the chi footwork i've heard feels unquantized & triggered by hand, but in a totally different way than dilla.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 28 May 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link