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

also i feel like drum & bass is the reference point for most of the articles/reviews i've seen.

I feel like d&b only gets referenced because of the tempo similarity.

Footwork tumbles to me more than it lurches.

tempo & syncopation. i don't think it's actually all that similar, but can see why it appeals to old d&b heads.

http://soundcloud.com/dj-reverend-dollars/untitled

^this rhythm, although i didn't notate the claps

if you syncopate this you end up with footwork

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leEirSsS8T8&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL9B6EAC0148DDDCD5

Yeah, basically. I think the footwork-Burial/footwork-dnb thing is just down to that certain strain of British dance head who wants to force developments in US beat music into UK narratives where they don't belong. It's the "Timbaland is just ripping off drum n bass!" thing all over again.

very interesting theory to me someone who hates british people & music

lol

The new DJ Rashad album has the "Amen" break right in there, so the connection to drum n bass is a little less than tenuous.

Drum'n'bass and Dilla I can understand at a push why they might be compared to footwork, but Burial is like the polar opposite.

yeah but i think the amen breaks only started showing up recently ... not that the footwork dudes weren't aware of amen breaks but that i'm sure they have the same "lol drum n bass" reaction most other people did until recently

this is up there w/ the original "is dj assault influenced by jungle?!?" when really its more like he was making sped-up techno / miami bass hybrids and was aware of jungle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BkOlkXq8h8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

for more non-chicago juke stuff, i liked munchi's 'rotterdam juke' EP from last year

can we not needlessly bring burial and far more importantly, dilla into this?

in other news, the new world wide juke comp came out today. they're all free so grab them here http://worldwidejuke.com/

i dunno man that looks kinda commercial for my taste i try to keep it on the underground tip

idk man earl and guchon on the same comp

Can't tell if tlg's response is meant to be serious or not, but these are most appreciated in this camp. thanks again nohighs

fwiw:

The Guardian!: It sounds dark and messy, like the brooding urban soundtrack of Burial reimagined for a city with faster, meaner streets.

Chicago Reader: The forefathers of footwork music may be Green Velvet and Gant-Man, but it's got more in common with Aphex Twin or Burial.

in reference to?

chi reader compares everything to aphex twin

^this rhythm, although i didn't notate the claps

ah gotcha, sure. props for the audio illustration.

speaking of rhythms, i haven't heard anyone talk about this specifically but it's interesting that a lot of footwork producers have started flattening out the dotted 8th/dotted 8th/8th rhythms into quarter note triplets.

sorry if that sounds overly technical, but like this track starts out with the first rhythm and then shifts into using all triplets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3bBzyLasgA

there's an interview in the new Wire with Traxman talking about his love of Dilla fwiw

:-D

dilla ftw

http://image.spreadshirt.com/image-server/v1/products/19244844/views/1,width=178,height=178,interlace=true/j-dilla-changed-my-life-hoodies.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EEziGpjhJY

everyone in bootytune are real friendly and great at what they do. it's good to see them getting around

DJ Rashad - TEKLIFE Vol. 1: Welcome to the Chi

Is out now on soem of the usual download shops, really hope some of it hits wax at some point.

I'm listening to it now and frankly, it's the best chi footwork album I've heard by far. But i'm also loving the non-chi stuff nohighs posted earlier. That Neuport thing manages to tap into a (dare I say) chillwave vibe that is hinted at in a lot of footwork stuff - the pressure cooker feel of being high on caffeine when you're goddamned knackered to fuck. As for the junglefoot sound of Dream Continuum, well it's the crossover EP I've been waiting for. Extremely excited about this music again - more recommendations welcome!

new world wide juke came out yesterday

just popping in to say that I can't stress how incredible the last half of this album is (although the entire thing is phenomenal but in completely different regards). especially いい生活と言おうとして、噛む.

that's it really

this new rashad album is really something, huh?

the pressure cooker feel of being high on caffeine when you're goddamned knackered to fuck

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4es3q9XVN1ro1gr3.gif

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3fqzmNiog1qcdvcmo1_500.gif

I seem to have accumulated a lot of footwork the past couple of years, but almost never play any of it.

Got to play out my first all-footwork set last night. Sounded great on a big system. Sully played too, and while yes he's a mate, his set was terrific.

do i just not know enough about juke or is the dj rashad album kind of unprecedented?? like, 80+ minutes with tons of songs that are 5+ minutes. and they really feel like songs more than tracks. not to sound rockist but it feels elevated.

in any case it's amazing

It's the most solid/accomplished/listenable chi footwork release I've heard - not sure about songs, but on its way to greatness

i can't fucking even with that album. album of the year #realtalk

Listening to it again now. Yep, it's fucking ace. The jarring nature of footwork just dissipates by around the time We Trippy Mane comes on, and it really starts sounding like a perfect cross between full throttle dance and experimental lo-tech electronica.

Actually the whole section frok We Trippy through Fly Spray is completely unfuckwithable.

this takes some pretty amazing left turns, have to take my hat off to rashad

bit.ly/LR7vmc

my review and you can stream the record! :)

Thank you based bitly

http://www.spin.com/reviews/dj-rashad-teklife-vol-1-welcome-chi-lit-city

Enjoyed that review, still playing this album. Maybe the first footwork album I can happily play front to back more than a few times with no skipping.

(one for the sticker, yes I know)

wait is comparing footwork to black dice any more or less corny than comparing it to dubstep

Iconoclastic rapper-producer DJ Quik wanted his tenth album to sound like missing tapes from funk-soaked 1991. Instead, it's from an incredible year that never existed, blending baroque '80s roller jams, velvety '90s slow-rides, contemporary Dam-Funk swooshwave, and a breakdown with the late P-Funk guitarist Garry Shider. For every vintage Quik banger, there's a rhythmically unique implosion of backmasked "Paul Revere" drums and Madvillainous drone ("Poppin'"). Lyrically, he's back to his old tricks - shitting on haters, shouting out himself, somehow rhyming "orange" and having "diamonds like kablooie."

that quik review was kinda great

Why do white people criticize one another for being white?

jeez is that a review or a thinkpiece whiney