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

http://www.complex.com/music/2014/04/dj-rashad-dead

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I can't and won't believe it. I was listening to teklife vol 1 this morning. He was supposed to play here last night. Fuck fuck fuck. Please not be true.

what the hell, what the goddamned hell

Fuck, it's looking like this is real. This is terrible.

only heard 1 rashad album (double cup) yet it profoundly reached me

i'm a little drunk rn so probably shouldn't say too much but this is staggering, devastating news. can't think of the last musician death that's got me like this. the guy was blasting dance music into the sun, mission aborted halfway. fuck.

Wtf ;_;

I can't believe this, he was so good and cranking out groundbreaking tracks like crazy. Plus, he always came across as a very chill, likeable guy. This really and truly sucks.

This is the worst thing ever

Can't think of anything to say other than wtf and rip :(

Very sorry to hear this news. RIP Rashad.

fuck, i did not know this guy's music well but very much enjoyed what i heard. rip.

He wasn't even my fav necessarily but he made things that were so unique and so fascinating and there are few people I would get as excited about hearing new music from

wow, this is horrible. absolutely caned teklife vol 1 when it came out, it's futurist & exciting, but it's also wickedly lean & precise in a way that was unlike other footwork I'd heard. feel like he resisted a lot of easier moves & there's a purism to the way everything comes together which makes it hit really hard & really cleanly. I would listen to it over & over like unfolding some exquisite piece of origami to try to see how it was made. man, RIP

It's hard to mourn this guy when listening to his music, jams for miles <3 <3

Holy crap! RIP...I just listened to Double Cup for the first time a couple weeks ago, was looking forward to more stuff from him...

unbelievable and gutted, what a genius, so glad he left us what he did. rip

rare to hear music that strong. can't handle this rn

ogmor otm

I am fucking gutted about this. I had the pleasure of interviewing Rashad last year and he was a lovely guy. Teklife Vol1 got me through some tough times in 2012. Seriously one of my favourite artists and one of the most important modern stars in Chicago music history. RIP Rashad.

wow. i saw him at fwd in london a few years back when he played for the first time here and it was one of the best nights ive had in a club. this just seems so weird. he was always like a footwork representative too, not just cos he was reaching out to other scenes but im guessing cos he was such a cool relaxed kind of guy, so i wonder who will fill that role now. was a bit unsure about double cup when i first got it but i ended up really appreciating it (i liked teklife vol 1 more). seems like thats the most appropriate (in mood) record to play of his now. i cant believe it actually, footworks one of the things ive been most excited about in the last few years, and though he wasnt my favourite producer, most of that was down to the part rashad played in taking it outside chicago. i was really interested to see what he did after double cup too as it seemed such a change from what he was doing before. what a shame.

Ugh RIP, awful news

Awful news. He was at the top of his game. Unbelievable.

well this is some shit news to get up to. RIP

Never saw him DJ but his Rinse show from a few years ago was one of the best radio mixes I've ever heard

RIP

Devastating. RIP.

Oh man. I was listening to him just last night and had no idea. RIP. Just read that he had a 9yo kid. what a tragedy.

One of the most (selfishly) frustrating things for me as a fan is knowing I'll never get to hear him play out and also worrying that, without Rashad, footwork risks withdrawing back into its own insular space. I know there are enough footwork artists working globally right now to keep things afloat but IMO it was Rashad who was leading the charge, pushing things into new territories, physically and figuratively, in his own mannered way. From speaking to him and watching other interviews it seemed his colleague Spinn was the one most verbose in explaining the essential ideas and visions behind their work, but I get the impression Rashad was keener to get on and let his music do the talking.

Agree with the above.

There was a moment last year listening to Double Cup where things snapped into focus and I realized how hands down amazing that record is. Really up there with golden era 90s dance albums for consistently presenting surprising experimental sonic twists and turns, but nevertheless remains absolutely funktional and aimed at the dance floor. Something increasingly rare and even unexpected these days.

what the fuck, no!

I used my intro-playlist-generating software at work to make a memorial ENtro to DJ Rashad and his rough stylistic vicinity.

http://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/1J5LLxoozCfd6BFfm4FQ1V

man, one of the things i appreciated about Rashad besides his amazing music was that he was a few years older than me, didn't start getting widespread success until his 30s, and seemed really grounded and together in his outlook & life. very sad.

sorry to speculate but i wonder if this could have been related to that car accident he was involved in last year (painkillers etc).

xxp that playlist is pretty interesting (& massive), does it work off a particular rashad track or a broader selection?

Bok Bok & P.O.L Style - Rinse 27.04.14 - tribute to DJ Rashad https://soundcloud.com/nightslugs/bok-bok-pol-style-rinse-270414-dj-rashad-tribute

No, it doesn't use a particular track, it attempts to model Rashad and what we (the Echo Nest) think are similar artists as a set.

jesus shitting fuck, how the hell did this happen?

wtf no

just heard about this

http://www.spin.com/articles/dj-rashad-dj-spinn-interview/

That's a tough read. This is just horrible.

Here's the "Chase Me" track they're talking about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDUqpphL4zw

ha, this one samples an ILM goon fave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c16YIhs2zsU

https://soundcloud.com/lexdray/lexdray-city-series-volume-20

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/01/dj-rashad-died-blood-clot-not-drugs

damn...

Sort of paranoid about the veiny ache in my leg I've had for a while now.

Crazy.

• The information in this story was supplied in good faith by Hyperdub Records. We have since been told the detail concerning cause of death may not be accurate. We will update when we know more.

Not sure how I feel about my interest in knowing.

Last night I passed a bar that was playing DJ Rashad with the windows open. I yelled "RIP DJ Rashad! Teklife for life!" through the window and a few people cheered. :)

Yikes: http://pitchfork.com/news/56222-dj-rashad-died-of-drug-overdose-autopsy-confirms/