damn, what a set.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 4 December 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
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
― paolo, Monday, 22 December 2014 11:54 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Matt DC, Monday, 22 December 2014 12:03 (nine years ago) link
Bah gawd that DJ Earl mix
― paolo, Monday, 22 December 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
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.
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 29 January 2015 23:18 (nine years ago) link
damnit, all the links are down :-/
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 2 February 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 16:40 (nine years ago) link
Hey everyone, please be advised that the Jlin album is completely fucking incredible.
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Monday, 30 March 2015 03:41 (eight years ago) link
jlin easily one of the best footwork albums out there. she sounds so diff to everyone else too.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 30 March 2015 11:16 (eight years ago) link
Yeah it's reignited my faith in footwork as a progressive genre. great record
― why dont u say something or like just die (dog latin), Monday, 30 March 2015 11:38 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I feel like Double Cup and Space Zone are the only footwork full lengths I've enjoyed as much.
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 10:36 (eight years ago) link
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!)
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 10:59 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Thursday, 2 April 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
looking forward to checking it out. so far it sounds heavy on the 12/8 vibe.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Thursday, 2 April 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
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?
― but then again, who really cares? I don’t. (dog latin), Friday, 3 April 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
Don't wanna be all 'female electronic artist' about this but
how have you not learned not to start shit off like this
― een, Friday, 3 April 2015 00:46 (eight years ago) link
^^^^
One of the tracks is a collaboration with Herndon tho.
― The Reverend, Friday, 3 April 2015 00:47 (eight years ago) link
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.
― octobeard, Friday, 3 April 2015 00:52 (eight years ago) link
xpost oh didn't know that. which one?
― but then again, who really cares? I don’t. (dog latin), Friday, 3 April 2015 00:59 (eight years ago) link
"Expand"
― The Reverend, Friday, 3 April 2015 05:19 (eight years ago) link
the jlin feels like a game-changer
― ogmor, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 21:28 (eight years ago) link
i'm still waiting for dark energy to click for me. it's not as frenetic as other footwork stuff?
― flopson, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 22:01 (eight years ago) link
feels like more of a listening than a dancing album, lots of cool drum programming, but doesn't truly groove
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 22:14 (eight years ago) link
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.
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link
great mixtape: https://mallmusicinc.bandcamp.com/album/mall-music-presents-juice-ii
― Dominique, Thursday, 21 May 2015 13:43 (eight years ago) link
This DJ Orange Julius mixtape is definitely pretty great.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Thursday, 21 May 2015 21:57 (eight years ago) link
dj spinn raising the bar
http://backspinpromo.com/djspinnoffthatloud/
― the late great, Monday, 12 October 2015 00:15 (eight years ago) link
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
― the late great, Monday, 12 October 2015 00:22 (eight years ago) link
https://youtu.be/Wgtfx8RttME
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 14:47 (eight years ago) link
the Paypal album is fun, first few tracks especially. love the room-y percussion in this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVrIFxGNRb0
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
yeah i'm definitely gonna buy it when it comes out.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 12:02 (eight years ago) link
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.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 18:38 (eight years ago) link
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
― paolo, Friday, 27 November 2015 18:52 (eight years ago) link
my favorite footwork track this year was "off that loud", posted the video about six posts up
― the late great, Friday, 27 November 2015 20:25 (eight years ago) link
my faves:
DJ Spinn - Dubby (from Off that Loud EP)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49cQHfWzn0o
DJ Rashad - 6613 EPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF0sDAq6aec
Mall Music Presents Juice IIhttps://mallmusicinc.bandcamp.com/album/mall-music-presents-juice-ii
DJ Pay Pal - Buy Now EPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DtS6caVrQA
DJ Mastercard - Virtual Crime EPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB87r3MrHNQ
Machinedrum - Movin Forward EPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Xj4vP0Yhs
DJ Khalab - Eunoto EPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N43K6oadp4
Clap! Clap! - Simple EPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI5_ZedJnLc
RP Boo - Classics Vol 1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLvOGOLq6KY
― Dominique, Friday, 27 November 2015 20:55 (eight years ago) link
Thanks! I saw there was an RP Boo album out this year but I just haven't gotten round to picking it up yet
― paolo, Sunday, 29 November 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
yeah the new rp boo is great
― the late great, Sunday, 29 November 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
ne dj mastercard is greathttps://mallmusicinc.bandcamp.com/album/corrupt-memories
― ANU (sisilafami), Sunday, 29 November 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
new*
― ANU (sisilafami), Sunday, 29 November 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
DJ Taye mix - https://www.mixcloud.com/Mixmag/in-session-dj-taye/
― paolo, Monday, 30 November 2015 18:45 (eight years ago) link
thanks dominique
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Monday, 30 November 2015 23:52 (eight years ago) link
This Taye mix is ridiculous. Really great.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link
Thanks in no small part to the Jlin and Paypal albums from 2015, my footwork passion has been reignited. Also interested int he Lisbon 'Batida' style and whatever it is Clap! Clap! is all about. Think these all inhabit a similar area of broken sample-based rhythms. Might it be worth starting a new rolling thread for this stuff (the title of this one is a bit old-fashioned now, right?)
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 15 January 2016 11:05 (eight years ago) link
fuck it Rolling Footwork / Juke / Cargaa / Shangaan/ Chaabi / Other
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 15 January 2016 13:11 (eight years ago) link
so ... i hear this jana rush thing is pretty good
― the late great, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 03:52 (six years ago) link
yep
― ANU (sisilafami), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 10:45 (six years ago) link
I been listening to Bangs & Works v's 1 & 2 a lot this week and ugh fuck they are so good and are actually really gr8 at the gym???
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
Good thread on how this stuff was experienced
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
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 23 March 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link