i've been sleeping on this: only became increasingly aware of it over the past couple of years, mostly because it's a huge influence on the night slugs crew here in london (girl unit, jam city, bok bok, l-vis 1990, manara, ikonika), and it both shows in their own productions and in what they dj. then i got sent a few compilations and EPs and heard a few mixes by the artists in the title. dj nate's da trak genious is the one that's most blown me away - this fucking track is so so so beautiful:
but the entire album is wall-to-wall vibes, snatches of soul and hip-hop and r&b pitched up, pitched down, set to those amazing stuttering beats.
so i) school me on what i've missed all these years, ii) talk about the stuff just coming out, iii) &c &c.
oh yeah and footworking is pretty hard right?
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 2 October 2010 09:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
so these guys are like the uk diplo right?
― i feed these skreets (tpp), Saturday, 2 October 2010 09:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
'the night slugs crew' i mean obviously
i find it too hard to keep up - i thought those guys played funky?
― i feed these skreets (tpp), Saturday, 2 October 2010 09:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh god they would be so offended at that. they don't make juke, it's just an influence that you can hear now and again. sometimes they play juke (sometimes house, funky, r&b, whatever) but that's not any more diploesque than any uk dj playing music from elsewhere, it's not like juke is their selling point (though carving out there own distinct aesthetic IS).
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 2 October 2010 09:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
Given Diplo's own actual productions are increasingly Night Slugs-ish that comparison is more accurate every day.
― Tim F, Saturday, 2 October 2010 11:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
the london diplo seems more accurate.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Saturday, 2 October 2010 11:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's bullshit, and doesn't even make sense w/r/t the practice of calling someone "the uk version of x", but this is a thread about juke, so does anyone actually have comments on that rather than pursuing some weird anti-nightslugs snark vendetta?
xp
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 2 October 2010 11:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
My comment was more about diplo really.
"poetry" is fantastic. I really like dj nate but don't know the other guys you mention very well.
― Tim F, Saturday, 2 October 2010 12:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
Nate isn't even part of the scene. It's RP Boo, DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, DJ Roc, Traxxman etc etc.
― prettylikealaindelon, Saturday, 2 October 2010 12:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
this stuff is big w/ chicago teens. the dude who wrote about this stuff for the wire is a friend of mine
― HOW I FOLD MY BANDANA (deej), Saturday, 2 October 2010 20:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
Fidget House ?
/braggin
― HOW I FOLD MY BANDANA (deej), Saturday, 2 October 2010 20:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
deej you LIVE there, i figured you'd know about it all (and was hoping you'd be in here at some point)
Nate isn't even part of the scene
yeah i heard something vaguely about this: in what way is he not part of the scene/why is he being picked up on, or packaged as, part of it?
i like all the artists i've heard but he reeeeeally stands out
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 2 October 2010 20:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
"poetry" is really nice
― waka flocka flame judi dench (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 2 October 2010 20:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
these are some of the other dj nate trax that stand out on the album
and "call me when you're sober" - the only version of which on youtube is this amazing girl
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 2 October 2010 20:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
haha what - looking for that on youtube reveals that the source material for "call me when you're sober" is EVANESCENCE!
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 2 October 2010 20:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol yep
― waka flocka flame judi dench (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 2 October 2010 20:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
Hence the title.
― Already WSed last summer (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 2 October 2010 20:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah i just didn't know that evanescence had a song called that
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 2 October 2010 20:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ooops neither did I it was a lame gag about needing to be drunk to listen to Evanescence.
― Already WSed last summer (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 2 October 2010 20:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
looool
so i also realised that i didn't know where the "poetry" sample was from and it's a random danity kane ballad off an album that i apparently love but didn't recognise
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 2 October 2010 21:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
i have trouble listening to this stuff. it reminds me of trying to get into acardipane or lory d or stuff like that. yes, it is incredibly offbeat, put i find just about everything involved aesthetically off-putting. it's sort of like certain types of internet-derived conceptual art, where yes, you do get this incredible sense of invention and "wrongness" about it but then there's not really any ear candy there to draw you back.
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 3 October 2010 00:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
er i meant "eye candy", hopefully that visual art metaphor isn't too strained.
when i hear music like footwork i feel the same way i feel when i see art like this
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 3 October 2010 00:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
imo its not stuff i would pay for & play outits cool & weird but its like ... super-functional music for the ppl who make it / primarily consume it. 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 (made that name up)
i do like how it functions in its main environment tho ... just have trouble listening to it w/out looking at kids doing some crazy footwork ish to it. its like, theres no purpose beyond that, its not pop music, etc
― thank you based mod (deej), Sunday, 3 October 2010 01:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
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.), Sunday, 3 October 2010 01:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
heh heh
so is this basically made to do footwork routines too, like those amped-up hip hop / pop dance cheerleading mashups?
or is it more "listenable" than that, like these kids might bump this stuff in their bedroom while studying?
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 3 October 2010 02:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
i can only imagine ppl who actually footwork, or produce footwork music, or dudes who read The Wire, actually listening to this while chilling in their bedroomsalso internet dudes like us 'making sense of a musical phenomenon'this stuff is ime separate even from ghetto house targeted at dance parties that arent related to footworkingbut i dont know as well as dave quam i shd ask him
― thank you based mod (deej), Sunday, 3 October 2010 02:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
i mean, 'the kids' like, uh, kanye west & waka flocka flame
― thank you based mod (deej), Sunday, 3 October 2010 02:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 3 October 2010 02:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
its cool & weird but its like ... super-functional music for the ppl who make it / primarily consume it.
you could say the same thing about baltimore club "bmore gutter music" was dropped - by hollertronix, no less. now there's bmore breaks all over top 40 like wtf
― fennel cartwright, Sunday, 3 October 2010 08:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
are there
― thank you based mod (deej), Sunday, 3 October 2010 09:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
& no, baltimore club was made for dancing by ppl at clubs. "OMG u could say the same thing about house music!!" not really
it is super-functional music for the ppl who make it / primarily consume it, but we already saw a single from the UK which showed footwork influences, I can see this music going further.
anyway, I do like how it functions in its main environment too, I'd prefer it to stay like this to be honest, when things go global the energy dissipates too.
― prettylikealaindelon, Sunday, 3 October 2010 11:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's functional music => it works well in clubs => djs from other countries play it in clubs => and here we are with some albums getting released (and the dj nate in particular is pretty conducive to non-club listening)
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 3 October 2010 13:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah the dj nate album is pretty nice around the house listening music imo, don't even really think of it as dance music half as much as instrumental hip hop. but i'm not crazy about the rest of the stuff been posted itt so far, which seems much more dependent on context, or knowing what footwork is & how to do it.
― chronicles of ridically (samosa gibreel), Sunday, 3 October 2010 16:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
i think we should explore this statement
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 3 October 2010 17:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
jurr
― prettylikealaindelon, Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/user/ghettotekz
This youtube channel is amazing.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 15:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
i like listening to this stuff apart from watching crazy footwork videos or whatever, but it gets a little headache-inducing after a few tracks. doesn't surprise me at all that it appeals to people who fall for other high-bpm beat music (d&b, dubstep, baltimore, etc).
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Thursday, 4 November 2010 21:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
listening to this now: http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/04/stream-%CE%BC-ziqs-footwork-mix/
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Thursday, 4 November 2010 21:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
i'm sorry but goon squad absolutely kill it in the above video
― dogs, Thursday, 4 November 2010 21:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
^this is the footwork track to rope in noise dudes/drone mongos/Wire subscriber asshats like me
rilly tho it's one of the most... extraordinary things I've heard all year - it's on the Bangs & Works comp that Planet Mu are putting out
I meant to post in this but when I was reading it before it was on my phone in a caravan :/
― Joy Orbison wrapped in clingfilm (DJ Mencap), Friday, 5 November 2010 10:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
WARNING: THIS IS THE GREATEST VIDEO EVER POSTED TO THE INTERNET.
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 18:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
npr streaming the 'bangs & works' comp, with a little article on it.
― j., Tuesday, 7 December 2010 08:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
so [night slugs] are like the uk diplo right?
― i feed these skreets (tpp), Saturday, October 2, 2010 4:29 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
:) Thank you for creating a phrase that captures my contempt of Night Slugs.
― EDB, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 16:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
i decided today this stuff's not even music
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 12 December 2010 06:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://vimeo.com/15819811
I've decide that this is just about the most depressing noise I've ever heard.
― sistern, Sunday, 12 December 2010 07:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
j/k i really like dj spinn and dj rashad but a lot of this stuff i'm just having a lot of trouble getting into ...
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 12 December 2010 08:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
super sick: http://soundcloud.com/ghettophiles/joey-beltram-energy-flash-dj-rashad-xtc-juke-remix
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 12 December 2010 08:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
whoops
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 12 December 2010 08:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
Saw Rashad & Spinn the other weekend, its was fucking ace. Love the Rashad album too, its maybe my favourite of the year so far.
― jimitheexploder, Sunday, 1 July 2012 09:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
http://vimeo.com/43042667
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 12:51 (11 months ago) Permalink
(dj footmerc - gregory hines discovers distal + machinedrum)
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 12:52 (11 months ago) Permalink
did this footwork-y remix awhile back, out today: http://soundcloud.com/chantssound/phone-tag
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 16:02 (10 months ago) Permalink
Will take a listen. Btw Jordan I never said how much I enjoyed Chants, it's pretty awesome. Been popping up on shuffle a fair bit but I still need to listen to it through properly.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 16:20 (10 months ago) Permalink
thanks man! <3
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 16:53 (10 months ago) Permalink
oops apparently i posted that prematurely, had to take it down for a bit
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 17:26 (10 months ago) Permalink
The DJ Rashad album is also one of my favorite albums of the year thus far but I really wish they would release a physical. Is anyone here going to Juke Fest 2012 at Smartbar (http://smartbarchicago.com/juke-fest-2012) and can help me get in as I am only 20?
― afroslack, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 22:30 (10 months ago) Permalink
whoa. wish i could go to that (ie 'wish i wasn't so lazy about driving 2.5 hours and going to shows in general').
my ersatz footwork track is back up.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 17:47 (10 months ago) Permalink
Can't stop listening to this fella.
― mr.raffles, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 04:23 (10 months ago) Permalink
now what? I'm still quite enjoying the junglefoot hybrid stuff, as well as Rashad, but there's not that much replay value on a lot of juke I guess...
― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 11:43 (10 months ago) Permalink
Not sure I've heard a better album than the DJ Rashad this year/decade. Damn.
― mr.raffles, Saturday, 11 August 2012 05:35 (10 months ago) Permalink
"DANCE FU" on netflix directed by cedric the entertainer + starring kel of kenan and... is absolutely terrible but i pretty much died at his nickname being "chicago" and it having FOOTWORK BATTLES, there was even actual footwork played when they didn't just show some people dancing and replaced the tracks with trap
― fauxmarc, Monday, 13 August 2012 20:11 (10 months ago) Permalink
http://www.mixcloud.com/doglatin/dj-dog-latin-icklefoot-mix-footwork/
a quick footwork mix I made a couple of months back...
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Monday, 24 September 2012 23:13 (8 months ago) Permalink
The Young Smoke album (Space Zone) that came out today is quite good. Up there with Traxman and Rashad.
― matt damon & the jb's (the anephric project), Monday, 24 September 2012 23:32 (8 months ago) Permalink
I'm listening to it now actually. This is total sci-fi footwork - like a late '70s space shooter in footwork form. WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
It seems a lot more polished than the Rash and Trax albums, not in a bad way or in a Machinedrummy way, just a bit more fleshed out.
Very very good though so far.
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:19 (8 months ago) Permalink
into it
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 01:11 (8 months ago) Permalink
ya
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 01:32 (8 months ago) Permalink
I started a thread on it
― the late great, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 08:24 (8 months ago) Permalink
http://boomkat.com/downloads/585804-dj-spinn-teklife-vol-2-what-you-need
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Monday, 22 October 2012 09:23 (7 months ago) Permalink
this thread should have its title amended to incorporate footwork really.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Monday, 22 October 2012 09:26 (7 months ago) Permalink
I'm so Teklife/I'm so Teklife/I'm so Teklife/I'm so Teklife
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Friday, 26 October 2012 09:36 (7 months ago) Permalink
^in my head most days
― ogmor, Friday, 26 October 2012 10:25 (7 months ago) Permalink
Haven't given the Spinn album a listen to yet, but I have a feeling it's going to be a bit back-to-basics compared to the huge leaps made by Rashad and especially Young Smoke this year. I can't say I was hugely floored by Traxman's album - did you guys like it?
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Friday, 26 October 2012 11:03 (7 months ago) Permalink
i'm curious to hear if/how much rashad stretches out on the hyperdub ep.
had this remix come out last week, the whole ep is one some 160 bpm craziness:
― keef qua keef (Jordan), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 18:51 (4 months ago) Permalink
this traxman remix of trans europe express is pretty hilarious
https://soundcloud.com/traxman-2/trans-europe-express-2013
― flopson, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 19:13 (4 months ago) Permalink
comp w/rashad, spinn, manny, etchttp://freshmoon.bandcamp.com/album/freshmoon-presents-808k-v-1
― queeple qua queeple (Jordan), Monday, 4 March 2013 19:26 (3 months ago) Permalink
Rashad's Rollin' EP is AMAZING; "Let it Go" is obv one of the best tracks of the year so far.
― Room 227 (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 31 March 2013 16:29 (2 months ago) Permalink
It is really really good indeed
― pssstttt, Hey you (dog latin), Sunday, 31 March 2013 19:45 (2 months ago) Permalink
― Room 227 (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, March 31, 2013 9:29 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
word word word word word word word
― cunnilingus ah um (The Reverend), Monday, 1 April 2013 05:41 (2 months ago) Permalink
yeah this is really tight
"let it go" reminds me of wheez-ie but better
― the late great, Monday, 1 April 2013 05:53 (2 months ago) Permalink
A few footwork related things I did:
A mix of nu-footwork / junglefoot: http://www.mixcloud.com/doglatin/let-it-go-junglefoot-adventures/And an attempt at making my own footwork track last night: https://soundcloud.com/doglatin/2-choices
― pssstttt, Hey you (dog latin), Friday, 5 April 2013 11:19 (2 months ago) Permalink
http://youtu.be/dCvww5BbAuI
Spinn and Rashad killing it. Can't think of much I enjoy more these days.
― mr.raffles, Saturday, 6 April 2013 04:09 (2 months ago) Permalink
ya rashad
what do u think of patrice & friends
― flopson, Saturday, 6 April 2013 04:28 (2 months ago) Permalink
Nice.
Had never heard them... thanks!
― mr.raffles, Saturday, 6 April 2013 04:39 (2 months ago) Permalink
^that just jam set... damn
chicago embracing uk sounds. we approaching the singularity mayn
― KitevsPill, Saturday, 6 April 2013 09:02 (2 months ago) Permalink
Mannnn, there's SO much good stuff on that Just Jam channel.
Wow
Checkin the DJ Assault one now.
― mr.raffles, Sunday, 7 April 2013 01:49 (2 months ago) Permalink
http://thequietus.com/articles/12158-dj-rashad-interview - a piece I did on Rashad.
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Thursday, 9 May 2013 11:49 (1 month ago) Permalink
great piece man
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Thursday, 9 May 2013 16:57 (1 month ago) Permalink
Cheers Jordan.
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:05 (1 month ago) Permalink
I seriously fear y'all ain't up on all this new Young Smoke shit http://youngsmokeastronautatatus.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-the-astrozoid-space-lyfe-unite-the-movement-3d-the-movie
― The Reverend, Thursday, 9 May 2013 22:43 (1 month ago) Permalink
Checking it out now
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Thursday, 9 May 2013 22:53 (1 month ago) Permalink
great article, username
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 10 May 2013 00:13 (1 month ago) Permalink
― clouds, Sunday, 19 May 2013 19:04 (1 month ago) Permalink
yahhhh that album is so banging
― The Reverend, Sunday, 19 May 2013 20:12 (1 month ago) Permalink
shiny & banging:
http://feelingseverywhere.bandcamp.com/album/hit-it-right-ep
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 15:46 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
:(
http://www.factmag.com/2013/06/02/footwork-producer-traxman-shot-in-robbery-label-planet-mu-start-fundraiser/
get well, traxman
― give life back to usic (The Reverend), Monday, 3 June 2013 05:24 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
fundraiser has reached $1307 with 25 days to go :-)
― w⚓f♠ (wins), Saturday, 8 June 2013 18:30 (1 week ago) Permalink
Woah!
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Monday, 17 June 2013 23:05 (3 days ago) Permalink
as usual, smells like a boy's bedroom & provides lovely heady catharsis. rashad still the most precise & delicate footwork i've heard
― ogmor, Monday, 17 June 2013 23:28 (3 days ago) Permalink