I kinda wish this would become a thing(mute the first vid)
http://youtubedoubler.com/2Z90
― the boy with the gorn at his side (Edward III), Monday, 16 January 2012 19:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
that review seems to take a lot to say "it's pretty fast and broken" ...and of course fresh/new/vital(!)/different. in actual (physical) dance context (rather than just dance music review context) is what footwork brings to the table really that much more than a more-broken/faster (yet tempered) drum n bass? we know that going off 4/4 itself isn't actually new/unique. reviewer says that most listeners just don't know what to do with it (yet) but will they ever, really, is that capability really there, did the 4/4 toe tappers and coma-inducted skankers really ever end up knowing how to dance to breaks or d+b?
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
so, "shangaan electro"
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.okayafrica.com/2012/01/19/wax-on-shangaan-shake-%E2%80%94-dj-rashad-spinn-rp-boo/
http://boomkat.com/vinyl/315207-shangaan-electro-new-wave-dance-music-from-south-africa
Is there a direct link here? (besides the fact that HJ have asked rashad and spinn to contribute to their remix series - I mean, there's also a Demdike Stare installment) Obviously footwork and shangaan share a love of crazy percussion but as far as I know the latter is much more into "proper songs" than the cut-up sample style I've heard on Bangs+Works etc.
― Angrrau Birds (seandalai), Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
i could have put it on the african thread or the dance partisans but went with 'fast electronic dance music' and didn't think to hard about it. we can move it if anyone wants to discuss somewhere else.
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
There was a bit of discussion in the rolling world music thread when the Shangaan Electro comp came out and a couple of us repped for it in the 2010 poll, but that seems to be all the coverage it's had on ILM.
― Angrrau Birds (seandalai), Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
actually i don't find it nearly as exhilarating as this senegalese stuff (which i think i posted in the african thread):
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
That is fantastic!
― Angrrau Birds (seandalai), Thursday, 19 January 2012 18:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
3 hunna juke remix
cutting edge yall
― #YOLO #NAMASTE (D-40), Sunday, 29 January 2012 03:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
anyone happen to know where i can find the juked up version of ciara's "get up" that i've heard dj rashad play a few times? guessing it's his own but haven't had any luck tracking it down.
― handy ban (lou), Friday, 3 February 2012 03:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
this?:
― DO NOT CALL (The Brainwasher), Friday, 3 February 2012 03:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
god, yes. thank you!
haha i prob shoulda been able to find that, huh?
― handy ban (lou), Friday, 3 February 2012 04:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like this guyhttp://liljabba.bandcamp.com/album/swisher
― Number None, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 10:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
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
― the late great, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
from jack to juke - 25 years of ghetto house
http://vimeo.com/36275353
― fauxmarc, Friday, 10 February 2012 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
dig it
― fauxmarc, Friday, 10 February 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
OMG dj traxman your new album is a treat
― the late great, Saturday, 21 April 2012 02:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
and that's a bad thing?
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Monday, 23 April 2012 08:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (1 year ago) Permalink
i would think its more in the tradition of lil jon
― the late great, Monday, 23 April 2012 14:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
why is black people never allowed to rock
― the late great, Monday, 23 April 2012 15:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
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 (11 months ago) Permalink
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 (11 months ago) Permalink
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 (11 months ago) Permalink
that mix is dope.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 24 May 2012 21:02 (11 months ago) Permalink
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 (11 months ago) Permalink
cool post
― flopson, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
nohighs = Dave?
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
dave quam? no, too hipster-ish.
― the late great, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
ahah who is dave and how do I remind you guys of him
― nohighs, Friday, 25 May 2012 23:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
Thanks for this nohighs! Fuckin' awesome
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Saturday, 26 May 2012 00:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
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 (11 months ago) Permalink
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Saturday, 26 May 2012 01:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
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 (11 months ago) Permalink
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 (11 months ago) Permalink
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 (11 months ago) Permalink
lol
― the late great, Monday, 28 May 2012 16:28 (11 months ago) Permalink
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 (11 months ago) Permalink