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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
that mix is dope.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 24 May 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
cool post
― flopson, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
nohighs = Dave?
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
dave quam? no, too hipster-ish.
― the late great, Friday, 25 May 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
ahah who is dave and how do I remind you guys of him
― nohighs, Friday, 25 May 2012 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks for this nohighs! Fuckin' awesome
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Saturday, 26 May 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT1yV7axOsA
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Saturday, 26 May 2012 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― the late great, Monday, 28 May 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
burial is probably closer to "footwork" than dilla if you count machinedrum etc as "footwork"
― the late great, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
let's not
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
(and yeah, I don't really see what Dilla has to do with things either)
agreed
― the late great, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
I'm saying too!
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Monday, 28 May 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know, i mean i've never read that anywhere but it makes sense to me, more than burial. feel like maybe it was rev (?) said he doesn't like jd beats because of the way they lurch & a lot of footwork stuff has the same quality
― flopson, Monday, 28 May 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
Footwork's lurch is totally different from the Dilla lurch tho. Dilla's comes from lack of quantization, footwork's comes from 3-based rhythms that often don't resolve themselves by the next down beat, if that makes sense.
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
o ya that totally makes sense
― flopson, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
like
|X X X X X X X X X X X ||1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 |
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
there's another one too, though, that dilla also does, those like -- abrupt spaces -- in beats, not going to find an example right now but maybe soon, i know some tracks on b&w do it for sure
― flopson, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
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.), Saturday, 2 October 2010 21:03 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flopson, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
not sure what rhythm you're trying to notate there rev?
a lot of the chi footwork i've heard feels unquantized & triggered by hand, but in a totally different way than dilla.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 28 May 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
also i feel like drum & bass is the reference point for most of the articles/reviews i've seen.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 28 May 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
I feel like d&b only gets referenced because of the tempo similarity.
Footwork tumbles to me more than it lurches.
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
tempo & syncopation. i don't think it's actually all that similar, but can see why it appeals to old d&b heads.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 28 May 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/dj-reverend-dollars/untitled
^this rhythm, although i didn't notate the claps
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
if you syncopate this you end up with footwork
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leEirSsS8T8&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL9B6EAC0148DDDCD5
― the late great, Monday, 28 May 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
very interesting theory to me someone who hates british people & music
― flopson, Monday, 28 May 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 May 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
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
― the late great, Monday, 28 May 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BkOlkXq8h8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
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/
― nohighs, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno man that looks kinda commercial for my taste i try to keep it on the underground tip
― the late great, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
idk man earl and guchon on the same comp
― nohighs, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 06:32 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― rock the swagon and g.o.a.t. it (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
in reference to?
― the late great, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
chi reader compares everything to aphex twin
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
ah gotcha, sure. props for the audio illustration.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
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
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
there's an interview in the new Wire with Traxman talking about his love of Dilla fwiw
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 23:18 (twelve years ago) link