this is good stuff m8s
http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2013/07/stream-lil-jabbas-debut-lp-local
― Number None, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 14:46 (ten years ago) link
it sounds weirdly dubsteppy.
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 14:55 (ten years ago) link
Really enjoying the DJ Rashad Double Cup album. Haven't seen too much about it around ILX, but maybe I haven't been looking in the right places.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Thursday, 10 October 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
Ooh. When is that coming out?Just saw Rashad in Boston last week... fella was on crutches but still killed it. Talented dude.
― mr.raffles, Thursday, 10 October 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
I believe that it's supposed to be released on the 22nd of this month, but I think it's floating around out there too.
― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Thursday, 10 October 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
Rashad is in too much pain post-accident to play out on the reg :( (was gonna see him on Saturday) but Double Cup is really good
― when I was Ted Croker man I couldn't picture this (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 10 October 2013 23:48 (ten years ago) link
Shit, what happened? I haven't been keeping myself in the footwork loop these few weeks. Looking forward to the new Rashad.
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:26 (ten years ago) link
Car accident: http://www.factmag.com/2013/10/10/dj-rashad-cancels-european-tour-following-car-accident/
― Neil S, Friday, 11 October 2013 08:28 (ten years ago) link
damn, as someone who has been dealing with a back injury while playing gigs over the last year, i feel for him. the new album is so good.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
Very unfortunate to hear about his injuries, but I heard Double Cup today and it is something. I could listen to Let U No for days on end.
― Fiddler on a hot tin roof (ed.b), Sunday, 20 October 2013 05:49 (ten years ago) link
Double Cup is amazing.
― My god. Pure ideology. (ey), Sunday, 20 October 2013 12:41 (ten years ago) link
its nice and everything, but teklife vol 1 was much better imo.
― StillAdvance, Sunday, 20 October 2013 16:31 (ten years ago) link
Listening now.
Teklife was my fave album of the last few years, so... that'll take some beating.Sounds great so far though. Def digging the last half more than the first, but... first listen, so who knows?
― mr.raffles, Monday, 21 October 2013 02:34 (ten years ago) link
― mr.raffles, Monday, 21 October 2013 02:41 (ten years ago) link
― mr.raffles, Monday, 21 October 2013 02:52 (ten years ago) link
wow "double cup" wowwwwww
― the late great, Thursday, 24 October 2013 01:46 (ten years ago) link
such juke
very footwokay i'll stop now
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Thursday, 24 October 2013 02:30 (ten years ago) link
much bass, so melodies =)
― the late great, Thursday, 24 October 2013 02:40 (ten years ago) link
<3 "show you how" and title track
― the late great, Thursday, 24 October 2013 03:23 (ten years ago) link
and "reggie" and "let u no" and "i'm too hi" damn what an album
― the late great, Thursday, 24 October 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
Yahhh double cup is great
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Thursday, 24 October 2013 05:24 (ten years ago) link
: )
― j., Thursday, 24 October 2013 06:26 (ten years ago) link
Shit
― cheeseburger, Thursday, 24 October 2013 11:43 (ten years ago) link
I mean Oh shit
she a go
Let U No is seriously addictive.
― mr.raffles, Thursday, 24 October 2013 15:11 (ten years ago) link
its so great no one can respond with more than a few words about it?!
the traxman album on lit city is underrated.
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 24 October 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link
stfu
― the late great, Thursday, 24 October 2013 16:01 (ten years ago) link
nice.
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 24 October 2013 16:02 (ten years ago) link
What I love about this music is how spare it is. It's almost a challenge, musically, to latch onto things, and yet the songs progress, go through changes just like normal music. I always find myself surprised at how LOUD the snare and hi-hats are, like someone who was blind might be surprised to see how bright light was for the first time. Watching the youtube videos of people dancing to this stuff makes it clear why it sound the way it does, but as a writer of music, and appreciator of new dance music, juke/footwork is like a faberge egg: specialized, seemingly of little use to non-devotees, and utterly unique.
(also, as to making music, I find this style of music EXTREMELY applicable to genre-fuckery. You can add almost anything to a juke template, and make it into a different kind of song. For some reason, this doesn't annoy me the way, say, dubstep or disco reworks might).
― Dominique, Thursday, 24 October 2013 16:02 (ten years ago) link
such footwork
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 24 October 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
A
― Me & Mahomies (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 24 October 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
Dominique, I posted this recently in another thread:
This is one of the things I find awesome about footwork is basically its whole central premise as music specifically made for dance battles is the tension between how challenging it can be to dance to but still able to be danced to by a skillful dancer.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, October 2, 2013 2:22 AM Bookmark
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Thursday, 24 October 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
i'm sitting in an office and i can't help moving my body
and i hardly ever dance to anything, even if it's dancy
― j., Thursday, 24 October 2013 22:43 (ten years ago) link
This is SO funky! Is it me or is this significantly more polished than anything else he's released so far? Seems like it's coming into its own, as in no longer an interesting curio but stuff I'd happily play in the company of others without them complaining?
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Friday, 25 October 2013 16:47 (ten years ago) link
I haven't had any interest before in what I've heard of this stuff, but so far Double Cup is great.
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 14 December 2013 01:36 (ten years ago) link
I haven't had any interest before in what I've heard of this stuff
I haven't heard much.
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 14 December 2013 01:38 (ten years ago) link
yeah same, I tried to get into Teklife Vol 1 and a few other things and it didn't click
but Double Cup is pretty awesome
also what was up w/ this ridiculousness
http://doandroidsdance.com/news/dj-rashad-resign-teklife/
― dmr, Thursday, 13 February 2014 08:34 (ten years ago) link
I like the screen name 'Butt Jolokia'
― wilful brony (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 13 February 2014 10:05 (ten years ago) link
I refuse to believe Rashad is dead.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Sunday, 27 April 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link
http://www.complex.com/music/2014/04/dj-rashad-dead
: (
― j., Sunday, 27 April 2014 00:40 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Fiddler on a hot tin roof (ed.b), Sunday, 27 April 2014 00:57 (ten years ago) link
what the hell, what the goddamned hell
― imago, Sunday, 27 April 2014 00:59 (ten years ago) link
Fuck, it's looking like this is real. This is terrible.
― Fiddler on a hot tin roof (ed.b), Sunday, 27 April 2014 01:08 (ten years ago) link
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.
― imago, Sunday, 27 April 2014 01:14 (ten years ago) link
Wtf ;_;
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Sunday, 27 April 2014 01:18 (ten years ago) link
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.
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Sunday, 27 April 2014 01:27 (ten years ago) link
This is the worst thing ever
― "got ye!" (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 27 April 2014 01:36 (ten years ago) link
Can't think of anything to say other than wtf and rip :(
― all is fair in love and womp (monotony), Sunday, 27 April 2014 01:46 (ten years ago) link
Very sorry to hear this news. RIP Rashad.
― mom, Sunday, 27 April 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link