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yup, bad djs make music sound terrible

ed teach wrote:

secret door wrote:Wow.

First track in this mix (played up until 2:28) is one of my new favorite footwork tracks.
https://davequam.wordpress.com/2010/11/ ... an-its-on/ Big thanks to Traxman and Dave Quam for their work!

Got to give credit to Dave Quam. He's been supporting this sound for a while and his blog has some amazing music from all over the place: http://davequam.wordpress.com/

Also for a bit of recent history on this stuff you should check RP Boo's mixtape, Dude off 59th Street:



(click to download)

fractal wrote:yup, bad djs make music sound terrible

TRUTH

i reckon i ought to have figured it was simply a bum dj... Really enjoy that Dave Quam blog, its quality stuff
sorry for not reading this whole thread too, i, ehhhh.... u kno.

Yeah, that RP Boo mixtape definitely seems like juke's shining moment to me, although his other mixes are no slouch either. And yes, thanks again to Dave Quam for the wonderful blog.

-[2]DAY_- wrote:hmm, figured i'd stop by this thread b/c i caught a juke set for the first time recently.... i'm definitely feeling Addison Groove tunes and I love 808s in all kinds of contexts

Addison Groove isn't really indicative of footwork music -- it's more derivative, but still really good dance music. Sounds like you heard some pretty authentic mixing...

I dig the sustained 808 kicks and repetitive vocals. The more mind-numbing the better really.

secret door wrote: I dig the sustained 808 kicks and repetitive vocals. The more mind-numbing the better really.

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Bit of self-promotion, out digitally on 30th day, already out on bandcamp. Slick Shoota doing big things also on B.yrslf Division..


Some other jukey tracks also on my soundcloud

http://soundcloud.com/keiska

bump, anything new? that I should hear?

I made this track the other day. Still needs a lot of work, but I hope you like it
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Where's all the jungle edits of juke tracks at?
Need more of this....

Lovely, that!

'Bout a month ago I was meant to be going round a mates for lunch but I got distracted reading that giant thread on Dissensus, and I never left the house. Literally just spent the entire day sat around absorbing all the juke and footwork I could find - was an expensive day...

Obviously, I'm rather late on the takeup of actual juke/footwork, given how long AG has been pushing the sound and how much I've listened to all that he drops, but fucking hell - a lot of this stuff is just off the chain.

I started with the Bangs & Works comp and the first tune that really knocked me for six was 'Whea Yo Ghost At, Whea Yo Dead Man'. It's like it was made on another planet. After that it was all downhill - buying anything I could find by Rashad, Spinn, Nate, Juke Trax stuff...mind officially blown, anyway. Few things:

1) Cheesy vocal samples, and Leatherface in particular. This guys tunes are some of the cheesiest and almost laugh-out-loud stuff...and yet I love it. Toy Soldiaz for example...there's no way I should be liking that. Similar story with Beetlejuke, and that Psycho tune by Mister Ries (opens the Headhunter juke mix), although these are nowhere near as bad as Toy Soldiaz. Does anyone else find that any pre-existing notions of what is cheesy and in theory should be shit just goes out the window when it comes to juke? I don't have any musical prejudices but I'm pretty sure if I heard some of this stuff in another style it wouldn't be hitting a spot, or at least it would be nothing more than novelty value. Some of the vocals on Nate's stuff as well should be awful, but...

2) Just how many versions of Deep Inside are there?!

3) Feed me more. Has anyone found anything new? That DJ Diamond album that just came out is quality, I'd recommend that to anyone, whether they think they like this stuff or not.

pulkpull wrote:Does anyone else find that any pre-existing notions of what is cheesy and in theory should be shit just goes out the window when it comes to juke?

this. (also true for uk funky in my case)

pulkpull wrote:That DJ Diamond album that just came out is quality, I'd recommend that to anyone, whether they think they like this stuff or not.

and this. "wreckage" is one fantastic track.

koo wrote:

secret door wrote: I dig the sustained 808 kicks and repetitive vocals. The more mind-numbing the better really.

Soundcloud


Bit of self-promotion, out digitally on 30th day, already out on bandcamp. Slick Shoota doing big things also on B.yrslf Division..


Some other jukey tracks also on my soundcloud

http://soundcloud.com/keiska

Feeling this track mate!

pulkpull wrote:
3) Feed me more. Has anyone found anything new? That DJ Diamond album that just came out is quality, I'd recommend that to anyone, whether they think they like this stuff or not.

Well if u recently got into it, you could feed us right? (a) Found some new favourites? Share them!!!

Hah, ok. Well most of the stuff I found was via that Dissensus thread and just browsing through Boomkat/Juno/etc, but out of everything I've listened to so far there are certainly a few standout tunes to mention. I doubt I have anything to add that hasn't been said before though.

DJ Rashad - Drop Juke Out (from Jukeworkz) [one of the best things I've ever heard in any genre, I'm tempted to say]
DJ Elmoe - Whea Yo Ghost At, Whea Yo Dead Man (from Bangs & Works Vol. 1)
DJ Nate - Call Me When You're Sober (from Da Trak Genious) [perfect example of cheesy-as-fuck vocal samples]
DJ Spinn - Shawty Off The Chain (from 4 The Ghetto)
DJ Rashad - Who Da Coldest (from Itz Not Rite)
DJ Diamond - Decoded (from Flight Muzik)
Leatherface - Beetlejuke (from Juke Chainsaw Massacre Vol 3)

Also...the Machinedrum album. It's kinda juke-ish. It goes waaaaaaaaaay over the top with vocal samples in places (not in a cheesy way, just in a "please give me a break from endless vocal samples" kinda way) but it's pretty excellent.

I'm not really sure of the best place to hear newer stuff, or stuff beyond the obvious, which was the reason for enquiring if anyone had stumbled upon anything.

^^^Cheers for a great list bro

pulkpull wrote:DJ Rashad - Drop Juke Out (from Jukeworkz) [one of the best things I've ever heard in any genre, I'm tempted to say]

Epic Tune!

pulkpull wrote:DJ Nate - Call Me When You're Sober

I love that one. The way it suddenly gets totally silent after one second of the vocal drop gets me everytime.

beans wrote:^^^Cheers for a great list bro

+ whenever u got time for more