First listen. I haven't really paid attention to be honest, but still, it sounds pretty disappointing. The songs are too long and it's overall just not as good as their first two.
Footwork (a.k.a. juke, ghetto house) has been around for quite a while, though it's only begun to get any form of mainstream recognition in the last couple of years. What did you think of the album? If you liked it, I highly recommend you check out both volumes of the Bangs & Works compilations, which were released on Mike Paradinas' fantastic Planet Mu record label and work as a great introduction to the genre. Beyond that, I recommend DJ Nate's Da Track Genious, Traxman's Da Mind of Traxman, and all three volumes of the Teklife series.
Anyway, currently listening to Applerill's latest.
i liked it. "Footwork" doesn't really stray too far from what dj shadow or some variants of dubstep or splinter IDM sub-genres do, so it wasn't a big shocker. I like how the hip-hop elements were spliced in to the fabric of each song.. I'll have to revisit it later
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i liked it. "Footwork" doesn't really stray too far from what dj shadow or some variants of dubstep or splinter IDM sub-genres do, so it wasn't a big shocker. I like how the hip-hop elements were spliced in to the fabric of each song.. I'll have to revisit it later
Juke is quicker and rawer than most of what you mentioned, though IDM as a label doesn't really have any tempo template. I guess juke has the relentlessness of drum'n'bass, but it really is functionalist dance music (hence the term "footwork") reminiscent of the happier, poppier bits of early UK hardcore in the sense that it feels like cheap and cheerful music whose primary function is to soundtrack dancing, as opposed to conforming to the traditional rockist idea of making albums intended for private listening. Double Cup is actually a very polished take on the genre, and probably its most overt attempt at making an "album" (though Young Smoke's Space Zone also deserves a mention here). It is for these reasons that I would really strongly suggest checking out Bangs & Works Vol. 1 in particular, a compilation whose scatterbrain nature and rushed, lo-fi charm is more representative of the genre than Rashad's latest. Anyway, happy to hear that you enjoyed the record, and even happier to see the genre gaining more and more notice with each passing month.
Juke is quicker and rawer than most of what you mentioned, though IDM as a label doesn't really have any tempo template. I guess juke has the relentlessness of drum'n'bass, but it really is functionalist dance music (hence the term "footwork") reminiscent of the happier, poppier bits of early UK hardcore in the sense that it feels like cheap and cheerful music whose primary function is to soundtrack dancing, as opposed to conforming to the traditional rockist idea of making albums intended for private listening. Double Cup is actually a very polished take on the genre, and probably its most overt attempt at making an "album" (though Young Smoke's Space Zone also deserves a mention here). It is for these reasons that I would really strongly suggest checking out Bangs & Works Vol. 1 in particular, a compilation whose scatterbrain nature and rushed, lo-fi charm is more representative of the genre than Rashad's latest. Anyway, happy to hear that you enjoyed the record, and even happier to see the genre gaining more and more notice with each passing month.
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