Double Cup
Double Cup, the new album from Chicago producer Rashad Harden, is a gorgeous, invigorating collection that places equal importance on melody and rhythmic texture. It’s unquestionably the strongest footwork-related LP since the genre was introduced to a wider audience.
Double Cup, the new album from Chicago producer Rashad Harden, is a gorgeous, invigorating collection that places equal importance on melody and rhythmic texture. It’s unquestionably the strongest footwork-related LP since the genre was introduced to a wider audience.
Trap, footwork and juke all have the potential to be seen as disposable, relying on chopped-up samples, and beats that go as dumb as they go hard. In the hands of Chicago footwork legend DJ Rashad however, this sampledelic approach becomes a masterful and energised dancefloor assault, where every complex series of kicks and snares, each time-stretched soulful wail, every synth and horn stab is placed with meticulous precision and decisive effect.
Trap, footwork and juke all have the potential to be seen as disposable, relying on chopped-up samples, and beats that go as dumb as they go hard. In the hands of Chicago footwork legend DJ Rashad however, this sampledelic approach becomes a masterful and energised dancefloor assault, where every complex series of kicks and snares, each time-stretched soulful wail, every synth and horn stab is placed with meticulous precision and decisive effect.
It's been an exceptional year for electronic music worldwide, and while the UK has mostly always afforded it the respect and admiration it deserves, it is more surprising to find that the United States has finally allowed dance music a pass into the mainstream. One outcome of this is that the disparate sub-genres that have quietly been thriving in its inner cities for the last few decades are now receiving global recognition, and one such movement is footwork.
It's been an exceptional year for electronic music worldwide, and while the UK has mostly always afforded it the respect and admiration it deserves, it is more surprising to find that the United States has finally allowed dance music a pass into the mainstream. One outcome of this is that the disparate sub-genres that have quietly been thriving in its inner cities for the last few decades are now receiving global recognition, and one such movement is footwork.