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Beatport’s guide to juke trax

24 September, 2010 | 6.53AM

Written by: Beatportal
Filed under: Videos: dj godfather, dj nate, dj rashad, dj slugo, juke, juke trax, planet mu

Until recently, there were really only two places to experience Chicago juke music: in the city’s clubs and on YouTube, the venues of choice for juke’s footworking culture. DJs who wanted high-quality audio were pretty much SOL, unless they were lucky enough to get a CD-R directly from one of the scene’s producers.

Fortunately, that’s changing rapidly, thanks in part to the efforts of London’s Planet Mu label. Recognizing the obvious links between juke’s frenzied stew of samples and drum machines and the innovative beat structures of dubstep’s left wing, Planet Mu has begun releasing EPs from juke mainstays like DJ Nate and DJ Rashad, helping raise the music’s profile outside the Windy City.

DJ Slugo ("the King of Ghetto House") and his records on Dance Mania are also essential listening, especially for the way that they reveal the roots of old-school Chicago house beneath juke’s lickety-split rhythms. DJ Godfather’s Databass Online is another source for juke and its Detroit cousin, ghetto-tech, while Chicago’s Juke Trax label boasts a Beatport catalog nearly 100 releases deep, stretching back six years, including many from fellow Dance Mania artist DJ Deeon.

Like ghetto-tech, juke is dance music at its most quick-and-dirty; it’s generally banged out in basic software programs, with 808 samples and hip-hop snippets played out at lightning fast tempos. At its best, as with DJ Nate’s Hatas Our Motivation EP and his album Da Trak Genious, it’s also some of the most disorienting, wildly experimental music out there, a blur of stuttering vocals and roller-coaster toms.

It might not be for everyone, but when you’ve got a fixing for something fast, furious, and freaking weird, there’s nothing else like it. Explore the genre in our selections below. As for those footworking moves? Unless you know a really good chiropractor, don’t try them at home.

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Until recently, there were really only two places to experience Chicago juke music: in the city's clubs and on YouTube, the venues of choice for juke's footworking culture. DJs who wanted high-quality audio were pretty much SOL, unless they were lucky enough to get a CD-R directly from one of the scene's producers. 

Fortunately, that's changing rapidly, thanks in part to the efforts of London's Planet Mu label. Recognizing the obvious links between juke's frenzied stew of samples and drum machines and the innovative beat structures of dubstep's left wing, Planet Mu has begun releasing EPs from juke mainstays like DJ Nate and DJ Rashad, helping raise the music's profile outside the Windy City.

DJ Slugo ("the King of Ghetto House") and his records on Dance Mania are also essential listening, especially for the way that they reveal the roots of old-school Chicago house beneath juke's lickety-split rhythms. DJ Godfather's Databass Online is another source for juke and its Detroit cousin, ghetto-tech, while Chicago's Juke Trax label boasts a Beatport catalog nearly 100 releases deep, stretching back six years, including many from fellow Dance Mania artist DJ Deeon.

Like ghetto-tech, juke is dance music at its most quick-and-dirty; it's generally banged out in basic software programs, with 808 samples and hip-hop snippets played out at lightning fast tempos. At its best, as with DJ Nate's Hatas Our Motivation EP and his album Da Trak Genious, it's also some of the most disorienting, wildly experimental music out there, a blur of stuttering vocals and roller-coaster toms.

It might not be for everyone, but when you've got a fixing for something fast, furious, and freaking weird, there's nothing else like it. Explore the genre in our selections below. As for those footworking moves? Unless you know a really good chiropractor, don't try them at home.

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