RTD Playlist (11/13/2016)

Siggy 808er & Scoop - SGz

After her hypnotic post-rave/retro-futuristic debut EP, the world of Grace Core deepens with KRSNA RMX. Featuring remixes from two Americans and four Swiss, this new 5-track EP is a series of reinterpreted tracks by both upcoming and established artists who explore Grace Core’s material from a multitude of angles and in their own variable styles. The package teases out new subtleties that rival the original tracks' creative moxie. 

Chicago native and footwork producer EQ Why drops its powerful and frenetic beats on "NN2"

NN2 (EQ Why Remix)

otis otis

Ta'East - Blackmale 

Produced by Cairo Mayeson

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7r3W2GufDz0oYoppZcNvOY?si=tFWG2sS_TLyEj8rYSGBYTg

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Blackmale

for our friends. for our family. for everyone who is hurting or scared right now.  here is a song we wrote months ago. we werent planning on releasing it yet but… well it feels right, now.  its about fear and its about love and its about wanting more for all of us.   its called 2100. we hope it finds you well. 

love,
jaime and mike


"2100" feat. BOOTS
Produced by El-P
Co-Produced by Little Shalimar and Wilder Zoby
Mixed by Joey Raia
Mastered by Joe LaPorta
Photo Credit: Meredith Graves

#RTJ3
www.runthejewels.com

2100

2100 feat. BOOTS

EQ Why bridges the Chicago footwork scene and the experimental music underground with his raw, abstract tracks. While his tracks retain the fast, choppy tempos and aggressive, sometimes sexually explicit vocal samples typical of juke and footwork, he often incorporates jungle-influenced breakbeats and more offbeat samples. His work stylistically draws a line between footwork's Chicago home base and its stranger Japanese variation, as reflected by EQ Why's Chitokyo Mixtape from 2013. 

Originally going by the name DJ T-Why, Tyrone Smith was affiliated with Bosses of the Circle, a footwork collective (founded by DJ Roc in 2005) that later included artists such as Young Smoke and Jlin. All of these artists were featured on Planet Mu's Bangs & Works, Vol. 2 compilation in 2011, which included three selections by T-Why. He released a few mixtapes under this name before changing his moniker to EQ Why in 2012. Starting with that year's Equalized EP, he began releasing a staggering amount of music online. 

The 12" EP Enter the Why, Vol. 1: You Got It was released by Duck N' Cover Records in July of 2013. This was shortly followed by The Dynamic Time, a CD issued by the Japanese label Booty Tune, and Chitokyo Mixtape, an intense 60-tracks-in-60-minutes cassette released by the experimental label Orange Milk. EMC2, a split EP by EQ Why and DJ Elmoe, appeared digitally in late 2014. The full-length World Relief, featuring collaborations with DJ Roc, followed in 2015. Several digital albums, including Cold World and BattleGroundz, were released in 2017. 

EQ Why had another prolific year in 2018, as Orange Milk released WhyTrax (a collaboration with Traxman) and the experimental EP Spring Steeze (with Diamond Soul) was released by Bedlam Tapes, in addition to solo releases such as Back to the Block and Make the Feet Go Around. 

Featured Publications: DJ Mag, Chanel, Apple Music, Adidas, Fact-Mag, Mixcloud, The Wire, Beatport, The Quietus, Zap Mag, BBC Radio, Dublab, Vice, XLR8TR & Nyege Tapes. 

For Bookings & Info: bookeqwhy@gmail.com

NN2 (EQ Why Remix)

EQ Why

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