The Four Seasons mix series began in January 2020 as I rebooted the “RnBass” sound for a local cocktail lounge gig. While RnBass initially collated around my love of all things Alt R&B and Future Bass, at its heart the sound is less about a particular genre and more about a vibe - one that is danceable, catchy, moody, and a little bit sexy. The title of this mix is Natsu (trans. ‘Summer’), a season I associate with my hometown of Hawaii year-round. I originally thought this mix would be more “summery” sounding (think poolside/beach floaties), but I was listening to one of SoSuperSam’s 143 radio shows prior to set-listing and really loved the raw, live-energy feel I was getting from it. After being cooped up from pandemic the last year and a half, Sam’s set made me realize how much I’ve missed the atmosphere of bodies on a dance floor. And so this mix is less about summer vibes and more about genre-agnostic, bangers that I wanted to move my body to! I tried to tone down the Future Club hypey to keep things somewhat accessible, but I just prefer more experimental stuff above 125 BPM. Anyway, I hope to see you on a dance floor sometime after all this is over!

As always, recommended listening on a good pair of headphones for the full #subluv treatment!

<3 Jules Juke

Four Seasons

夏 (Summer)

Vibe so hard the walls be rumblin'. 
Groove so deep the crowd be mumblin'. 
Babies are made to this stuff.

Listen with a good pair of headphones or a state of the art sound system for the full RnBass experience.

Guaranteed you'll hear some recognizable R&B classics reworked in mysteriously devilish bass-heavy fashion. 

Featured as Wobble Wednesday's Week 12, Mix of the Week over at Earmilk.com:
http://www.earmilk.com/2013/04/03/wobble-wednesday-week-12/

Another nice write up over at Papercomets:
http://papercomets.com/2013/04/12/jules-juke-rnbass/

RnBass

I started the RnBass series back in 2012 as a tribute to my love of all things Alt R&B and Future Bass. After moving to another state and taking a hiatus from DJing, I booked a gig at a local cocktail lounge last year and decided to resurrect RnBass. Not only has it led to me rediscovering my love for the poppier side of music, but it also sent me deep into the bowels of kpop - a movement I was surprised to find myself obsessed with. But more on that another day...

The title of this mix is fuyu (trans. 'winter'), a season I experience half the year where I live. As a way of staying true to the raw RnBass energy which is half-planned, half-on-the-fly, I mixed this live in a one-take, left in mistakes and all. At its heart, RnBass is a style built around a vibe - one that is danceable, catchy, moody, and just a little bit sexy. To quote one of my favorite labels - "the feeling is the genre". You just have to listen to understand, but I hope you find yourself becoming a believer. Catch RnBass live every 3rd Thursday at Dogwood Cocktail Cabin in Bend, OR.

<3 Jules Juke

Fours Seasons

冬 (Winter)

Yooooo this beat is such an earworm! In honor of dropping my second "Kpop Is Not A Genre" VDJ mixtape this Saturday I decided to make this 'Bad Bitches' edit of 'Automatic' to pay tribute to all the girls who killed their verses harder than the boys! Feat. Moon, BIBI, Jamie, Lee Hi, Jiselle, Suran, Soovi!

<3 Jules Juke

AUTOMATIC (Jules Juke 'Bad Bitches' Edit)

A tribute tape. 

The story behind Heaptape: http://tmblr.co/ZF8h3yn8N7KQ

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Heaptape

Jules Juke is an open format DJ known for playing in the space between R&B and House. In 2009, she debuted an electronic radio show on KUPS in Tacoma, WA helping the program cinch an MTVu Woodie Award for Best College Radio Station in the country. It was after an on-air interview with a professional DJ that she started applying herself more seriously to the craft of DJing. Jules’ love for weaving a diverse mosaic of genres got her “RnBass” mix featured on Earmilk’s Wobble Wednesday Mix of the Week in 2013. Under this “RnBass” umbrella, Jules Juke would continue honing her DJ style blending R&B, Pop, House, Future Beats, Kpop, Jazz-hop, Afrobeats & Baile Funk at The Dogwood Cocktail Cabin as a monthly resident from 2019-2022.

Bookings: julesjuke@gmail.com

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