with @djgant-man @kodenine and @loefah 

Legendary Chicagoan General Juke aka Gant-Man returns with Distorted Sensory, his brand new acid house adventure. A longtime veteran who’s been behind the decks since before he was even a teen, he’s been an essential part of Chicago dance music history since the Dance Mania days in the mid 90s, and a major pioneer in jumpstarting the juke movement that followed. This new single, and his debut solo release on the Teklife imprint explores the time honored tradition of jacking, channeling the very essence of house music though a modern lens.

Employing an enigmatic 303 bassline that mutates and breathes as if it were alive, Gant plays malicious melodies that run up and down octaves in a freaky, hallucinatory manner. Squelchy synth movements are met by eerie FM tones, reminiscent of Cajmere’s classic Chicago staple the Percolator. A rugged 909 drum kit bangs the track along in true jacking fashion, making it the perfect tool for shaking the floors of dark, sweaty warehouses. In addition to the original, two of the UK’s finest contribute remixes as well. Hyperdub boss Kode9 puts things into overdrive with his 160 BPM warped vision of Gant’s acid, sliced up to appeal more to the footworkers and fans of psycho tempos. Dubstep pioneer Loefah strips back the original percussion and lets the 303s float over a cloud of deep sub bass, adorned with lovely splashes of rolling snares and micro percussion.

With an array of stone cold classics under his belt, from ghetto house anthem Juke Dat Girl to his brilliant collabs with the late DJ Rashad Heaven Sent and Juke Dat Juke Dat, Gant-Man is a true renaissance man. For over 20 years, he’s consistently shown the world the complexity that makes up his city’s dance culture, never sticking to one area or tempo. Distorted Sensory is a beautiful celebration of Chicago house music, a return to its true raw design, and a reminder of just how timeless an art form it really is.

Distorted Sensory will be available on vinyl and digital formats from February 5th 2021. 
Order now via: https://smarturl.it/TEKLIFE011

TEKLIFE011 GANT-MAN - DISTORTED SENSORY

Artist: @djdeeon Title: Destiny

While Chicago’s juke and footwork culture has had many pioneers during its four decades of existence, it would be impossible to talk about it without mentioning the Godfather himself, DJ Deeon. Hailing from the Low End, one of the most fertile areas of the city for innovation, he and other residents of the since demolished string of housing projects on south State Street birthed a sound that would change the landscape of their city forever. Among his massive discography, timeless tracks such as Freak Like Me, Let Me Bang, and Work This M.F. have stayed in DJ’s crates for almost 30 years since their creation. Off of these classics alone, he would be cemented in dance music history forever, but since his first release in 1994, Deeon’s hustle hasn’t slowed down at all.

Continuing his legacy, he’s back with Destiny, four fresh new Chicago club monsters that mark his debut on the Teklife imprint. Combining classic kits with big pummeling synths and heavy FX treatments, these new tracks build a bridge between Deeon’s raw early ghetto house sound and a more modern pallet. While there’s still plenty of hard pounding 909 action, there’s strong detailing in the hats and micro percussion not unlike that found in footwork tracks. Somber string samples and morphing acid baselines sit under rowdy tom triplets, while party chants voiced by the man himself echo through the mix.

A longtime friend of the late DJ Rashad, Deeon dedicates this new EP to him and will be donating all the pro- ceeds to his family. Even though the two were a generation apart, they both shared space on the legendary Dance Mania catalog in the 90s, and since meeting had always fed off each other’s energy, holding a great mutual respect for each other. While Deeon might be more known for the ghetto house & juke side of history, and Rashad for his great innovation among the footworkers, together they prove how intertwined the two sounds are, as both of them often worked within the grey area in-between them. In Deeon’s own words: “To Rashad. Much love and respect, thanks for the motivation. Missing you young bro.

master by TIMBO | words by Dave Quam | design by ashes57

BUY / LISTEN

TEKLIFE014 DJ DEEON - DESTINY EP

Music by @sirrtmo, press release by @daveQuam, mastering by @dbk_teklife, art by @ashes57

The ever prolific @sirrtmo brings us 888 (INFINITY), a mediation for these particularly dark modern times. Seeped in various realms of spirituality that he’s been studying in recent years, his debut Teklife long-player is a collection of interpolations from his travels throughout the world, as well as at home in the streets of Chicago. Fusing ideas he’s learned from yogis, Buddhist philosophers and Sufi musicians with footwork rhythms, he’s created a fresh, metaphysical sound that isn’t restricted to any one era.

While his craft is derived from years spent battling and DJing throughout Chicago, he pulls from sound sources a bit outside those of his contemporaries, favoring jazz and folk to popular music samples. Opening the album up with On Your March, Get Set, Go!, big rude horns take on spastic breaks, forming a lurking, mutant marching band. Tracks like 3166, Astral Traveling, and Ethiopian Soul Food use a fusion-leaning palette, with big orchestral strings, Rhodes chords, and earthy sax loops riding triplet drums and throbbing bass. Closing things out, System Failure 2022 is a testimonial to societal collapse in pandemic times, a chaotic maelstrom of digital terror where the reliance on technology comes to a violent crash. 


888 (INFINITY)  is an epic collage of the Chicago anomaly’s bottomless influences and curiosities, with huge, layered composition. He’s created something cinematic and lush without drenching it in too many FXs, innovating with the tools given to him, while withholding the integrity of footwork culture. TMO stretches the possibilities of traditional framework to new realms, not forgetting where he comes from, but not afraid to take things to new cosmic dimensions. It’s an album that reflects our current times, the good and the very bad, channeling both the grim realities and the healing frequencies needed to escape them.

TEKLIFE015 - SIRR TMO - 888 (Infinity)

Teklife records proudly presents the third installment of ON LIFE, a compilation series exploring 
the wide array of talent and range on the posse’s roster. Featuring the OGs, the protégés, the Chicagoans and the out-of-towners, it showcases  20 different artists who continue to push the sound of footwork to new levels.

Among the 18 tracks on this compilation, you hear the many moods that make up this world of music and dance. The smoother, tender side, built around heavy harmonies and intermittent percussion is explored on DJ Manny’s glorious New Wave. Heavee & Sirr TMO touch on the aggressive, competitive side on Get Smoked, utilizing taunting vocals and jarring synths to stir up a battle. The clubby, celebratory side is handled by DJ Lucky on Welcome to the Party, with seductive chants and throbbing bass tailored to fill up any dance floor.

Some tracks in this collection harness one of the aforementioned approaches, while others employ all of the above. ON LIFE is a grand display of the depth and diversity that embodies the spirit of footwork, and how strong it still is going into its 4th decade of existence. It’s a testament to the Chicago-born culture, and shows who’s still carrying the torch that the late DJ Rashad and other pioneers initially lit.

ON LIFE Volume 3

Destiny

Herbal Grinder

TEKLIFE014  DJ DEEON - Destiny EP - 04 Herbal Grinder

Respect the fact

TEKLIFE014  DJ DEEON - Destiny EP - 03 Respect The Fact

Living that Teklife

Buy/Listen

TEKLIFE014  DJ DEEON - Destiny EP - 02 Living That TEKLIFE

@djdeeon 
released June 18th 2021

Timbo Master

Tek 57

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DJ JALEN - Rhythm And Bass @djjalentog TEKLIFE FLX003
For the third Teklife flexi disc, Jalen brings us Rhythm and Bass, an intergalactic slice of off-kilter footwork. Comprised of a minimal drum kit, menacing bass and several abstract sounds, each element ricochets off each other like feet do the floor. Through calculated use of flangers and reverse reverb, grainy synths are stretched and swirl around your head like a transmission caught from the far depths of space. While rather isolated and eerie, its intense dynamics make it an extremely functional battle track, perfectly crafted for the fury within the circle. This cosmic single-sided disc gives us a fascinating glimpse at the under-documented Chicagoan, and showcases Jalen’s unique ability to tailor rhythms on the micro level, perfectly fit for the detailed patterns of the dancers his music is made for.

Master by Timbo

Rhythm and Bass

DJ JALEN - Rhythm And Bass

@SirrTmo - Ethiopian Soul Food
http://teklife57.com/releases/015-Sirr_Tmo-888(infinity)/index.html
TEKLIFE015

888 (Infinity)

Ethiopian Soul Food

TEKLIFE015 Sirr Tmo - 005 - Ethiopian Soul Food

@SirrTmo - Do What You Do
http://teklife57.com/releases/015-Sirr_Tmo-888(infinity)/index.html
TEKLIFE015

Do What You Do

TEKLIFE015 Sirr Tmo - 004 - Do What You Do

@SirrTmo - Astral Traveling
http://teklife57.com/releases/015-Sirr_Tmo-888(infinity)/index.html
TEKLIFE015

Astral Traveling

TEKLIFE015 Sirr Tmo - 003 - Astral Traveling

@SirrTmo - On Your March, Get Set, Go!
http://teklife57.com/releases/015-Sirr_Tmo-888(infinity)/index.html
TEKLIFE015

On Your March, Get Set, Go!

TEKLIFE015 Sirr Tmo - 001 - On Your March, Get Set, Go!

@SirrTmo - 3166
http://teklife57.com/releases/015-Sirr_Tmo-888(infinity)/index.html
TEKLIFE015

3166

TEKLIFE015 Sirr Tmo - 002 - 3166

NEW WAVE (feat. DJ Manny)

TTTNL (feat. Taso)

DJ Phil DJ Spinn DJ Manny - NO LOVE
@djphilteklife, @dj-spinn-1, @deejay-manny-2

NO LOVE (feat. DJ Phil, DJ Spinn & DJ Manny)

I'M YOUR FATHER (feat. Traxman)

WELCOME TO THE PARTY (feat. DJ LUCKY)

XYLO TRAK (feat. DJ Paypal)

HEAVEE  X SIRR TMO  -  GET SMOKED @heavee773 x @sirrtmo

GET SMOKED (feat. Sirr TMO & Heavee)

PROPAGANDA (feat. A.Fruit)

WORKIN ME (feat. DJ JALEN)

EROSION DUB (feat. MEL G)

LET'S MOVE (feat. Slick Shoota)

EL MAGO (feat. DJ Chap)

THA GET DOWN (feat. DJ Tre)

TIDES (feat. REGENT STREET & DBK)

WHISTLE (feat. Boylan)

Produced by @djdeeon http://teklife57.com/releases/017-DJ_DEEON_Yeah/
Godfather to the sound that changed Chicago dance music forever, the juke architect DJ Deeon returns with Yeah, his fresh new single for Teklife. Following up his Destiny EP from last year, this new track is oozing with that signature bounce he’s been known for since the early 90s. Taking quirky bits of sound and pairing them with his mastery of time-honored drum machines, he gives us another infectious ghetto house banger. Built over a rubbery rhythm of hand drums, his discernible voice shouts out commanding club chants courted by a hypnotic minor melody, with brutal 909s gluing it all together. It’s the classic Deeon we all know and love, in your face, wonderfully functional, and funky as hell.

Label TEKLIFE Records
Cat:. TEKLIFE017 
Title: Yeah
ARTIST: DJ DEEON
Release Date: September 16th 2022
DIGITAL BARCODE: 5056321660657 
ISRC : UKF4T1600141
___________________________________________________

Godfather to the sound that changed Chicago dance music forever, the juke architect DJ Deeon returns with Yeah, his fresh new single for Teklife. Following up his Destiny EP from last year, this new track is oozing with that signature bounce he’s been known for since the early 90s. Taking quirky bits of sound and pairing them with his mastery of time-honored drum machines, he gives us another infectious ghetto house banger. Built over a rubbery rhythm of hand drums, his discernible voice shouts out commanding club chants courted by a hypnotic minor melody, with brutal 909s gluing it all together. It’s the classic Deeon we all know and love, in your face, wonderfully functional, and funky as hell.

Yeah

DJ DEEON - YEAH

BONUS TRACK : High On Hope  @microglobeproductions X @MACHINEDRUM 
FREE DOWNLOAD FROM : http://teklife57.com/releases/001-Afterlife/
TEKLIFE001 : AFTERLIFE - RIP DJ RASHAD - 
RELEASE DATE APRIL 8TH 2016
AVAILABLE IN VINYL (2LP) / CD / DIGITAL


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New Start

New Start - DJ RASHAD x DJ SPINN x TASO

GET U SOME - SLICK SHOOTA @slickshoota
TEKLIFE004 - ON LIFE
http://www.teklife57.com/releases/004-ON_LIFE/

On Life

GET U SOME

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DONT JUST STAND THERE - DJ BIG HANK @Djbighank x SIRR TMO @sirrtmo

TEKLIFE004 - ON LIFE
http://www.teklife57.com/releases/004-ON_LIFE/

DONT JUST STAND THER

DONT JUST STAND THERE - DJ BIG HANK x SIRR TMO

@TRAXMAN - Lifeeeee Is Forever (@DDURBANN REMIX)

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DURBAN
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TRAXMAN
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TRAXMAN - Lifeeeee Is Forever (DURBAN REMIX)

I'LL HURT YA BABY feat. DJ LUCKY AND DJ TAYE
TEKLIFE005 DJ Manny - GREENLIGHT  @deejay-manny-2
Album - Greenlight available in VINYL / DIGITAL / STREAM  - ORDER NOW 
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WFM by Heavee - @heavee773 feat. @djgant-man, @djpaypal, @djphilteklife, @sirrtmo 
TEKLIFE008 - Mastered at TEN EIGHT SEVEN - Recorded at @djbighank studio
http://teklife57.com/releases/008-HEAVEE_WFM/index.html 
- release date September 7th 2018

TEKLIFE008 HEAVEE - WFM  Feat. Gant-Man, DJ Paypal, DJ Phil, Sirr Tmo

DJ SPINN - Them Changes
@dj-spinn-1
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FELONEEZY x JACKIE DAGGER - Gym Tonic
@felonyflats + @jackiedagger
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FELONEEZY x JACKIE DAGGER - Gym Tonic

TRAXMAN - In Da Air

DJ MANNY - Nellaf
@deejay-manny-2
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DJ MANNY - Nellaf

Slick Shoota - Faawooord
@slickshoota
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Slick Shoota - Faawooord

HEAVEE - Get 2Gether
@heavee773
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HEAVEE - Get 2Gether

TAYEPAL - Slow Down

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DJ Spinn & DJ Rashad - Weavie Stonder (@dj-spinn-1 @dj-rashad)
teklife.bandcamp.com/album/issa-teklife-party
This EP for everyone includes tracks by Spinn & Rashad, Traxman, Manny, and Tripletrain. We hope you fuck with these tunes and we hope you join us next Saturday, Sept 7th in NYC!! TEKLIFE x LOW KEY
PARTY TICKETS: bit.ly/TeklifeMercury
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Issa Teklife Party

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Hank - Tru Story @djhank
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Hank - Tru Story

DJ Chap - Sientate @djchapteklife
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TEKLIFE VIP 2020 free download

DJ Chap - Sientate

DJ Manny x DJ Taye - Give it to me.
@deejay-manny-2 and @djtaye
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TEKLIFE VIP 2020 free download

DJ Manny x DJ Taye - Give it to me

Juke Me Baby by @sirrtmo [TEKLIFE FLX001]  - 
https://teklife.bandcamp.com/album/juke-me-baby
7 inches square Flexidisc  |  Includes free download code
Release date June 11th 2020

Juke Me Baby

Juke Me Baby by Sirr TMO

HOVERCRAFT by @slickshoota

http://teklife57.com/releases/012-SLICK_SHOOTA/

Montreal-based producer & DJ Slick Shoota brings us Function, his debut LP and first solo release on the Teklife imprint. A native of Norway known for his renowned Oslo club night Ball Em Up, he’s been a member of the elite crew since 2015, contributing tracks to the label’s compilations such as On Life Vol. 2 and VIP Trax. Using a unique palate that combines both traditional footwork drums and eclectic otherworld sonics, this album expands on the signature sound he’s been brewing during the course of his career, celebrating his longtime love of the Chicago soundscape, with a healthy helping of UK rave, jungle, and vibes from other fast paced club realms.

Slick starts the record off with Hovercraft, a big burly mutant rap beat riding a glowing titanic wave of jungle subbass, with vicious hi-hats stabbing through the mix. Desire Path follows with hysterical horns cruising along a stampede of erratic Chicago percussion. A glitchy, malfunctioning computer meets drumline stomps on See Me Flex, resulting in a psychotic, yet psychedelic sci-fi soundscape. Ultra-distorted hardcore kicks open up Jellyneck, dropping straight into a dungeon of ghostly vocals and headlong toms. Warehouse 2K opens up the B-side with R&B chops and lasers floating on a charming cloud of pulsating pads. Mad doppler sirens loop around your head on Delahaze, as distant clangs and crashes fight an impatient, throbbing bassline. Classic rave atmospheres are met with Slick’s elegant sound design on MTL Hardcore, his ode to his adoptive city. The album closes off with Special Tek, channeling the signature quirky drum sounds of the late DJ Rashad over a pounding, fast paced house beat, a wonderful nod to the Windy City and its influential sonic culture.

Carving out his own sound from the legacies of Chicago, the UK, and other underground club hotspots, Slick Shoota has found his own recognizable voice within these realms of dance music, and this LP serves as documentation of that solidified voice. Years of studying the masters and immersing himself with their work has clearly paid off, and he’s respectfully taking these sounds he loves in exciting new directions. Bridging gaps both historical and geographical, Function marks a pivotal point in his career, and is clear evidence that Slick Shoota is vital member of the legendary Teklife family.

Function

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Distorted Sensory 
by GANT-MAN 
TEKLIFE011

Distorted Sensory

Distorted Sensory [Gant-Man Original Mix]

http://teklife57.com/releases/011-GANT-MAN/index.html

Distorted Sensory  [KODE9 RMX]
by GANT-MAN, remixed by @kodenine
TEKLIFE011

Distorted Sensory [KODE9 RMX]

http://teklife57.com/releases/011-GANT-MAN/index.html

Distorted Sensory  [Loefah's South Side rmx]
by GANT-MAN - remixed by @loefah
TEKLIFE011

Distorted Sensory [Loefah's South Side rmx]

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