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.

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Completely refreshing from start to finish, this EP is full of club-ready, fun-loving trax made to make you move. Each of the six songs (including one remix by Chicago's DJ Hank) offers a different style of DJ Orange Julius's constantly changing approach to uptempo bass and footwork music, all while remaining cohesive, exciting, and unpredictable. His muzak-adjacent melodies and deep hip hop cuts provide the perfect escape from your monotonous musical rut.

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“First off, the name “Let's Ride” is for all my California fam. It's sort of in memory of us and those who will always ride with me no matter where we're all at geographically. The sample? Well, I love me some Jaheim. I'm a huge R&B fan. I was lucky enough to grow up in a time where I have memories associated with all the tracks of this era so it's great to be able to create something new with them. I had downloaded the acapella so I was basically just going to do an edit of the original but then when I started to write it I think I wanted to do something new, something that I hadn't tried before. I'd been DJing footwork for a bit and incorporating it into my sets for about a year previous to writing it. I know my sound will never be exactly like that of a Chicago footwork producer and I don't want it to. Still, I hope it has a good reach to people who like footwork/jungle/old school hardcore/R&B and people who are just getting into 160bpm music. I'll often send Moveltraxx tunes that I'm working on or have finished and they REALLY loved this one! I think it's great that they promote all the Midwest and East Coast club music and that they continue to push these artists and give them some spotlight. Their newest compilation is my favourite thus far and I am very honoured to have been included in it.”

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Over a month after the release of Barom’s conceptual two part album Dante’s Fall//Dante’s Rise,
Off-Switch Audio are back with a remix EP. This one features three unique takes on Hold Tight
U, originally released as a single from Dante’s Rise.
First up, Bristol’s finest phonky 140 selector Fellony brings forth an eerie lofi grime version
for the intro. Glitchy percussion and spacious atmospherics set the vibe nicely with this one.
Sam ULG then comes through with an electro mix. Armed with a rolling reese bass and a saturated
808 kit, this repackaged version of Hold Tight U is the perfect club-ready DJ tool.
Finally FKA.SAKA does a complete rethink of the track with his signature heavy break-fuelled
sound. Leaving behind subtle traces of Barom’s strings morphed into aggressive drum beats, FKA
SAKA rebuilds Hold Tight U from its foundations and tops things off with some freshly made
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We've been fans of HOOD JOPLIN for a while now. She's been reppin the Juke/Footwork/160 sound in Canada with the Kudatah crew. Last year, she and talented collaborator TEXT CHUNK, debuted on MovelTraxx's Street Bangers series with "Stranger." Complex called the track "the unofficial anthem of this year's Dekmantel Festival when it became a favourite of many of the DJs on the line-up." The duo have returned to Moveltraxx with a 9 track club assault "Bank Account," the likes of which has been getting heavy rotation from young festival tastemakers like Skee Mask. We are happy to give our Footwork Jungle family the first taste of "Melted." The release is out everywhere January 31st. Follow the band camp link...

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If "Trax From The Back Of The Sofa" was intended to be an unleashing of the sounds of a Strange Riddims party, Vol II is a parable of the 24 hours from the doors opening, dismantling the dancefloor, and a convoy of taxis to some unfortunate volunteer's house. 

Hewn from the quarry of dubs, edits, bootlegs and originals behind the Strange doors, TFTBOTSVOL2 erratically flits between bombastic club material and candid artefacts of the after-hours sessions over the past 4 years. The compilation expands on its prequel not only in volume and breadth of sound, but also in its pervasion of the personality and atmosphere of the Strange Riddims extended family. 

Special thanks as always to all Strange ravers, the straight thru crew, and anybody outside of Manchester who has shown love, bought a track or two or turned somebody on to what we're doing. Don't be a stranger. 

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