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The mind of traxman is the fourth fulllength artist album of chicago footwork music to be released by planet mu following estimable efforts from dj nate, dj roc, dj diamond and in many respects, it follows a similar template, offering up a potentially numbing, hourlong barrage of hypnotic, stutterfilled tracks which slice and dice a kaleidoscopic array of sample sources. Fl studio users, some samples may be already stretchedwarped. Traxman s own productions are an incredibly well rounded suture between hip hops natural funk and resourceful sample flipping, the hyperkinetic innovation of footworks stopstart, halftime to doublespeed drum programming and a deep respect and understanding of chicagos house past, that few producers can match. Itz crack and rock you contrast lilting jazzsoul melodies with quick, non invasive percussion. This product allows you to get a handle on exactly how much time your employees and you spend on your organizations projects. Best footwork album of all time best of chicago 2012. Traxman is from the west side of chicago and one of the longest serving producers working in footwork with releases stretching back to the glory days of. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and. With over two decades under his belt, traxman is a well known name in the ring of chicago producers.
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Dj nate returns to planet mu for his first album in nine years. Apparently this lp has been in the works for a long time and is finally all done and dusted, bringing you twentyone tracks ranging from gnarly, halfstep drum machine rhythms such as buddha muzik to more ghettojuke flavoured anthems like blow your whistle or bussin. Itz crack, with its combination of clarinet, doublebass and keening synthline, recalls the highclass garage of mj cole, while the aptlynamed chill uses elegiac jazz piano and stately woodwind for something sensuously euphonic. The next generation voice and sonic processing tools a suite of three ingenious processors using technology, developed during many years, by the sound analysissynthesis team at ircam with the objective to provide signal transformation algorithms allowing for altering of sound characteristics such as. Da mind of traxman by traxman, released 09 april 2012 1. In short, the kind of music where evanescence is deemed fair game for sampling. The one weve been waiting for a full length from traxman on planet mu. One aspect of traxman s personality that fully informs the album is fergusons selfconfessed status as a jazz fiend. Itz crack by traxman sampled ronnie lawss tidal wave. Djs who tour the world and have a contract with labels. One aspect of traxmans personality that fully informs the album is fergusons selfconfessed status as a jazz fiend. Best footwork album of all time best of chicago 2012 music. Traxman is one of the pioneers behind footwork first starting out on the ghetto house and juke scene. Later, let there be rockkkkk takes an unusual sample source to build a track with a totally raucous rock vibe, whilst rock you simultaneously references.
I love the fact that the whole record isnt just an exhausting start to finish bangfest, rather a deep and contemplative and yes, plenty banging album proper by a juke producer feeling almost proglike in places. How do djs extract samples from existing tracks to make. Traxmans itz crack sample of ronnie lawss tidal wave. Then itz crack puts strangely edited samples against echoey vocals and off.
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