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• If a Tree Falls on Soul Strut

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  January 2017

  Jimster said:

  
  Meanwhile, in another tab, I am watching Chrome kill off all my FB content.  Every like, comment, share for the last 10 years.  FB are notoriously cagey about their API (as it is their entire financial steez) so the process is slow, even when automated.  Taking about an hour per year and I'm not a big sharer...
  

  Could you post an idoit'n'foll's step-by-step guide? I want off teh book.

  

• Best Music of 2016

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  December 2016
  For me it hasn't been a stellar year, and nothing really stood out as amazingly fresh and exciting, but if I had to pick one it would be Dream Takes by Luis on the excellent 1080p label:
  
  
  
  
  Albums
  
  A Tribe Called Quest... ?
  Unable to hear this without downloading an app or iTunes (fuck that). Online stores that are selling it have no sound clips. Nothing but the one single on youtoob. WTF. It might be the album of the year, but if they're going to make it this fucking difficult to listen to before buying, I'll never know.
  
  
  
  Singles
  
  Phineus II - The Dreamcatcher EP
  
  Quality, authentic oldskool Jungle sounds... and oldskool vinyl only!
  
  Tourist - Run (Lil Silva remix)
  
  Lush vibe on this, not been a huge fan of Lil Silva's grime influenced music for Night Slugs, but really enjoyed what he's done with this track.
  
  Fracture - Makin' Hype Tracks
  
  The man like Fracture knows how to make a banger. Oldskool flavour but still up to date.
  
  Epoch - Glock Jump
  
  Meditative trap dubstep hybrid.
  
  Fantastic Man - Rhythm Algorithm
  
  Balearic vibe, balearic video!
  
  Iyer & Mushroom Buttons - Lotta Kush (unreleased  )
  
  Really goes to work around the 2:00 minute mark. Love it.
  
  
  What have I missed?
  There have also been some great reissues this year (Skanna and early Photek).
  
  
  EDIT: late additions
  
  Taso - Bussin'
  
  
  
  Overlook - Misty
  
  

  

• New Music / Release Thread

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  December 2016

  Okem said:
  
  Origins wise, Footwork has fuck all to do with jungle, it comes from Juke and Chicago Ghetto House (with some hip hop production techniques mixed in). It was mostly made on an mpc with the beats programmed in live, unlike Jungle that was, much more slowly, produced in a DAW with looped samples. This is very much reflected in both musical forms and makes them entirely different beasts. It was only when footwork got popular in the UK that the Jungle comparison was made and dots were joined by European artists, the results of which were often rather tepid in comparison. It is possible to enjoy both for what they are, but twisting it to be like footwork is just some jungle derived misstep is just plain wrong. It's not an easy listen if you're expecting the relative smoothness of jungle that's for sure, but they both hold their own rewards and merits. 

  They're getting closer:
   
  

  

• Bumchunder - another beat

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  December 2016
  

• Wang-dang-doodle-spang, I done did another beat

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  December 2016
  The name is not definite, nor is the song structure which I could make a little more uniform, but I quite like the noodly-ness of it.
  Crit, comments, ass-hattery welcome: