Juke in Japan

Every now and then I stumble upon a scene somewhere other than Chicago.  This time it's Japan.  Now I personally have never been there, although I would very much like to go, I have people that have been and they say that Juke and Footwork in Japan is very big and would dare to say bigger there than in Chicago where it originated.  I say good for Japan.  Do what you can where we can't.  Make it huge and make it your own.  Chicago is too stuck in gangs and violence to make it spread to the world the way we should have.  Take a look at this video link for a recent set from Japan.  Very good music and beat selection.

Here is a tracklist so don't flood my inbox asking me who did what.  LOL!





Tracklist
1.Jimmy Edgar-Midnight Fone Call(!k7 Records)
2.FRUITY-Break Da Law(Forthcoming on SHINKARON)
3.DJ Diamond-Itz Not Rite(Liquorish Dubz)
4.DJ Rashad-Itz Not Rite(planet-mu)
5.DJ Spinn&DJ Rashad-Space Juke(Ghettophiles)
6.Boogie Mann-Let Me Know U Care(forthcoming on SHINKARON)
7.Paisley Parks-Shine(Бｈ○§†)
8.Boylan-High Lite(Moveltraxx)
9.RP BOO-187Homicide(planet-mu)
10.K.Locke-Sleepy(forthcoming on BootyTune)
11.Weezy-Madafucka(forthcoming on SHINKARON)
12.DJ Rashad&DJ Manny-Drumplease(HyperDub)
13.DJ Rashad-Ghetto Tekz Runnin It ft.Add-2(Ghettophiles)
14.DJ Manny-Good Feeln yea
15.Traxman-Chillll(planet-mu)
16.Punpee(beats by Sataniacpornocultshop)-Badhabit(160OR80)
17.2000F&J Kamata-You Don't Know What Love Is(HyperDub)
18.???
19.Paisley Parks-Flying Foot(Forthcoming on SHINKARON)
20.Seiho-I Feel Rave(DayTripperRecords)
21.???
22.DJ Roc-Deez Bitches Crazy(SHINKARON)
23.RP Boo-Speakers R-4(planet-mu)
24.Traxman-Blow Yo Shit(Lenkemz remix) (Sensless records)
25.Baauer-Harlem Shake(Gant-Man Juke Rework)
26.Cajmere-Percolator (Gant man Jukeolator Mix)
27.DJ Phil-Be Mine(Ghettophiles)
28.DJ Vic-I'll Bang Lil Mama(Subterranean Playhouse)
29.Starski&Clutch-East To West(Databass)
30.J(ay).A.D-Everynight(FRUITY remix)
31.Mele-Beamer(Grizzly)
32.YOSHIMURA GUNGNEN-A.S.A.M.I(SHINKARON)
33.K.Locke-Kids Going H.A.M(forthcoming on BootyTune)
34.DJ Roc-Let's Get It Started(planet-mu)
35.Traxman-Let There Be Rockkkkk(planet-mu)
36.RP Boo-Steamidity(planet-mu)
37.FRUITY-Galileo(Forthcoming on SHINKARON)
38.DJ Earl-Set It Off(Moveltraxx)
39.DJ Rashad-I Don't Give A Fuck
40.D.J.Sauceman-How You Feel(KOOL SWITCH WORKS RECORDINGS)
41.DJ Spinn-All My Teklife
42.DJ Rashad&DJ Spinn-We Trippy Mane(Just Jam ver)
43.DJ Rashad-Drop Juke Out(Juke Trax Online)

Ghetto House mix

Here is a nice Old School Ghetto House mix by DJ Greedy and DJ Flint.  This was probably the best in the series.

Talking with Traxman about Juke

Traxman

Recently I was speaking with Traxman about the state of Juke around the world.  According to him it is a worldwide phenomenon despite Chicago seemingly ignoring what is happening outside of its borders.  There are a handful of Juke producers that travel outside of Chicago and even fewer that travel outside of the US.  I don't think it is on purpose as the producers within the city are unaware of the worldwide Juke movement.  Producers are just now becoming aware of Japan's Juke movement with labels like Booty Tune Records at the forefront.  When the Ghetto House movement was going strong and producers that were on Dance Mania Records started travelling outside of the US it was based on who had "hits" on other labels that licensed the popular music from Dance Mania. As that era started to end and a new generation of producers were producing Juke (which, by the way, is not the same as Ghetto House) they were unaware of the process as Dance Mania was in hiatus.  They simply did not have the exposure they needed to take advantage of the audience overseas.  Suddenly with the advent of Soundcloud and Bandcamp there was a new bridge to the fans of the Chicago sound that allowed people overseas to have ready access to Chicago music.  The fans still have a tendency to lump Juke and Ghetto House into one category but overall it's the Chicago sound that they are hearing and they want more.  With current labels like Halsted Street Entertainment, Planet Mu, Booty Tune, Tek Life and others the Chicago Juke sound is gaining ground.