Da Mind Of Traxman

by Traxman

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Alex Footworkin On Air is one of the most entrancing songs I've heard in my entire life, with years of seeking out unique and exceptional music. it started my entire dive down the rabbit hole of Chicago house music and my love for footwork music.

Footwork DJ's helped remind me music isn't just something we throw on because it sounds good, but it's a tool to alter our phenomenological state. Getting dancers hype for a battle is just one of many examples.

this is my favorite footwork project, goated! Favorite track: Footworkin On Air.

tiukkazz This album has made me a better and happier person. This is IT. Favorite track: Lady Dro.

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1.	Footworkin On Air 04:01	buy track
2.	Itz Crack 03:02	buy track
3.	Callin All Freaks 03:01	buy track
4.	Slip Fall 03:14	buy track
5.	I Need Some Money 03:01	buy track
6.	Let There Be Rockkkkk 03:02	buy track
7.	Rock You 03:13	buy track
8.	Chilllll 03:17	buy track
9.	Going Wild (ft. Rashad & AG) 03:09	buy track
10.	Work Me 2011 04:02	buy track
11.	1988 04:02	buy track
12.	I Must Deadly Killer 03:04	buy track
13.	Sound Filed 02:51	buy track
14.	Lady Dro 03:15	buy track
15.	Setbacks 03:03	buy track
16.	The Comeback 2011 01:49	buy track
17.	Conq Dat Bitch 03:15	buy track
18.	Lifeeeee Is For Ever 02:50	buy track

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Cornelius Ferguson a.k.a. 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 ghetto house on Dance Mania records in the nineties. He’s also one of the co-founders of Chicago’s two-decades-old Geto DJz clique and a member of DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn’s Ghetto Teknitianz and was one of the creators of the legendary mixtapes on coloured cassettes which were the prototype for footwork’s evolution. His unique brand of footwork is very strongly rooted in Chicago’s history of soul, funk, house and ghetto trax; he’s a veteran and renowned crate digger who has provided the sample sources for many of footwork’s classic tracks over the years. His deep knowledge of music (check the mixes he occasionally throws up on the net) makes him one of the city’s most versatile and skilled DJs and producers.

Traxman’s own productions are an incredibly well rounded suture between hip hop’s natural funk and resourceful sample flipping, the hyper-kinetic innovation of footwork’s stop-start, half-time to double-speed drum programming and a deep respect and understanding of Chicago’s house music past, that few producers can match; ‘Da Mind Of Traxman’ is a testament to this man’s skills.

‘Footworking On Air’ starts the album in a relaxed and almost improvised mood with Kalimba melody, 303 acid line and martial drums. Then ‘Itz Crack’ puts strangely edited samples against echoey vocals and off kilter kicks to give the track a really unusual slip and slide feeling. 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 house music’s roots and a beautiful soul sample. ‘1988’ is a tough 303 acid track with footwork drum patterns; ‘Sound Filed’ again tampers with house music’s early rhythm tracks, bringing them up to date and speed with footwork’s syncopations; while ‘Work Me 2011’ manages to fuse the soulfulness of deep house with the breathtaking energy of ghetto house and rave. Meanwhile, ‘Lady Dro’ makes good with some Mizell Brothers samples and loose congas, wrapping and looping them into a hypnotic vortex, while ‘Setbacks’ works a vocal and piano sample into tinkling abstraction. Traxman’s skills are unmessable, you can tell from the minute the album starts that music is like breathing for him, and that the album also makes an incredible and skillful case for ‘footwork’ as Chicago’s very own sideways evolution through hip hop via house with a rich history of soul.

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released April 9, 2012

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