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The last few years have seen Chicago Footwork rise to international success, and Traxman<\/strong>\u2019s debut album – \u2018The Mind of Traxman\u2019<\/strong> on Planet Mu – played no small part in that. It showcased Cornelius Ferguson\u2019s brilliant ability to synthesise the beat digging of classic hip hop with the high-speed abstraction of Footwork\u2019s house-derived beat science.<\/p>\n

The selection of tracks on this second chapter show a slightly different take on Traxman<\/strong>‘s abilities. Instead of bringing in concepts from other genres, he simply creates a wider variety of Footwork, made with a minimal, reduced palette. Often just one or two samples are selected and diced into brain-blurring cubist puzzles that bear little relation to their original sources, or anything else for that matter.<\/p>\n

A number of the tracks here show off the high-speed micro-edited possibilities of Footwork, that end up bringing the sound closer to a\u00a0faster, hands-on, mpc-punched version of micro-house, bringing out a jagged,\u00a0fitful character that keeps you on your toes. Tracks like \u2018Time Slip\u2019 echo SND, but cut with hip hop breaks and flying snares, while \u2018Blow Your Whistle (Tha Out Of Here Remixx)\u2019 chops up a short vocal and whistle noise to ridiculously energetic effect.\u00a0Other tracks pull on a techno edge, \u2018Computer Getto\u2019s galloping game of hide and seek with Kraftwerk, \u2018Bubbles\u2018\u00a0 electronic arcade game blips, or \u2018Under Cover Jack\u2018s 303 groove, remind one of the house origins of this music, while \u2018Can Nutin Hold Me Back\u2019 has a leg in soul\u2019s history, with its detached accapella chopped into twitchy choruses.\u00a0Later on \u201815146\u2019 cuts up\u00a0barked numbers over sprightly woodwind while \u2018Gone and Hit that Shit\u2019 reduces words to rhythmic shapes, darting around meaning.\u00a0\u2018The Edge of Panic\u2019 is an unexpected and incredibly aggressive detour into Footwork x Speed Metal that could be a micro-genre of its own. We catch our breath with \u2018I Wanna Be High\u2019 before the album ends with the gentle bass and chopped jazz drums of \u2018U Got Me Running (Remixx)\u2019. The mind of Traxman dazzles again.<\/p>\n

Traxman<\/strong>, a.k.a. Corky Strong, real name Cornelius Ferguson, is a Chicago Footwork veteran whose discography also includes many classic Ghetto House and Juke releases going as far back as the mid ’90s with music on labels like the legendary Dance Mania. He’s worked as a DJ for over three decades and was a member of the Geto DJz and Ghetto Teknitianz crews alongside two other Footwork scene leaders, DJ Rashad and DJ Spinn. He describes his style as “funky, soulful and a bit eccentric.”<\/p>\n

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The last few years have seen Chicago Footwork rise to international success, and Traxman<\/strong>\u2019s debut album – \u2018The Mind of Traxman\u2019<\/strong> on Planet Mu – played no small part in that. It showcased Cornelius Ferguson\u2019s brilliant ability to synthesise the beat digging of classic hip hop with the high-speed abstraction of Footwork\u2019s house-derived beat science.<\/p>\n

The selection of tracks on this second chapter show a slightly different take on Traxman<\/strong>‘s abilities. Instead of bringing in concepts from other genres, he simply creates a wider variety of Footwork, made with a minimal, reduced palette. Often just one or two samples are selected and diced into brain-blurring cubist puzzles that bear little relation to their original sources, or anything else for that matter.<\/p>\n

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