The sounds of Chicago ghetto house once again make their way acroos the ocean, represented by 20-year-old Nathan Clark a.k.a. DJ Nate. Putting a unique spin on Chicago's recent 'Juke' style, Nate records 'Footwurk tracks', high-speed, largely instrumental ghetto house tracks, which bear a resemblance to UK 2step styles in their forgoing of straight bassdrums. DJ Nate has been signed to well-known UK imprint Planet Mu for the release of his debut album 'Da Trak Genious'.
Tracks on "Da Trak Genious"
Lil Mama Bad As Hell
(Track 23 on this Album)
This Album is featured in Update #044:
Essential 2010 Albums Now On Sale
We wish you an amazing 2011! To start the celebrations we have compiled 200 of our favourite albums of 2010 for our biggest ever New Year Sale!
From today on until January 16 all selected albums will be available for a special price - including many of the more...
Poetry
(Track 25 on this Album)
Poetry
(Track 25 on this Album)
is featured in Podcast #022:
DJ TLR's zero" exclusive podcast perfectly encapsulates the Dutch west coast sound with some of the hottest new tracks of the moment: Kink & Neville Watson's 'Metropole' for instance, Redshape's 'Future Shock', or A Made Up Sound's 'Rear Window'. He further more...
Poetry
(Track 25 on this Album)
This Album is featured in Feature #124:
Exclusives by DJ Slugo and Ghettophiles
For years the sound of Chicago Juke and ghetto house has remained one of the last untapped and truly underground genres of dance music. The origins of the style can be traced back to the first half of the 1990s, when DJs like Paul Johnson, DJ Deeon, and DJ more...
This Album is featured in Update #033:
Ninja Tune XX, Flying Lotus, Radio Slave
September has come and gone and left us with more great releases than there's pebbles on a beach. First and foremost this has been the month of Ninja Tune. The legendary label celebrates its 20th anniversary with two massive compilations of exclusive material, more...
Top 2 in Download Charts of Week #37
Top 1 in Best Rated Releases of Week #36
Top 7 in Download Charts of Week #36
Picked!
Born and raised in the west side of Chicago, DJ Nate is representing to the world the sound of footwurk, the electrifying strain of dance music descended from Ghetto House, RnB, and hip-hop. Much hyped for his recent 12", his debut album 'Da Trak Genious' is 25 tracks of fast and furious booty action.