DJ Nate

chicago/juke;

http://www.myspace.com/djnatedatrakgenious

what the hell is that?

At first I thought this was a joke, then I saw this in the signing article: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx5h4d6d4B4&fmt=18

Not a huge fan but the whole juke thing is very en vogue in certain circles at the moment, people like Ikonika, Bok Bok and the Night Slugs lot are playing it out loads. Plus Addison Groove 's Footcrab single was pretty fucking massive to be fair.

Most of what I've heard sounds like a more basic version of ghettotek, with less lyrics about bitches getting low and stuff. LET THE BEARDY IDM SCOFFING COMMENCE!

is this going to be an "it's not idm so i hate it" thread?

yup

this sounds pretty cool - like bmore without the think pretty much

someone explain what the fuck juke is, who dj nate is, etc

i'm far out of the circle of trendy things that electronic dance club people like to talk about

and i want to be more in

  On 5/7/2010 at 8:00 PM, xxx said:

Mike P., clevah clocks he is, making sure Planet Mu is a leading, not lagging label.

 

I'm trying to get in Mike P.'s mind to figure out what his angle is.

 

From a business point of view

clever business man he is, but i would argue he's lagged in several areas. He's been following in the footsteps of breakcore, then dubstep and now wonky for quite a while instead of leading the pack so to speak. there is definitely more thought put into the business side of it, than say plucking a new interesting artist out of obscurity.

the last great thing they released was the Terror Danjah instrumentals

  On 5/7/2010 at 1:26 AM, Solo Strike said:

Not a huge fan but the whole juke thing is very en vogue in certain circles at the moment, people like Ikonika, Bok Bok and the Night Slugs lot are playing it out loads. Plus Addison Groove 's Footcrab single was pretty fucking massive to be fair.

 

 

Most of what I've heard sounds like a more basic version of ghettotek, with less lyrics about bitches getting low and stuff. LET THE BEARDY IDM SCOFFING COMMENCE!

nice track, this

those posted dj nate tracks definitely sounded like amateur hour to me

  On 5/7/2010 at 8:10 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 5/7/2010 at 8:00 PM, xxx said:

Mike P., clevah clocks he is, making sure Planet Mu is a leading, not lagging label.

 

I'm trying to get in Mike P.'s mind to figure out what his angle is.

 

From a business point of view

 

clever business man he is, but i would argue he's lagged in several areas. He's been following in the footsteps of breakcore, then dubstep and now wonky for quite a while instead of leading the pack so to speak. there is definitely more thought put into the business side of it, than say plucking a new interesting artist out of obscurity.

the last great thing they released was the Terror Danjah instrumentals

I haven't followed planet mu as much but I would agree that I have noticed this trend lately. Seems economically tough for these labels so they are trying to swim with the trends instead of making their own

when i see em ima burn his ass

  On 5/8/2010 at 12:07 AM, karmakramer said:

  On 5/7/2010 at 8:10 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 5/7/2010 at 8:00 PM, xxx said:

Mike P., clevah clocks he is, making sure Planet Mu is a leading, not lagging label.

 

I'm trying to get in Mike P.'s mind to figure out what his angle is.

 

From a business point of view

 

clever business man he is, but i would argue he's lagged in several areas. He's been following in the footsteps of breakcore, then dubstep and now wonky for quite a while instead of leading the pack so to speak. there is definitely more thought put into the business side of it, than say plucking a new interesting artist out of obscurity.

the last great thing they released was the Terror Danjah instrumentals

 

I haven't followed planet mu as much but I would agree that I have noticed this trend lately. Seems economically tough for these labels so they are trying to swim with the trends instead of making their own

if i ignore 75% of Mu's releases i would say it's a fantastic label, but it's kind of hard to ignore how much throw-away dancefloor stuff they put out these days.

edit: nice to see juke on the label, it hasn't gotten the exposure it deserves

completely agree

the little labels are going to take the big labels place in terms of artistry and such soon enough

i'm talking about net labels, etc

ok i'll be the first to say it.

This is terrible.

Planet Mu is going down the shitter.

i hate the name and don't care about the music. so many labels seem to be losing it lately..

Good informative thread going here.

This music is almost transcendentally annoying. I… like it?

I mean, I really like this Urban Tribe track, but that's a given. Funny, I can totally see the thread in S.I.'s music now that you pointed it out. I mean, I mostly just listen to the two Rephlex LPs, but they totally are at this weird slightly pitched-up, fast tempo for the most part. Pretty interesting what going to a previously underused area of the BPM dial can do.

Also, the dance vids are great. Really fun to watch, thanks for the links.

Man, this dude's whole SoundCloud is of the utmost in hotness.

I still don't get it.

I love ghetto music, in every sense of the word (except the jewish meaning). This is damn near ignorant however. It almost seems exploitative.

I have no idea what I'm saying btw.

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i don't know. part of me hates it but part of me is totally getting down.

Wow... watmm points me to a new track by snares, i go onto planetmu.com to see if there's any info on some upcoming release, i notice this DJ Nate nonsense, and whaddya know, i come back to watmm and a thread on him is already in motion. Full fucking circle. Plus a thread on paramore chick's boobs, the oil spill, aliens in the same day... I'm only getting my information from here from now on.

On to this DJ Nate... Thing is, Mike P has always been adept at finding budding talents, diamonds in the rough, just generally awesomeness in its infancy and introducing it to the world with great impact. I mean, Snares did get signed off Rossz Csillag or Cavalcade or Detrimentalist, he got signed off standard (or at least, standard to be) gabber+amen fare. Oblique and arresting as it was, it was still almost completely non-musical, had stale production (tits-up squarified distortion can only go so far), it was crackhead music by a (by his own testimony) crackhead. Sure enough, he soon churned out the masterpieces that he did (still pending acceptance from some of you as the case may be), and in that context I can now go back to the early wanks and thoroughly enjoy as the glimpses of a burgeoning genius that they are. Mike P had the reverse hindsight to make this happen, and Snares went on to single-handedly give breakcore (as a music and as a scene) a second wind (brief as it was), get a shitload of kids to download Renoise, and probably inured quite a few 4/4 burnouts to now crazy you can really get with electronics. Changing the game up quite a bit - check.

That was the peak of Mike's scouting abilities, a victory he's come pretty near to duplicating with the relatively recent Slugabed and Rudi Zyglado signings. These guys are two sides of the same coin IMO, Mu's answer to Warp's FlyLo/HudMo breakout, but not a lagging answer, more a timely, constructive and contributive response. One of his mixes is also where I first found out about Loops Haunt, no doubt a refreshing take on already-stagnating wonky and dubstep. Make no mistake, Paradinas has got his hand firmly on every pulse there is.

BUT, this DJ Nate thing shows a side of him going overboard a bit. I'm not even worried about the production and/or rawness of the thing, considering early Snares and Mike's statements that he always always fiddles himself with the mixing and mastering of his roster. I'm more worried about it being... i dunno... is (figuratively and literally) one-note near-outsider-level dilettantish fad music too harsh? I mean, i definitely see what's caught his eye, what revolution he thinks he's investing in: those rhythms are WELL fucking weird... at least to me, I've never heard ghettotech/miami bass/electro like this. But it's not much of a foundation for anything. Once the novelty wears off, it ain't got repeat value, and "hypnotic" can very easily turn into "annoying" or "just plain stupid".

I think Mikey had an unfortunate visit from Uncle Superhipster. The baile funk comparison is quite spot on, Jonas... you can drop one of those tracks in virtually any set and it's a perfect transitioner, everybody smiles and dances on furiously as they're indulging in a fantasy of a rawer vibe... And Funk has got shit-tons of character and identity and "realness". But Warp didn't sign any of that shit, hipster- and indie-centric as they may be, because, well, you know... standards. Signings like this make me think Planet Mu is struggling, and i hate to think that.

Finally, not to be ad hominem or anything, but also:

Mr. DJ Nate, would you kindly inform us,

edit: FUCK ME, reading the guardian article and "It sounds like the brooding urban soundtrack of Burial reimagined for a city with faster, meaner streets" is some of the biggest journo-porno crap I've ever read it my life. I mean, how fucking lazy can you get, is there like NO OTHER point of reference you can think of? Lazy cunts...

it does smack a bit of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmJbJs-9ST0

i'll give you that.

i see what their trying to do, but if you're going to sign a jit/footwork style producer, there are a million better ones.