DJ Earl - Open Your Eyes (With OPN)

New album by DJ Earl, one of the best footwork producers around. Oneohtrix helped Earl put the whole album together, as well as featuring on 3 tracks. Second physical release by Teklife after DJ Rashad's Afterlife.

 

http://www.teklife57.com/releases/002-DJ_EARL/

 

 

http://www.factmag.com/2016/07/12/dj-earl-open-your-eyes-teklife-oneohtrix-point-never/

 

OPN and footwork? i'm in. wish we had some samples.

Earl isn't a particularly interesting artist to me but this should be worth checking out at least, if only cause of 0PN

  On 7/20/2016 at 5:12 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

Earl isn't a particularly interesting artist to me but this should be worth checking out at least, if only cause of 0PN

I don't know, DJ Earl doesn't always captivate me, but there is a lot of talent there, and I have been enjoying recent collaborations with MoonDoctor. OPN collaborating on footwork is a fantasy combo... I mean, there were nods on GoD, but this is something different altogether.

^Yeah he seems to have a lot of potential. Just heard "Renaissance" with MoonDoctoR, good stuff.

 

I haven't listened to him as much as some other folks like JLin or DJ EQ Why but this collab sounds promising.

Just put this on. First track is pretty cool, you can hear the OPN influence on it for sure. 

I like it- it took me a few listens.

 

Rachett is great, have been listening to it on repeat.

https://soundcloud.com/teklife57/teklife002-dj-earl-rachett-feat-moondoctor-opn

 

Let's Work is pretty lol... I wonder if that's OPN on sax?

First time I've heard footwork and I really liked it ! The OPN touch is indeed pretty strong, I loved the goofiness of Let's Work. It's always impressive to hear how he manages to add something without taking too much over the artist when he helps producing an album !

yeah this is cool. surprisingly the most OPN sounding track is one that OPN doesn't feature in lol

  On 8/25/2016 at 10:25 AM, StocKo said:

First time I've heard footwork and I really liked it ! The OPN touch is indeed pretty strong, I loved the goofiness of Let's Work. It's always impressive to hear how he manages to add something without taking too much over the artist when he helps producing an album !

If you haven't heard DJ Rashad's Double Cup, I cannot recommend it enough. DJ Earl owes a lot of his sound to that album.

 

And yeah, agreed re: OPN collabs. I was half disappointed this ep wasn't weirder, but now that I have listened to it a lot, I can tell that his goal was to add a subtle touch, and it really does add a lot. This ep goes a bit further than any of Earl's other work. Also check out Live Love Teklife, another recent ep by Earl.

 

I think Fukk it Up is my favorite track here.

Edited August 25, 2016 by ganus

  On 8/25/2016 at 7:47 PM, ganus said:

 

  On 8/25/2016 at 10:25 AM, StocKo said:

First time I've heard footwork and I really liked it ! The OPN touch is indeed pretty strong, I loved the goofiness of Let's Work. It's always impressive to hear how he manages to add something without taking too much over the artist when he helps producing an album !

If you haven't heard DJ Rashad's Double Cup, I cannot recommend it enough. DJ Earl owes a lot of his sound to that album.

 

Thank you very much for this recommandation, it's indeed an amazing album !!! Loving this atmosphere.

I also keep on going back on the DJ Earl album, it's perfect for those late-hot-night vibes

this is one of the best footwork releases i've heard

  On 8/27/2016 at 11:03 PM, StocKo said:

 

  On 8/25/2016 at 7:47 PM, ganus said:

 

  On 8/25/2016 at 10:25 AM, StocKo said:

First time I've heard footwork and I really liked it ! The OPN touch is indeed pretty strong, I loved the goofiness of Let's Work. It's always impressive to hear how he manages to add something without taking too much over the artist when he helps producing an album !

If you haven't heard DJ Rashad's Double Cup, I cannot recommend it enough. DJ Earl owes a lot of his sound to that album.

 

Thank you very much for this recommandation, it's indeed an amazing album !!! Loving this atmosphere.

I also keep on going back on the DJ Earl album, it's perfect for those late-hot-night vibes

 

 

Double Cup really encapsulates how much potential DJ Rashad had before he passed. Really a magnum opus of the genre as a whole.

 

DJ Earl and others are carrying the torch though. 

Damn this was good. It's up there with two footwork EPS I really liked from earlier this year from Jlin and DJ EQ Why

Pro tip: Suzi Analogue, a contributor on this ep, also put out a fantastic album this year:

https://suzianalogue.bandcamp.com/album/zonez-v-2-2

 

It's good.

Can't stop listening to this one! Great stuff, although OPN's influence is more subtle than I was expecting.

  On 8/31/2016 at 8:18 PM, joyeboy said:

Can't stop listening to this one! Great stuff, although OPN's influence is more subtle than I was expecting.

he's only featured in 3 of the tracks, but mixed the whole thing.

  On 8/31/2016 at 8:18 PM, ganus said:

Pro tip: Suzi Analogue, a contributor on this ep, also put out a fantastic album this year:

https://suzianalogue.bandcamp.com/album/zonez-v-2-2

 

It's good.

 

Will check out. Really dug an EP by Noam Kamal I stumbled upon earlier today.

  On 8/31/2016 at 8:18 PM, ganus said:

Pro tip: Suzi Analogue, a contributor on this ep, also put out a fantastic album this year:

https://suzianalogue.bandcamp.com/album/zonez-v-2-2

 

It's good.

this is really good

i'm just a sucker for nervous beats and spastic womping subbass so fuck yeah, this album is great and i love the artwork!