With collaborations on his new album ranging from fellow Chicagoan DJ Spinn to British producer Addison Groove, footwork pioneer and Teklife mainstay DJ Rashad is set to release his fifth full-length ‘Double Cup’ on October 22, 2013. Teaming up with Kode9 for his first Hyperdub record, you’ll be able to grab the 14-track effort on limited-edition vinyl as well as CD and digital formats.
Review:
Footwork's most prominent standard-bearer hurtles out a heavy debut album for Hyperdub. Perhaps better described as a collaborative effort – all bar two tracks feature Spinn, Addison Groove, Taso, Manny, or Earl – ‘Double Cup’ is the freshest missive from the rapidly ascendent and influential Chicago scene. Over 14 fibrillating tessellations of classic funk, soul, house and jungle Rashad stakes his ground with assured swagger. When he really cuts wild the effect is remarkable: previous single, ‘I Don't Give A F**k’, with its minimalist bleep coda and strobing bass pulses is a big winner, as are the juicy, acid-bootied ‘Double Cup’ with Spinn, and the 45rpm flip of Larry Heard's ‘Donnie’, here as ‘Reggie’, or the lush-out ‘94 jungle styles of 'I'm Too Hi’. Tipped! – Boomkat