Juke Underground's globe-spanning comp, Clearance's slanted and enchanted EP, and more
by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
This wolf digs Juke Underground, a local collective that grew out of footworking crew Tribe National and has ambitions to bring Chicago dance styles worldwide. Juke Underground member DJ Avery76 released last year's Inside the Tribe EP through Japanese label Booty Tune, and on Thu 1/23 the collective will spread more of its alluringly strange, hyperactive sounds with a free Bandcamp download of the 65-track compilation Juke World Order, Vol. 1, whose contributors include Dispondant from London, Manuel Delacroix from Milan, DJ Fulltono from Osaka, and Sonido Berzerk from Veracruz, Mexico—plus of course hometown beat makers, among them Dance Mania alumnus DJ Slugo.…[ Read more ]