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- Summary: The latest release from Chicago DJ/producer Cornelius Ferguson includes not only footwork, but influences from soul, funk, jazz, and hip-hop.
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- Record Label: Planet Mu
- Genre(s): Electronic, Club/Dance
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Apr 26, 2012Like the sugar in hot sauce, all the additional soulful and jazzy flavors - pale blue chords, sax-y loops, mellow piano comping - just bring out the stinging attack of the beats more fiercely.
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Apr 30, 2012What sets Traxman apart from most of his current footwork peers is an ability to preserve the tenderness when he's strip-mining house, soul, disco and Prince... This should not detract from his equal skill at conjuring unruly, drums'n'samples raw bangers, of which Da Mind Of Traxman has plenty.
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Apr 30, 2012This is the best footwork album released by Planet Mu to date, and sits comfortably in the upper echelons of their discography. Traxman has set the bar incredibly high.
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Apr 30, 2012Da Mind of Traxman marries the soul of the past with the bangs of the future so fluidly that the sound's innately harsh nature has been marginalized, making for an all-around enjoyable experience no matter the location.
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May 14, 2012Da Mind Of Traxman, rarely overly solemn and ever-playful, is still far from a middlebrow defanging.
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The WireJul 24, 2012The Footwork moves might be hard to master, nut there's every chance your brain will o a jig to this. [May 2012, p.66]
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Q MagazineJun 22, 2012Footwork newcomers might want to test their stamina with one of Planet Mu's excellent Bangs & works compilations first. [Jun 2012, p.114]