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I've been reading some william carlos williams.

more dj nate

Guy's name is Sela, from the bay area. He doesn't have much of a net following, but he's been producing consistent work for over 3 years. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1047&v=8FouRZkjQsY

Not really juke, but a good precursor 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuKysuANMlo

well fuck

honestly DJ Chip is the best. Blast the year 2000 geto mix at your next party

DJ Rashad- Send Me  

 

 

 

Gant Man- Juke Dat  

 

DJ Clent- Bounce 
 

 

DJ Technics -  I just Wanna Fuck (2002?)   (baltimore club music)

 

 

 

Rod Lee- Rock That Shit   (baltimore club 200X)

 

 

 

DJ Chip- YEAR 2000 GETO          2000 chicago ghetto house

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuKysuANMlo

Disco D- Where They At 1998 (detroit)

I've been listening to this stuff for the past few months, thought I'd start a new thread for it. I'm gonna dump the stuff I've been playing heavily, feel free to post things you've found.

I've been listening to a lot of Unknown To The Unknown lately, great UK label. 

1. theres been some cynicism lately that you cant make it in london without the backing of one of the major fashion incubators like fashion east, newgen, etc. as many designers do their 3 shows with one of them and then just fade away, instead craig's first show on his own was by far his best ever, people were worried that he was gonna run out of ways to dye/paint fabric and instead he showed he can just make great clothes. before this the consensus on him was that he did good stuff and not much more, after this show he has pretty much established himself as one of the best in london.

 

and along the same lines, you kind of have to become more refined after "graduating" from these things and that often leads to stuff becoming much more boring, but this didnt lose any of the playfulness of his previous collections.

 

2. for all the rep london gets as the world capital for innovative fashion, most of the young designers are actually doing really bad/boring stuff without much care for creating anything thats of quality. basically the path london fashion (and menswear in particular) has gone down lately are basic streetwear shapes with a strong focus on graphic/print type stuff, look at bobby abley's most recent collection for example, the whole thing looks like it was designed on cafepress.com, before this show i think the ratio of shows this season that featured lame basics with embroidered patches on them to shows that didnt was something like 2:1. liam hodges did black basics with embroidered patches, christopher shannon did windbreakers with embroidered patches, i forgot who did those "when youre hot youre hot" patches but jesus christ this shit has been eating its own tail.

 

its just nice to see a young designer go the opposite way, successfully. i guess aitor throup did as well, but he was never really a london designer i think, everything he did was distanced from that entire circus.

 

there wasnt a single other show this season that was really exciting, nicomede talavera was pretty good, jw anderson was alright i guess, most of the others don't even need to be mentioned.

 

3. a lot of people who have gotten buzz in london the last few years are douchey jackasses and craig is the exact opposite of that, nicest guy ever, its cool to se a guy like that succeed

 

4. all that aside its just a great collection

While that helps some, I need more. This is very referential work, but what is he commenting on/building off of? Without his explanation it's bullshit. Motherwell, Rothko and Tracey Emin's works are nonsense without reference. From the universal response this has received from so many respectable sources, this is obviously a beautiful well thought out collection. but without proper explanation from the designer himself there's no way to know why it's so great. This leaves room for an infinite number of explanations. The times review likened the padded disjointed jackets to armor, saying that the undone lacing carried "tones of fragility". At the same time, one could surmise that the same jacket was commentary on the impracticality of runway design. The times review of the show is more likely, but without Green's input both have equal standing. Maybe his lack of explanation was to show us the futility of guessing intention? Hell, without his input that's also a possibility.

It's a personal problem, I know, but the fact remains that his lack of explanation leaves room for a multitude of bullshit response. And that is troubling. 

 

I like the collection, but without a reason I'm no different from a pretentious fuck who hangs around galleries just for the status of it. 

Is there a thesis for the collection that I can read?
Because honestly I don't understand why this deserves tears- needs more context.