DJ RASHAD レコード& CD

Review: By the time Double Cup landed in 2013, footwork had already well and truly infiltrated global dance music culture, with DJ Rashad held high as one of the true visionaries of the Chicago-born sound. Still, Double Cup seemed to break through and take the genre even further out, turning more people onto footwork's hugely innovative potential and fuelling its interpolation with other scenes in the UK and elsewhere. With Rashad's tragic passing in 2014, it also serves as a swan song of sorts, loaded with the weight of a genius gone before his time. If you don't already have this one etched in your memory banks, now is the time to play catch up.

Review: This debut release from footwork crew Teklife's label sees them pay tribute to DJ Rashad, the late, great innovator who passed away in the spring of 2014. Afterlife gathers together a collection of DJ Rashad tracks co-produced by Rashad's close friends and associates, including DJ Spinn, Traxman, DJ Manny and more. As the label themselves state, this 14 track album really conveys the wealth of musical influences and knowledge Rashad possessed with soul, hip-hop, house, techno and many more all brought together at 160 BPM. "Afterlife is our tribute to our friend and our inspiration. Rest In Peace DJ Rashad," Teklife write. Enough said. A must for all fans of Rashad.