DJ Rashad

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DJ Rashad performing in Moscow (2013)

DJ Rashad (real name Rashad Hanif Harden ; born October 9, 1979 in Hammond , Indiana ; † April 26, 2014 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American DJ , musician and record producer who was an important representative of the Chicago "footwork" style was true.

Life

Rashad was born in Indiana and grew up in Calumet City . As a child he was an avid dancer. Soon afterwards he also started DJing and had his first appearances around 1992. In 1996 he met his longtime companion DJ Spinn at Thornwood High School . Both soon developed a taste for the ghetto house style.

In 1998, Child Abuse, one of his tracks, appeared on a vinyl single on Dance Mania under the name DJ Thadz . From 2004 his productions appeared on the Juke Trax label . He became internationally known in 2010 after Mike Paradinas (µ-ziq) had licensed two of Rashad's pieces for the compilation Bangs & Works Vol. 1 and published them on his label Planet Mu . Numerous appearances in the UK and other countries followed, as well as first releases on British labels such as Honest Jon's Records . A contact with Kode9 led to the first release on the Hyperdub label , with which Rashad and his Teklife crew continued to work closely in the years to come. In 2013, Hyperdub released the highly acclaimed Double Cup album .

Shortly before the release of the new single We On 1 , Rashad died in his Chicago apartment, presumably as a result of a drug overdose. He left behind his nine year old son.

Discography (selection)

Albums

  • 2006: Juke Trax Online Vol. 3 (Juke Trax Online)
  • 2008: Something 2 Dance 2 (Juke Trax Online)
  • 2011: Just A Taste Vol. One (Ghettophiles)
  • 2012: Teklife Volume 1 - Welcome To The Chi (Lit City Trax)
  • 2013: Double Cup ( Hyperdub )

EPs and singles

  • 2004: Girl Bust Down (with DJ Spinn; Juke Trax)
  • 2004: The White Tees EP (with DJ TY; Juke Trax)
  • 2007: Jukestacy (Juke Trax Online)
  • 2007: Send It Up (Juke Trax Online)
  • 2007: Get It Shorty (Juke Trax Online)
  • 2008: We Break It Down (with DJ Chi Boogie; Juke Trax Online)
  • 2008: You Know What It Is (Juke Trax Online)
  • 2008: Juke Trax Online Vol. 13 (Juke Trax Online)
  • 2008: Imma Do Me (Juke Trax Online)
  • 2008: Freakin Me On The Flo (Juke Trax Online)
  • 2008: Tek-9 (Databass Online)
  • 2010: Grace (Ghettophiles)
  • 2010: 4 The Ghetto (with DJ Spinn; Ghettophiles)
  • 2010: Itz Not Rite ( Planet Mu )
  • 2011: Meet Tshetsha Boys (with DJ Spinn and RP Boo; Honest Jon's Records)
  • 2013: I Don't Give A Fuck (Hyperdub)
  • 2013: Rollin (Hyperdub)
  • 2014: We On 1 (Southern Belle Recordings)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Jon Caramanica: DJ Rashad, Chicago Dance Music Producer, Dies at 34. In: The New York Times, April 28, 2014 (English, accessed April 29, 2014).
  2. ↑ DJ Rashad Dead: Footwork Icon Found Unresponsive in Chicago at rollingstone.com, accessed April 27, 2014
  3. ↑ DJ Rashad has died at factmag.com, accessed April 27, 2014
  4. ↑ a b c DJ Rashad: About Juke & Cough Syrup Aesthetics in Chicago at de-bug.de, accessed on April 27, 2014
  5. ↑ a b c DJ Rashad ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at hyperdub.net, accessed April 28, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hyperdub.net
personal data
SURNAME DJ Rashad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harden, Rashad Hanif (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American DJ, musician, and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Hammond , Indiana , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 2014
Place of death Chicago , Illinois , United States