Traxman – Da Mind Of Traxman Vol.2 – 2LP

Planet Mu

The last few years have seen Chicago Footwork rise to international success, and Traxman’s debut album – ‘The Mind of Traxman’ on Planet Mu – played no small part in that. It showcased Cornelius Ferguson’s brilliant ability to synthesise the beat digging of classic hip hop with the high-speed abstraction of Footwork’s house-derived beat science.

The selection of tracks on this second chapter show a slightly different take on Traxman‘s abilities. Instead of bringing in concepts from other genres, he simply creates a wider variety of Footwork, made with a minimal, reduced palette. Often just one or two samples are selected and diced into brain-blurring cubist puzzles that bear little relation to their original sources, or anything else for that matter.