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  • DJ Spinn returns to Europe this November

    The reigning king of footwork returns to Europe this Summer following his inaugural releases on the esteemed Hyperdub label this year, which included a track with Danny Brown. Spinn will play a select set of dates before returning to support his debut album in 2016.

    Check the tour dates and video for ‘Dubby’ feat. the late DJ Rashad & Danny Brown below.

    05 Nov – Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen

    06 Nov – Bristol, UK @ Start The Bus

    07 Nov – London, UK @ Corsica Studios

    10 Nov – Paris, FR @ La Machine

    14 Nov – Berlin, DE @ Arena Club

    19 Nov – Sheffield, UK @ The Harley

    21 Nov – Antwerp, BE @ Trix

  • Glastonbury Festival Announces LittleBig Stage

    LittleBig is proud to collaborate with Glastonbury and Glade for this year’s Glastonbury Festival as part of the LB.10 event series!

    Glastonbury Official Statement

    “Glastonbury is pleased to welcome LittleBig‎ at this year’s festival, who have helped us put together a brilliant session at The Glade on Saturday night. We’ve always seen eye-to-eye with Ned and the team at LittleBig from when they started out, and we asked them to do a LittleBig tent at the Glade Festival 10 years ago. They’ve gone from strength to strength in terms of cutting edge electronica, and it’s going to be an unparalleled night of electronic music having them on board.”

    To stay connected with all LB.10 updates, visit www.littlebig.org.uk/lb10

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  • A tribute to DJ Rashad

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    DJ Rashad aka Rashad Hanif Harden, 34-years-old (born in Hammond, IN – October 9, 1979), the Calumet City, IL-based DJ and producer, passed away around 1:30 PM Saturday, April 26, 2014 on Chicago’s Lower West Side. He leaves behind a nine-year-old son, Chad and his parents, mother Gloria Harden, and father, Anthony Harden.  The cause of his death has not yet been determined.

    Rashad’s father told the Chicago Sun Times on Saturday: “Since he was a kid, he’s been doing this. He knew what he wanted to do, and a lot of us don’t get a chance to make our dream come true.”

    His manager, Wes Harden: “Rashad was a kind soul that left an indelible mark on the music world as the torchbearer of Footwork and Juke.  Rest assured that all of those close to him will make sure that the legacy lives on for a great man whose life has been cut far too short.”

    Kode9 from Hyperdub: “I was honored to release music from Rashad on Hyperdub. I’ve only known him for around 3 years, but he had become a good friend and one of my biggest musical influences. He was one of the funniest, most positive people I’ve ever met and a true innovator. Everyone at the label is devastated by his passing and wish to send our sincere condolences to all his friends and family in Chicago, the Teklife crew and anyone anywhere who was graced by his presence and uplifted by his music. I’ll never forget singing duet with him in a karaoke bar in Tokyo”

    DJ Rashad was a quintessential figurehead in the evolution from Ghetto House to Chicago Juke to Footwork and one of the artists to have to consistently pushed the evolution of the Footwork genre forward. He was born in Hammond, IN and moved to the deep south suburb of Chicago, Calumet City, IL soon after. Rashad started out as a dancer (around the time he was in seventh grade) cutting his teeth with some of the most respected dance groups including HouseOMatics, The Phyrm, and Wolf Pac. He quickly thereafter took up DJing with some of his first public gigs around 1992 at spots like his sixth grade high school club Jubilation. He met his longtime ally, DJ Spinn, during homeroom class at Thornwood High School in 1996.  They quickly began producing tracks at each others’ houses.  During this era, they DJ’d parties with the likes of RP Boo, DJ Clent, Gant-Man and others.. His first release to make it to vinyl was the track Child Abuse on Dance Mania (mislabeled as DJ Thadz) in 1998.

    Following the release of his single Itz Not Rite (Planet Mu) and his inclusion on the Bangs and Works album (Planet Mu) circa late 2010 he was constantly in demand around the world and spent the majority of his time on the road touring the world as a DJ, more often than not in tandem in with his closest, lifelong friend, DJ Spinn. He was involved in many Footwork cliques – including Beatdown House (founded by DJ Clent), the Ghettoteknitianz (with DJ Spinn) and Teklife. As a producer his crowning achievement was the October 2013 release of his album Double Cup on Hyperdub Records featuring collaborations with DJ Spinn, Taso, DJ Phil, Manny, Earl and Addison Groove. His last performance as a DJ was at Vinyl Club in Denver, CO on April 24, 2014. A new EP We On 1 is slated for release today Monday April 28th via a new Houston-based label called Southern Belle. His collaborations Acid Life with Gant-Man and Bombaklot with DJ Earl and DJ Taye are featured on the forthcoming Hyperdub 10th anniversary celebration album Hyperdub 10.1 which will be released May 20th. His music will live on eternally.

    Marcus, his agent here at Littlebig had some words to add; “When Rashad came over for his first European tour in 2011, I had the pleasure of witnessing the start of a worldwide footwork movement. Rashad never claimed to be an innovator of the scene, he was extremely grateful and gracious of his opportunity to bring the Chicago 160 sound, and spoke very humbly of his peers. From Corsica to Glade to Sonar to Berlin to Elevate, alongside Spinn, you showed them Teklife.”

  • DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn – Live at Sonar 2012

    Rashad & Spinn bring a ghettotek demonstration to Barcelona as part of the RBMA stage at Sonar 2012, complete with trademark dancers and a interview with the footwork pioneers themselves. Check it below.