Video: From Jack to Juke: 25 Years of Ghetto House

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From Jack to Juke: 25 Years of Ghetto House from Sonali Aggarwal on Vimeo .

From Jack to Juke: 25 Years of Ghetto House from Sonali Aggarwal on Vimeo . A quick but thorough history lesson straight from the horses' mouths. Rightfully placing Ghetto-House in America's storied tradition of urban music rather than in a more nebulous international dance music context, this documentary makes a strong argument for discussing Chicago, Detroit and Baltimore music alongside Crunk and Hyphy rather than Disco or Deep House. Then again, I did find this link on Resident Advisor so perhaps the battle's been lost. Nevertheless, the music covered here follows Son Raw's golden [...]

"Chicago Juke music has roots that run deep. The film chronicles the birth and evolution of a genre over 25 years." A nice documentary by Sonali Aggarval about juke and ghetto house / tek in Chicago. Lot of familiar names and faces and nice insight of the development of ghetto music styles. Recommended watching if you got an hour to spare which you should. Juke It Like A Pigeon.

You may have heard of Juke, that crazy, energetic, sped up house music from Chicago. Well here is an interesting look at how Juke came about. The documentary explores some of the history of the house sound in Chicago, the similarities between Juke and Bmore and Ghetto Tech, as well as the dance moves and where the sound is heading. Some good little interviews with some of the big names in the Chicago Juke sound. The documentary is now up on vimeo in its entirety -  Enjoy the fancy footwork! Click here to view [...]

From Jack to Juke: 25 Years of Ghetto House from Sonali Aggarwal on Vimeo . Currently all the rage with hipsters worldwide, Chicago Juke music has roots that run deep. The film chronicles the birth and evolution of a genre over 25 years. deepgoa.blogspot.com your urban music guide © dg , 2012

From Jack to Juke: 25 Years of Ghetto House from Sonali Aggarwal on Vimeo .