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Home Town Chicago

by Boo Williams

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Devil Muzik 07:08
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Snare Tappin 05:36
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Lazy Mood 06:18
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Smokin Acid 07:36
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Evil Ways 07:07

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The origin story of Chicago house has been retold so many times—while relatively little has been written about Chicago house's mid-'90s second wave—Green Velvet/Cajmere, Derrick Carter, Glenn Underground, Traxx, Felix da Housecat, Paul Johnson, DJ Sneak and Boo Williams re-fired the city's dance floors and record shops with sharp, mature work that built as much on the streamlined New York house style.
Boo Williams' second album, from 1996 Home Town Chicago is the kind of simple, swirling house that sounds great booming out of large warehouses at 5 in the morning, particularly the title track, which overlays a handful of organ parts (a seesaw-drone at the center, piping short notes for seasoning) atop an urgent pulse. "Make Some Noise" features a rough, bustling kick-hat pattern and a latticework of airy vocal samples, as well as some carefully applied filtering and teakettle organ. "Old School Flavor" gets crazy with the hi-hats as a suspended Rhodes chord evokes the rising sun—a wide landscape that Williams tricks up (off-beat claps here, crosscutting synth blips there) to keep things percolating.

Home Town Chicago's buoyancy fits its time frame. It came out in the period when the U.S. rave scene, particularly in the Midwest, began to reach back to its roots. Rave burnt out faster than a lot of scenes—drugs do that—but it also ignited a lot of true-believer fervor. And the future-forward quality that snared so many early-'90s American suburbanites (and make no mistake, rave was a heavily suburban phenomenon in the States) began to relax as the first glimmers of the technology that defines us now began to emerge in the mainstream.

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Michaelangelo Matos

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released November 20, 2020

* Written-By, Producer – Boo Williams
* Artwork [Photography By] Ricardo Miranda
* Publishing Boo Williams Music
* Special thanx to Jesus, The True & Living God.

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Boo Williams Chicago, Illinois

Boo Williams is Mandrake, Moon Man, Quik Blend Boo, Willie Griffin and Willie Snickers. Boo followed the footsteps of Chicago greats like Larry Heard, Marshall Jefferson and Lil Louis. With recordings for labels like Peacefrog, Cajual, Relief, Rush Hour. ... more

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