At 160 BPM, はじめてのJuke is a 20-track introduction to Japanese juke and footwork, released free by OMOIDE LABEL in 2019. The speed is the anchor, but the tracklist leaves room for pop instincts and electronic oddness. でんの子P opens with “Jukeのはじめてレシピ”, while 超人, るなめた, nansui and Y.a.M.A bring titles such as “82”, “Sky”, “Fight” and “Generator”. Later, Takuma Iwakawa’s “Juke Machine”, Snarewaves’ “SWIRL” and Wavy Velvet’s “WACK!!” keep the compilation moving through short, sharply named ideas rather than one fixed house style.
It’s a producer-led set with twenty contributors, so the appeal is in hearing different takes on the same fast, chopped dance framework. Some tracks lean toward bright pop, others toward stranger and more abrasive electronic shapes, with the final pair from haigorei and h.shikibu giving the collection a suitably direct finish. YZOX handled the production, PIANO FLAVA mastered it, and でんの子P supplied the artwork. Fans of footwork and juke will find a useful snapshot of the Japanese scene, while anyone curious about the form gets a free starting point that doesn’t demand a club system or specialist knowledge.
