![]() ![]() Beyond the upfront decree “Motherfuck your favourite DJ” to the simmering heat of “Daddy’s home, “Let’s Dance Again is a hypnotic almost more cursory accusation at the state of dance music. In fact Boo’s message and impact are much more close to home than the outer space or ghost imagery laden in his mythology and the dance lexicon. But as future and as experimental as the sound can seem in the confines of the genre of footwork, tunes like “Freezaburn” are a return to the future on the floor. Kavain’s landmark production is at once a nod to the nostalgic with tunes like “Your Choice” which mutilates a Loggins and McDonald riff across sonic gravel with shakers in tow. It was also at the rink I would first see Dancemania pioneers like Deeon, Funk, Slugo and others play side by side. ![]() The very same King Drive where Daft Punk descended in the nineties on a roller rink upon it’s intersection at 66th Street. “Banging on king drive” might as well be cruising a virtual soundscape of Chicago’s south side Englewood. It’s no wonder Kavain is also a dancer in the legendary House-O-Matics, a crew founded by Dancemania pioneer DJ Deeon. At once never quite narration and never just a chorus, Bu’s cadence melds with his own production much like expert footworkers naturally click into place with his insanely complex rhythms. Bu’s voice is the key to his command over the floor, the speaker and the rhythms produced for both. At the heart of this sound fans have come to love is the dynamic of low end and distorted harmonization equally matched with bu’s signature choppy vocal flow. And while these types of pairings and venues may shock many when listening to the sounds of one Kavain Wayne, it’s multiple listens of FBPSP that reveal the self assured and space age swagger inherent in this music. RP Boo aka Arpebu has already graced the runways of Paris scoring with fellow label mate Jlin the transgressive fashion of Rick Owens. ![]() Both releases successfully present themselves as building blocks in the puzzle that has become Chicago Footwork as a genre and more importantly as a worldwide underground movement.įingers, Bank Pads and Shoe Prints is an apropos title for a music built entirely by the total symbiosis between machine, human being and the varied floors they battle on. This increased interest in physical editions has risen evidenced by the increased presence of Chicago footwork in many a budding dj’s vinyl collection. Two of those notable legends of the Planet Mu roster have since released new material this month, RP Boo and DJ Roc. In those five years we have seen an arc of excellent and seemingly endless productions finally surfacing into release form. It was only until 2010 many of us were even exposed to the now legendary staples of the scene through Mike Paradinas’s stellar Bangs and Works compilations. Footwork as a mode of musical expression has been bubbling up from Chicago’s South and West sides for decades. ![]()
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