Tracks like Addison Groove - Footcrab have helped our scene immensley in the UK, We are just starting to integrate the sound into uk sets, mainly post dubstep people are picking up on the footwork sound and bringing it to a wider UK clubbing audience to massive effect.

I DJ and run a footwork label "Fresh Mess Recordings" in the UK, and am finding similarities to when I helped pioneer original Chicago House in the UK way back in 1987 with a Series of Jack Trax Compilations, I worked in A&R at the time and Along with Pete Tongs FFRR compilation, The House Sound of Chicago, we busted it open across a largely Hip Hop / Rare Groove UK Soundscape and House then became Massive in 1988.

The same cycle is about to happen again, a recession, Kids fed up with Tech House and watered down R&B, The dubstep scene is very receptive to post dubstep sounds such as Girl Unit and Instra:Mental and the urban underground pirate radio stations are gradually pulling in this Chicago sound, and as we all know 160bpm music works in the UK, because we have had Jungle and Drum and Bass scenes in the UK, so clubbers are not adverse to fast music...

This music has lit the touch paper... watch the BOOM in 2011 and 2012

Yes, this is a must-buy. Add this to the Juke sampler that Bleep put together a few months ago. Really excited about this stuff. It's not all great to my ears, but that's good - a healthy scene needs variety and there's surprising breadth in this niche already. Tim Deckgeneral's assessment might be slightly over-egged, but then again maybe not, he's right, many people thought house was a flash-in-the pan in 86/87, and look where we are now. Big respect to Tim for his involvement in the Jack Trax comps. Stuck in UK provincial towns and on a teenager's disposable income, compilations like those were almost my sole access to the nascent sounds of Chicago House and Detroit Techno. How things come full circle. As a family man with a lot of outgoings and locked into a poor career path by a fascistic employer, I rely on the likes of 14tracks to get an ear into great music without spending too much money while avoiding breaking the law.

Hey,

While they look pretty good rotoscoped, I really would have appreciated some heads-up on the use of my photos for this. Not gonna turn this into a big deal, but please, next time ask me first, thanks.

Dave Quam