“14tracks: Footwork diffusion”

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Halp

Tic Tac Toe (Krampfhaft Remix)

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Halp

Tic Tac Toe (Krampfhaft Remix)

Precision Dutch engineering applied in cold, killer fashion.

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THROWING SNOW

Too Polite feat. Louis Vines

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THROWING SNOW

Too Polite feat. Louis Vines

The Left_Blank label co-owner on a maaad one!

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King Felix

SPRING03

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King Felix

SPRING03

Visionary modernist composition from Laurel Halo.

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Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland

12

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Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland

12

A Hyperdub dream you never want to wake up from

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KEISKA

celdi riddim

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KEISKA

celdi riddim

Ruffcut yet luscious fractal Footwork swoons

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DRO CAREY

Motorvibe

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DRO CAREY

Motorvibe

Impressionistic outsider Footworking

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Dream Continuum

Giv A Lil Luv

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Dream Continuum

Giv A Lil Luv

Don't deny it yourself; this is a monster

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ROMARE

Freedom (Aspirations of A Prisoner)

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ROMARE

Freedom (Aspirations of A Prisoner)

Beautifully measured meditation on Afrocentrism

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Slava

Swan

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Slava

Swan

Heartbreaking astral harp and mistily distanced Footwork rhythms

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MikeQ

The Master Blaster (Nadus Remix)

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MikeQ

The Master Blaster (Nadus Remix)

Hyperflouncing BallroomXJuke heat

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DJ Soulja-Man

Eski-Tech (Massacooramaan No Pulse No Heartbeat Remix)

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DJ Soulja-Man

Eski-Tech (Massacooramaan No Pulse No Heartbeat Remix)

DaveQ hybridising Grime with a liqui-hipped flex

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Machinedrum

Nastyfuckk

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Machinedrum

Nastyfuckk

Travis Stewart takes the bull by the horns in deadly fashion

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Torus

Vocaldonuts (Slugabed Remix)

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Torus

Vocaldonuts (Slugabed Remix)

Taking future Juke music to alien dimensions

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Napolian

Rejoice

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Napolian

Rejoice

Glorious chillwave factored with skittish machine spurts

“14 tracks: Footwork diffusion”

Footwork's futurist templates have catalysed some fascinating fusions in modern dance and electronic music. This selection checks for those artists/engineers/producers outside the scene who've fused its scattershot rhythms and fractal arrangements with myriad strands of Grime, modern composition, Pop and Ballroom House in much the same way IDM makers appropriated Jungle in the mid-late '90s. That connection is most obvious in Dream Continuum's (Machinedrum & Om Unit/Philip D. Kick) soaring Footwork raver 'Giv A Lil Luv', or Throwing Snow's dancefloor arrow 'Too Polite', but things get really interesting when it's taken further from its roots. Consider King Felix, Slava or Romare's string-heavy fusions - perhaps imagining Ornette Coleman or Alice Coltrane gone cybernetic - for example; or at the other end of the scale, the way Slugabed, Krampfhaft or Keiska see Footwork in ambient IDM hyperspace, and how the likes of Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland or Napolian have fused it with shoegaze and R&B sensibilities; or, in time-honoured style, how Massacooramaan and Nadus have flipped Grime and Ballroom House, respectively, with outstanding, syncretic results. There's certainly much more to come, but for now, outside of Chicago, we reckon these are some of the best bits in circulation.