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- Music, Music Review Dec 25, 2020
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DJ Earl demonstrates footwork’s deep roots on Bass + Funk & Soul
- Music, Music Review Sep 22, 2020
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Sirr TMo Sama gives footwork a strange peacefulness with On Dat
- Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 18, 2020
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Traxman remixes ‘WAP’; bucket and mop not included
Plus: Poster artist Frank Okay drops a solo album, and Teklife producer Heavee releases a kaleidoscopic EP.
- Music, Chicagoans of Note Jul 7, 2020
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DJ Hank, footwork producer and bike messenger
“Something with the culture just instantly made sense, coming from a punk background. I think footwork music is pretty subversive. It's raw.”
- Music, Music Review May 8, 2020
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Chicago footwork master DJ Taye invokes the rapid pace of our changing times on Pyrot3k
- Music, Music Review Apr 10, 2020
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Chicago footwork producer DJ Hank takes inspiration from his bike-messenger job for Traffic Control
- Music, Music Feature Aug 21, 2019
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Open the Circle teaches footwork because footwork saves lives
This Chicago nonprofit, linked to the Era dance crew, works to spread a local Black subculture that can knit together youth communities.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 5, 2019
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Photos from DJ Clent’s Beatdown House Litnic
Some of the biggest names in ghetto house, juke, and footwork played for free at a relaxed party and cookout in Dolton Park.
- Music, Concert Preview Jul 26, 2019
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DJ Clent’s Beatdown 22nd anniversary Litnic books the best in ghetto house, juke, and footwork
- Music, Concert Preview Jul 11, 2019
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Teklife producer DJ Phil brings a nuanced touch to footwork
- Music, Music Feature Feb 13, 2019
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Daredevil producer Jlin survives her own trial by fire
The Indiana-based beat wizard returns to the stage for Pitchfork Midwinter after courting burnout to finish her second album and score an avant-garde dance performance.
- Music, Music Feature Mar 8, 2018
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Could DJ Taye make Chicago footwork the biggest music in the world?
The Teklife producer integrates rap so perfectly on his new Still Trippin’ that he could bring footwork to new heights.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2018
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Chicago footwork producers Boylan and Pranas drop a transcendent track to hype Boylan’s imminent birthday bash
Boylan and Pranas's "Pick It Up" samples the latest smash single from lightning-rod Chicago rapper Famous Dex.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 2, 2017
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Chicago DJ Big Hank refashions Future’s flow for footwork on the new Streetwise
Teklife affiliate DJ Big Hank improves a cut from Future's February data dump by sampling it on his own "Fresher."
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 7, 2017
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The Green Music Fest catches Dave Mata’s Royal Hands
Plus: Do312 brings back its Rock ’n’ Roll Market, and Bric-a-Brac Records celebrates four years.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2017
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Chicago footwork and house artists rally to help Teklife producer Sirr Tmo replace his gear
Sirr Tmo's production work has been derailed by a computer failure, but Saturday's Mucho Culo dance party will help him raise funds for new equipment.
- Music, In Rotation Mar 7, 2017
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Angel Marcloid of Fire-Toolz on the voyages of a digital native
Plus: Resonance Series cocurator Ben Baker Billington on the mind-melting footwork of Teklife, the Reader’s Luca Cimarusti on Meat Wave’s mean, moody third album, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 18, 2017
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Chicago footworker DJ Manny brings his sinuous style to Wednesday’s Resonance Series
DJ Manny is one of footwork's best and brightest, and he proves it again on the title track from his latest seven-inch.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 3, 2016
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Jill Flanagan of Forced Into Femininity takes her underground scene to task
Plus: Anya Davidson celebrates a collection of her comic strip Band for Life, and the Era throw a listening party for their first “footwork mixtape.”
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 9, 2016
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DJ Oreo talks about footwork, booking a Chicago party from Australia, and Sunday’s birthday battle with Elz the DJ
West-side native DJ Oreo throws himself a birthday party at East Room on Sunday that doubles as an informal turntable battle with his best friend—and then he hits the road with Lil Yachty.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 17, 2016
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The Era move footworking into the spotlight
The crews who evolved this grassroots Chicago dance style often end up as sideshows to DJs or rappers—but the Era hope to change that with their first stage production.
- Music, Music Feature Jun 16, 2016
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Can DIY music and art coexist with corporate money?
Young creative studio VAM wants to fund and promote Chicago’s underground artists—without sacrificing their distinctiveness to the mainstream.
- Music, Gossip Wolf May 24, 2016
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Rapper and prison abolitionist Ric Wilson needs help replacing a stolen computer
Plus: Rock duos Pussy Foot and Drool pair up on a split cassette, and art-book shop Bing hosts a footwork-themed film screening, discussion, and performance.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2016
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DJ Rashad's new posthumous album includes a beautiful collaboration with Traxman
With its combination of sweetness and battle-ready heat, "Lost Worlds" belongs alongside DJ Rashad's best songs.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2016
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Help dance-music outlet Mucho Culo get back on its feet this weekend
Subterranean hosts a benefit show for Mucho Culo, which was based out of a studio destroyed in a July fire.
