BANGS & WORKS VOL. 2 (THE BEST OF CHICAGO FOOTWORK) CD

While its predecessor sticks mainly to the more hallucinatory and left-field elements, this one has a wider remit, ranging from mad techno-style tracks such as DJ Metro’s “Tekno Bangz” or DJ T-Why’s immense “Juice” and ‘Finished” to those that sound like musique concrete gone footwork, like Young Smoke’s “Space Muzik Part 3.” Others like Traxman’s “Funky Block” and DJ Clent’s “DJ Clent #1” display the obvious influence of flipping samples, hip hop style to the rhythms of footwork, while DJ Rashad...

The music on this compilation covers a spectrum of the style's producers, from RP Boo, whose track "Baby Come On" in the late 90s is regarded as the first Footwork release, to established producers who have come through the ghetto house scene such as DJ Roc, DJ Spinn, Traxman, DJ Clent and DJ Rashad. To contrast, as well as the established DJs, Planet Mu have picked a number of young producers (DJ Nate, DJ Diamond, DJ Elmoe, Tha Pope, DJ Killa E, DJ Lil Rome, Yung Tellem & DJ Trouble) whose music...