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Trap, Footwork & Juke

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Bristol's Footwork Scene

While no producer would regard themselves creating ‘footwork’ alone, the influence of the footwork and trap sounds have had a healthy knock-on effect within bass music in Bristol. Local heavyweight Addison Groove throws down his banging electro 808’s in footwork patterns (live!) while Sam Binga combines orchestral stabs and MC collaborations into the footwork mix. Bristol’s Artifact takes a different approach sprinkling syncopated footwork patterns amongst pristine techno.

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Our recent footwork recommendations

Sell out warning! Steppas annihilation and militant dub futurism in the arena! Concrete Lion couldn't be prowling much higher right now. The next-gen Carnival kings had the honour of King Earthquake blessing their rig, now they're running plates with the mighty Vanguards of Dub on their own battle-scarred sound. Seismic, unmissable, historical. Iration Steppas x Concrete Lion at The Trinity Centre.

Sell out warning! Guts absolutely wiped the floor at Jam On The Horizon - we wouldn’t miss another education from the boom-bap troubadour! Not with Canton Mambo queen Gia Fu setting the ‘floor alight with Afro-Cuban discs and hip-swirling spins in this massive Sinai-powered session, bolstered by Pangaea hero Kesh + Popola bringing the finest in ass-shaking reggaeton, soca and afrobeats. POW! Sinai Sound ft Guts / Kesh + Popola at The Boxing Gym.

Stroom's low-lit rockstar work his magic down at the Inn; he’s blessed us with some seriously memorable dances over the years, and we’re expecting another one here. Oddball dance revivals, wonky chug, sleazy new beat and trance-induced slo-mo melters incoming. Nosedrip + Morey Cillar at The Love Inn.

For the initiated, only Willikens will do. The Salon GOAT gets real deep with a rare-opening set, stretching minimal synth slayers and acidic chug to psychedelic breaking point before Saskia fires up the subwise hardware explorations and Anina & Lynne absoultely wipe the floor with junglist domination. Secret Shade, we salute you. The Secret Shade: Lena Willikens, Lynne b2b Anina, Saskia at Strange Brew.

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What our editors say

“⛤ Shannen SP Operating at the forefront of London’s nexus for Afrodiasporic dance music, Shannen SP has become one of the leading voices pushing forward the sounds of South Africa’s 3Step, gqom and amapiano, pairing them with an uncanny ear for bassweight drawn from the UK’s soundsystem lineage. From her iconic NTS show to the cult Ø parties she co-curated for Hyperdub alongside Kode9, through to the acclaimed ‘Mzansi Bass’ compilation, her work has built vital new connections between scenes, sounds and dancefloors across the globe.”
From: PTS Halloween ϟ Pearson Sound, Shannen SP ++

“Expect the unexpected as we set off for a free-flowing night of genre-bending mastery, gear shifting inventiveness that'll touch all the bases of techno, electro, bass, jungle, grime, footwork and who knows what else. >>”
From: Netham Trax w/ Jay Carder + Sir Hiss + Residents

“Mina makes vibrant, euphoria-driven tracks rooted in collaboration, connecting the dots between genres and styles from around the world. She will be performing a live electronic set featuring her own productions, expect a mix of soca, footwork, dancehall, trance, distorted bass and euphoric melodies.”
From: Club Soft with Mina, Teddy Kitano, Josephine Gyasi, SLAGGA

“sean pain - One of the longstanding architects of Evolver, sean pain has shaped the promotion into one of contemporary club's underseen progenitors. The legacy of associations with everybody from Drain Gang to their early support of contemporary stars like Oli XL and Malibu speaks for itself. As selector, sean pain is as comfortable with murky experimental bass as they are in the darkest regions of uptempo, drawing on jersey, footwork, nightcore, grime and gabber. Virtuoso.”
From: Realist Alive x Evolver - Maniken05, exmantera, Mvcoko, CU-SITH & more

“Mixtress is a London-based DJ and producer who has spent the past decade crafting a sound that’s both technically fierce and emotionally resonant. Rooted in jungle, hardcore, footwork, and bassweight, her sets are future-facing and fluid, deeply informed by rave history but unbound by genre. Whether drawing for percussive chaos or melodic tension, she brings a sense of storytelling to the dancefloor, blending intensity with soul and connection. Her style is as much about feeling as it is form — intuitive, crate-deep, and always evolving.”
From: S-Line: Mixtress + Support