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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

The Jungle of Eden at its original resting place! After bringing mahooosive names to the mid-week Crofters crowd like DJ Hybrid, Ray Keith, Samurai Breaks and Mandidextrous, Exodus returns to The Croft with a top secret lineup of heavy-hitting junglist styles and amen-fractured footwork-outs. With the launch of The Croft we are bringing back the jungle of eden series, a night packed with jungle bangers and immersive decor.

This is not a drill! A core member of Chicago’s Teklife with releases on Hyperdub, Brainfeeder and Planet Mu, the myth and legend that is DJ Paypal returns to Avon to unleash their kaleidoscopic juke and footwork revelry. Wear your bounciest shoes, it’s gonna get rowdy. The enigmatic footwork trailblazer from Chicago's Teklife crew returns for a whirlwind of chaotic, kaleidoscopic and high-octane club music on the Firmly Rooted Soundsystem

Juke bounce werrrrrrrk! Swisha brings that footworkin’ jersey club and amen-broken electro for a hella delirious Love Inn session with stuttering ghetto-tech from Crank CNTRL. Unswervable FFO: Kush Jones, RP Boo, Traxman, Dance Mania, Teklife. LOOK WHOS IN TOWN AND DOWN THE INN

Seriously, f*ck Glastonbury, come to Basement 45: it never rains and you’ll save yourself £300 in small change with this three room blowout of underground club sounds. Featuring Soz Lad’s not-so-secret hardcore weapon cutmesum.flac, percussive slammers from Harmonia’s Slaggamuffin and pounding hardtek from Rigpig. No tents allowed. Anti-Glasto club night for all those that fancy a dance!

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What our editors say

“Born out of Leeds, the label has built a reputation for chaotic energy, genre-blurring releases, and a community that treats every dancefloor like an experiment in bass pressure. Founded by Samurai Breaks and friends, SSBB has become a hub for high-tempo innovators across the UK and beyond, blending footwork, jungle and breakbeat with humour and a disregard for convention. Every SSBB takeover at Clock Factory has hit capacity, each one a sold-out reminder that the Booty Bangers crew never miss.”
From: Super Sonic Booty Bangers

“LA club powerhouse Bianca Oblivion steps up to deliver the best of the best, mixing a plethora of heavy-hitters into a relentless, bass-heavy storm. Expect a set that’s unpredictable and utterly unmissable. Beloved for her riotous performances packed with the freshest global club music, that whip transatlantic bass, grime, baile funk, footwork, blog house, dubstep, trance into a rowdy, blistering frenzy.”
From: Harmonia Presents: Bianca Oblivion

“So many of you asked for Takuya Nakamura back or missed the event - DON'T WORRY! We have you covered. He's coming all the way over from New York City to bring you that juke/jungle/footwork vibe mixed with his illustrious trumpet playing ability - this is nothing like you've seen before.”
From: Takuya Nakamura - Jungle Jazz - TS010

“We'll be rounding off Halloween weekend in the very capable hands of Taipan Trax - a label dedicated to dark, hard and fast sounds across the entire dance music spectrum. Taipan Trax head honcho Phasmid has invited down two stand out names from the label to mark the occasion - expect all things electro, breaks, footwork + more!”
From: Taipan Trax: Phasmid, K-65 + Muna

“>> ERAM is the project of Brazilian electronic artist Marianna Viscaíno (also known as Marê), a co-founder of ZONAexp and a national reference in underground electronic music. Her style is a unique blend of UK urban electronic music with Brazilian funk and rap, featuring genres like footwork, jungle, techno, UK garage, and broken beats at accelerated BPMs.”
From: DIASPORA pres. Halloween: PXSSY PALACE, GROVE, MC YALLAH + MORE