Last month I saw Chicago footwork producer DJ Taye perform in the middle of the afternoon in 38-degree weather on a stubby stage set up in the street next to the Empty Bottle. His set was part of the ...

Correction: This story has been amended to correctly reflect that Rand Sevilla’s name was misspelled. The style of music that Rand Sevilla and Eric Lee Gale produce together as Sich Mang is called ...

CHICAGO – Rashad Harden, a house music and footwork pioneer who performed as DJ Rashad, was found dead over the weekend in Chicago of an apparent drug overdose, authorities said Sunday. He was 34.

Footwork lives in Chicago, even when it doesn’t. The movement—bleeding-edge club tunes fragmented from house, high-speed dance battles, and most crucially, the community of people who make it and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Footwork is a fast-paced style of dance and electronic music that emerged from Chicago's West Side in the 1990s. Today, footwork is a global phenomenon. "We changed up the style of ...

“It’s getting bigger and bigger — it’s beautiful,” says RP Boo, the producer credited by many as the father of Chicago footwork. From its beginnings in the late Nineties, the genre — marked by ...

Since the mid-'90s, a style of dance and a genre of music that share the name footwork have been livening up parties and late-night public access TV in Chicago. Now footwork is reaching beyond its ...

The godfather of footwork on how he turned Phil Collins and Snoop Dogg samples into transcendent, quick-paced dance tracks. RP Boo says he’s dedicated to helping foster the next generation of talent, ...

Producer Jlin, who plays Kremwerk on Thursday (March 24), told Rolling Stone magazine she thinks art should be “disturbing.” That makes sense, since she works in a subgenre called “footwork” that’s ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When Fancy Footwork dropped, it represented the new wave of the Chromeo crusade. They'd had ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Rashad Harden, a house music and footwork pioneer who performed as DJ Rashad, has been found dead of an apparent drug overdose. He was ...