When I wrote about the rise of juke and footwork in Japan for this year's Best of Chicago, I focused in on DJ Fulltono and his Booty Tune label, but those aren't the only sources for the Chicago-bred sounds being churned out in that country. One of the other Japanese producers I've had my eye on is Foodman, whose spin on footwork further mutates a style that's already fairly strange and alien sounding.…
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