Footwork music’s whimsical, tempestuous take on house wouldn’t exist without Chicago producer Kavain Space, better known as RP Boo. In the mid-90s, he drew from his experience DJing for House-O-Matics ...

Footwork is a breakneck mutation of ghetto house that’s been banging out of speakers at upwards of 150BPM since the late 90s. In Chicago, it encourages the very specific dance style of its title: ...

Chicago footwork pioneer RP Boo bought his first Roland R70 drum machine in the late-90s from the window of a budget equipment store. With no instruction manual, he didn’t know how to stretch out the ...

Like basically anyone who works or plays in a developed country, I’m familiar with the frustrations of technology that stops working properly—it bothers me irrationally that I have to really lean on ...

Chicago footwork staple RP Boo, otherwise known as Kavain Space, has released his third LP I'll Tell You What! It's the DJ and producer's first full-length since 2015's Fingers, Bank Pads, and Shoe ...

Footwork has been a Chicago staple for decades. But 20 years ago, it had yet to make an international impact. Fans can thank artists like RP Boo, who have quietly and efficiently spread footwork music ...

Wills Glasspiegel recently directed a video about Chicago footwork and RP Boo, an important figure in the scene's development. The clip is pulled together from footage of the DJ and dancers at the ...

Footwork is one of this decade’s dance music success stories. Born in Chicago, this fast, propulsive genre evolved out of the city’s ghetto house and juke scenes and, running at a swift 160bpm, was ...

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, ...

About halfway through Chicago footwork legend RP Boo’s set at the Compound on Saturday night, he took a sudden turn from the propulsive, anyone-can-dance-to-it linearity of such classics as DJ Deeon’s ...

Without RP Boo, footwork wouldn’t exist as we know it. The Chicago DJ/producer helped invent the genre in the late 1990s with a song called “Baby Come On,” which mangled and stretched out the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chicago footwork staple RP Boo, otherwise known as Kavain Space, has released his third LP I'll Tell You What! It's the DJ and ...