- 2LP (HDBLP020) - New - Sold out
Footwork's most prominent standard-bearer DJ Rashad hurtles out a heavy debut album for Hyperdub.
Perhaps better described as a collaborative effort - all bar two tracks feature Spinn, Addison Groove, Taso, Manny, or Earl - Double Cup is the freshest missive from the rapidly ascendent and influential Chicago scene.
Over 14 fibrillating tessellations of classic funk, soul, house and jungle Rashad stakes his ground with assured swagger.
When he really cuts wild the effect is remarkable: previous single, I Don't Give A F**k, with its minimalist bleep coda and strobing bass pulses is a big winner, as are the juicy, acid-bootied Double Cup with Spinn, and the 45rpm flip of Larry Heard's Donnie, here as Reggie, or the lush-out '94 jungle styles of I'm Too Hi.