Valve Recordings stalwart K-aze presides over London’s first footwork-focused night.

Launched in April but now settling into a regular fortnightly Sunday slot at Dance Tunnel in Dalston, Boom F’Real has already welcomed the likes of DJ Earl, Om Unit and Addison Groove, and this week it’s the turn of Stray, Krust and El-B to join the dots between footwork, jungle, garage, house and beyond.

The night is the brainchild of drum’n’bass survivor K-aze – formerly Lemon D, one half of Valve Recordings with Dillinja – and is part of his All Roads label/collective, which will release DJ Earl’s Afrika Tek EP on July 28.

Several years since he took a step back from the d’n’b scene, K-aze reckons the popularity of footwork has reignited an interest in 80/160bpm styles, as FACT documented in an in-depth feature last year.

“London has always been a hub for new genres,” K-aze told FACT. “I wanted to do a footwork night and also introduce the history of where all this music comes from – jungle, garage, breakbeat.

“I met Spinn last year and he was talking about tunes I made when I was 17 – he was like, it’s like footwork! And I see where he’s coming from, it’s that speed, they’re cousins,” he says. “A lot of the older music stands up now.”

With future guests including Dismantle, Hatcha and Teklife’s Heavee, K-aze also reckons the chilled out Sunday evening atmosphere will encourage DJs to select tracks they wouldn’t play to a big room Saturday night crowd.

“I thought it’d be cool to have a night where producers vibe off each other and there’s no pressure,” he says. “It’s just producers and DJs playing classics as well as new music.”

The next Boom F’Real takes place this Sunday, July 20, at Dalston’s Dance Tunnel from 7pm to 2am – visit the Facebook page for more info and check out DJ Earl’s Afrika Tek EP below.