Like so many before him in Chicago’s livewire footwork scene, Heavee was a dancer before he was a DJ. The dexterous and nimble rhythms—both sonically on the part of the producer, and physically on the part of the DJ—that define footwork form the backbone of Unleash, but Heavee hardly limits himself to his roots. The Chicago artist’s debut LP for
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