Footwork split off from Chicago Juke / Ghetto house in the mid-1990s as a local splinter scene

Footwork is an evolution of ‘Juke’ (also called ‘Ghetto house’), the dominant form of Chicago house music since the mid-1990s. Per the source it is a ‘splinter scene’ that diverged from that lineage but stayed invisible on local radio, remaining local to Chicago until Planet Mu’s 2010 compilation surfaced it internationally. RP Boo’s ‘Baby Come On’ (late 1990s) is regarded as the first footwork release. Several key producers crossed over from the Ghetto house scene: DJ Roc, DJ Spinn, Traxman, DJ Clent and DJ Rashad; a younger wave (DJ Nate, DJ Diamond, DJ Elmoe) gained exposure through social networking and YouTube rather than the local footworking networks.

Examples

Lineage: Juke / Ghetto house (mid-90s Chicago house) -> footwork splits off. RP Boo’s ‘Baby Come On’ (late 90s) = regarded as the first footwork release. Older Ghetto-house producers (DJ Roc, DJ Spinn, Traxman) adopted it; younger producers (DJ Nate, DJ Diamond) emerged via YouTube/social media.

Assessment

Name footwork’s parent genre and its other name, roughly when footwork split off, and who is credited with the first footwork release. Explain what ‘splinter scene’ means here.