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Larry Heard and Robert Owens have filed a lawsuit against the label

Trax Records hit with lawsuit for $1 million in 'unpaid' royalties to artists.

House innovators Larry Heard (AKA Mr Fingers), and Robert Owens, have filed...

Chicago’s Trax Records sued by over a dozen artists over unpaid royalties

Rolling Stone reports that Adonis, Marshall Jefferson and co-founder Vince Lawrence are among the claimants

Trax Records, the Chicago record label that played a key role in the development of house music, is being sued by over a dozen artists...

The label executive founded the legendary TRAX Records in 1984

Larry Sherman, co-founder of legendary Chicago house label TRAX Records, has died, aged 70.

The sad news was broken on Thursday (9th April) by Marshall...

Chicago originals over 16-CD box set

Retro house revivalism is at an all-time high. Everyone's at it. A wave of old skool-influenced tunes have even got the UK pop charts in a lather. Here to remind us just where all this music really comes from after their excellent Terry Farley compiled 'Acid Rain' collection last month is Harmless, with this ridonkulously exhaustive 16-CD box-set.

London club night celebrates launch of new label

London's House of Trax night has been building its reputation as the place to catch house music's filthiest off-shoots.

Led by residents Fools & Rushmore...

Larry Heard and Robert Owens via Traxsource

The copyright has been returned to the Chicago duo after a decades-long battle

Larry Heard and Robert Owens have won their legal case against Trax Records, The Guardian reports. In 2020, Chicago house innovators Heard (AKA Mr Fingers)...

An irresistible mix of classic house, off-kilter techno and playful electro pop...

Palms Trax has made his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix debut and it is as dreamy as it is eclectic. The show, which aired on...

With his jaw-dropping new release 'Fabric Live 45', A Trak has extinguished any doubts about his own rights to fame after working with Kanye West.

Having won the DMC DJ World Championships at age 15 - the youngest ever contestant to do so - A Trak was already a legend...

This month's vital label

After launching in 2005, BNR first made its name championing the noisy electro sounds that were in vogue at the time — principally tracks that would fit into a Boys Noize DJ set. Since then, they've broadened their output to encompass most variants on 4/4 electronic music.

A-Trak talks about the tracks that helped define his sound

From winning the DMC World DJ Championships aged just 15, to rocking club and festival dancefloors worldwide, both solo and as part of Duck Sauce...

We catch up with A-Trak for a quick Q&A...

You can't question the credentials behind A-Trak's creation of the hashtag #realDJ. While it's not unusual for bedroom-bound teenage boys to spend hours practicing...

The trap phenomenon explained

Trap is the slow-rolling, synth-heavy, snare-snappin' sound that's swept underground dancefloors and stadiums alike across the US and Europe. But what is trap? Is it a genre of its own? Where does it come from? Why's it so popular — and why's it hated in equal measure? Does it have a future? Danna Takako investigates...

Toolroom trax

From now until February Mark is going to be working on his artist album, having already produced for Underworld and Faithless. It’s an exciting, credible project aimed at touring main stages.

30 loved-up club cuts to soundtrack your Valentine’s Day...

Valentine’s Day, for all our cynicism, feels like the perfect day to acknowledge our favourite records inspired by love, sex and romance. To rescue you...

Holy Shit... CUFF gone Trap!

Think CUFF; think "G-House", right? Wrong!

Casting the bass heavy, 4x4 house grooves associated with Amine Edge & DANCE and their monster label to one...