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A history of Trax Records and the fight for Chicago's house pioneers' royalties

Chicago’s Trax Records released some of the most influential records in house history, but decades later, many of the artists behind them are still waiting to be paid. Harold Heath investigates the long and complicated history of one of house music’s most infamous labels

The Trax Records saga is a tangled tale of pioneering, seminal music created by a clutch of hungry young producers and DJs, whose raw, innovative...

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

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...

Larry Heard and Robert Owens via Traxsource

Larry Heard and Robert Owens have won their legal case against Trax Records, The Guardian reports


In 2020, Chicago house innovators Heard (AKA Mr...

With some solid moves from Josh Caffe and Robert Owens!

PJU, the artists also known as Punks Jump Up (whose ‘Call Me’ video we premiered earlier this year), dropped their brilliant ‘Give It To Me’...

Behind the scenes with d&b heavyweights

Dan and Phil Brookes, aka the Brookes Brothers, have been carving out a unique niche in the liquid drum & bass world since 2006. Smashing up the d&b arenas with their DJing and production skills, this year sees their stock rising still higher…