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07-02-2025
Traxman
Da Mind Of Traxman Vol.3
ZIQ473
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01 Kill Da DJ (ft. Bobby Skillz & Sinjin Hawke)
02 Trax Da Prophet
03 I Want U To Ghost
04 Where They At (ft. DJ Twan
05 House Of Werkz
06 I’ll Write The Hook
07 We Can Go
08 Round 1
09 Trust Me
10 Tha Wolf
11 It’s Mine!!
12 I Bet U Think This Track Is About U!!
13 Talaban
14 It Never Rains (ft. DJ Twan)
15 Day And Night Time

Anyone with a passing interest in footwork and juke will know of Traxman. Corky Strong has a long history of deep involvement in Chicago house, first releasing on the legendary Dance Mania label in the mid nineties, and since then splitting his productions between ghetto house, juke and footwork, releasing alongside Steve Poindexter and Fast Eddie and the late DJ Deeon and DJ Rashad, including an seemingly endless supply of self-released juke edits of whatever direction his deep knowledge of Black American music takes him.

The third volume of ‘Da Mind Of Traxman’ is his first since 2014. In the intervening years he’s kept things rolling, DJing regularly, releasing lots of music, becoming a grandfather and being a mentor for younger artists coming up in the scene. This new album was crafted with the help of fellow Planet Mu artist Sinjin Hawke, who took on A&R duties to collate the best from hundreds of tracks dating back to 2005. Sinjin holds Traxman’s status in high regard; “This album series is important and holds real documentarian value—working on it feels like the modern equivalent of curating a piece of Miles Davis’s catalog in the ’60s and ’70s.”

Volume 3 showcases Traxman’s uncanny ability to take old music into the future without losing the feeling and energy of his samples and influences. He knows how to add a hi-definition modern chassis with the skill of someone who deeply and intuitively understands the craft of dance music. These are some of the purest, most innovative ideations of Chicago footwork.

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