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Trax Records est un label de musique house de Chicago , fondé par Larry Sherman et Vince Lawrence en 1984 . Il a joué un rôle majeur dans le développement du genre avec des titres comme Your Love de Jamie Principle & Frankie Knuckles , Move Your Body de Marshall Jefferson , Can You Feel It de Mr. Fingers ou encore Acid Tracks de Phuture .
Resté longtemps inactif, depuis 2003 le label est la propriété du groupe canadien Casablanca Media Acquisitions Inc. basé à Toronto .
Larry Sherman commence ses activités en 1983 en achetant Musical Products, la seule usine de presse de vinyle de Chicago [ 1] . Puis fin 1984 , il co-fonde avec Jesse Saunders le label Trax Records. Le design du label et les premiers contrats d'artistes sont confiés à Vince Lawrence . Le premier disque sorti, TX-101, fut Wanna Dance/Certainly par Le Noiz (un pseudonyme de Jesse Saunders[ 2] ) en 1985[ 3] .
Le label se fera ensuite connaitre pour la sortie de titres pionniers de House avec Your Love de Jamie Principle & Frankie Knuckles , No Way Back d'Adonis ou le retentissant Move Your Body de Marshall Jefferson dont la reconnaissance sortira de Chicago et fera connaitre au monde la House [ 4] .
Mais le label sortira également des titres pionniers d'autres genres comme la Deep house avec Can You Feel It de Mr. Fingers et surtout l'Acid house avec Acid Tracks de Phuture .
En 2006 , Rachael Cain, une associée de Sherman qui sortait de la musique sous le pseudonyme Screamin' Rachael, relance le label[ 5] .
TX101 - Le' Noiz - Wanna Dance? / Certainly TX102 - Jesse Velez - Girls Out On The Floor TX103 - Le' Noiz - I'm Scared TX104 - Keith Farley / Jack Master Dick - Jack The Bass / Jack The Dick TX105 - Marshall Jefferson - Ride The Rhythm (Frankie Knuckles Remix) TX106 - Keith Farley - Funkin With The Drums Again TX107 - Vince Lawrence - Virgo Tracks Again TX108 - Jesse Velez - Super Rhythm Trax TX109 - Ron Hardy - Sensation TX110 - Screamin' Rachel - My Main Man X TX111 - Man Goes Disco - Sensuous Woman TX112 - Adonis - No Way Back TX113 - Sleezy D - I've Lost Control TX114 - Marshall Jefferson - Virgo/Free Yourself/R U Hot Enough TX115 - Fresh Dum Dum - Part Two TX116 - Farley Keith - Give Yourself to Me TX117 - Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body/House Music Nat'l Anthem TX118 - Master C & J - When You Hold Me TX119 - Sweet D - Thank Ya/Do It TX120 - Adonis - We're Rockin Down the House TX121 - On the House - Ride the Rhythm [Original] TX122 - Willie Wonka - What is House TX123 - Radio Fashion - You Get What You Deserve TX124 - Farm Boy - Jackin’ Me Around TX125 - Fat Albert - Beat Me Til I Jack TX126 - Santos - Work the Box TX127 - Mr. Fingers - Can U Feel It/Washing Machine TX128 - Sampson “Butch” Moore - House Beat Box TX129 - Jungle Wonz - The Jungle TX130 - Boris Badenough - Hey, Rocky (l'artiste est en fait Dean Anderson[ 6] bien que parfois considéré à tort comme Frankie Knuckles ) TX131 - Lidell Townsell - Party People TX132 - Robert Owens - Bringin’ Down the Wall TX133 - Terry Baldwin - Housemaster TX134 - Two House People - Move My Body TX135 - Jungle Wonz - Time Marches On TX136 - On the House - Give Me Back the Love TX137 - Mr. Lee - I Can't Forget TX138 - Mystery - Mystery Girl TX139 - Eric Bell - Your Love TX140 - Mr. Lee - Came to House TX141 - William S - I'll Never Let You Go TX142 - Phuture - Acid Tracks TX144 - Dalis - Rock Steady TX145 - Kevin Irving - Children of the Night TX146 - Two of a Kind - Somewhere in West Hell TX147 - Pleasure Zone - Charley/House Nation TX148 - Dr Derelict - Doctor TX149 - Dean Anderson - Don't Stop/Don't Dub TX150 - Frankie Knuckles Presents - Baby Wants to Ride/Your Love TX151 - Frankie Knuckles Presents - It's a Cold World TX152 - Hercules - Lost in the Groove TX153 - Dancer - Am a Dog/Boom Boom TX154 - Evie - Stay the Night TX155 - Rich Martinez - Are You Ready TX156 - Mr. Lee - House this House TX157 - Pierre's Phantasy Club - Got the Bug TX158 - Lidell Townsell - Get the Hole TX159 - Curtis McClaine - Let's Get Busy TX160 - Dancer - Number Nine TX164 - Pleasure Zone - Fantasy/I Can't Understand TX165 - Phuture - We Are Phuture EP TX166 - Mr. Lee - Pump Up Chicago/London/New York TX167 - Donald Rush - Knockin at my Door TX168 - Mike Wilson - Hit Tracks III TX169 - Maurice Joshua - I Gotta Big Dick/This is Acid TX170 - Lidell Townsell - Jack the House EP TX171 - Mr. Lee - Acid Fantaslee TX172 - Farley Keith - As Always [Ricky Dillard] TX173 - K.G.B. - Respect Rap TX174 - Kool Rock Steady - Power Move TX175 - Virgo Four - Virgo Vol. 4/Do You Know Who You Are TX176 - M.E. - Ride TX177 - Grand and Dezz - You're Too Good TX178 - Scamara - Kisses Never Lie TX179 - J.R. - It's About House TX180 - Samurai Sam - House Japanese TX182 - Kamia - Take Me I'm Yours TX184 - Maurice - Get Into the Dance TX185 - Kipetotec - Sex Sells TX187 - Gotham City - Bat Trax TX190 - Streetlife - Streetlife/I Will Survive TX191 - MTS & RTT - Native House TX192 - Streetlife - Glow of Love TX193 - Streetlife - Tearin Down the Walls TX194 - Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body '90 TX195 - Yvonne Gage - Bad Girls/Heartbreak Hotel TX196 - M.E. feat. Yvonne Gage - Winter Days/Summer TX197 - Humanoid - Slam TX198 - Bart Starr - Way To Go Homer - écrit par Jesse Saunders TX199 - Ralph Rosario - Running Away TX200 - Over 2 U - Force of Habit TX201 - Humanoid - Crystal (Back Together)/The Deep TX202 - Lidell & The People - Another Lover TX203 - Bazz - Very Well TX204 - The Music Factory - It's Getting Late TX205 - Kevin Irving - Puppet/About That Time TX301 - Fast Eddie - Yeah Yeah Yeah TX302 - Black Man - Beat that Bitch with a Bat TX303 - Johnny Fiasco - Iz U Iz Or Iz You Ain't My Baby TX304 - Farley - Love Can't Turn Around/House Nation TX305 - Fast Eddie - No Other Love TX306 - Joe Smooth - Untitled TX307 - ??? TX309 - ??? TX308 - Amber (Joe Smooth) - A Matter of Time TX310 - K. Kool (K. Alexi) - Hot Swing/Hot Summer Swing TX311 - The Fusion EP TX312 - ??? TX313 - United Freaks of America - Get Up Off Your Ass TX314 - Hercules - Streetfighter TX315 - Jungle Wonz - Bird in a Gilded Cage TX316 - Ramovia - Your Love TX317 - Pound - Move Yo' Body Again TX404 - Adonis - Basement Jazz Remixes TX417 - David Chong - There is no place / Our Last Chance TX418 - Hydraulic Funk - Flash Light/Godzilla/Godzilla Rap (Feat. Afrika Bambaataa & M.C. G.L.O.B.E.) TX419 - Dave Robertson - Liquidity & Warmth/Loss of a Love TX420 - Maurice - Desires TX421 - Frankie Knuckles - Waiting on my Angel TX467 - Various Artists - Best of Movi' Record Vol. 1 TX468 - David Chong - Auto Ed TX476 - Mr. Fingers - The complete can you feel it (Martin Luther King RX) TX486 - Screamin' Rachel - Don't make me lonely Discogs