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Chicago style House

Steve Silk | Germany | 05/29/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you lived and died for house back in 85 then this is a VH1 flashback. Alot of hot tracks but there are a few classics missing."

Trance's Roots

Jan Geerinck | Belgium | 12/13/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Think of a classic house record and nine times out of ten you'll think of Trax, although you may not realise it. 'Move Your Body'? 'Baby Wants To Ride'? 'Washing Machine'? 'Can U Feel It'? All Trax releases. 'House Nation'? 'Acid Trax'? 'Your Love'? 'We Are Phuture'? 'U Used To Hold Me'? Yup, those too. What's more they introduced the world to producers who've become immortalised as some of house music's greatest innovators - Larry Heard, Marshall Jefferson, Frankie Knuckles - and have provided an outlet for many more of Chicago's house artists over the years, such as Armando, Liddell Townsend, Robert Owens, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Mr Lee, Adonis, Fast Eddie, Ralphie Rosario, DJ Rush, Steve Poindexter, Terry Baldwin, DJ Skull... the list goes on. And they did it all by releasing records that sounded like they'd been pressed on sandpaper."