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artist · dj trax
release · define funk
year · 1999
genre · beat
label · lacerba
catalogue · cerba5tp
website · n/a
date · 30-jul-2004
quality · 173kbps/44,1khz
source · vinyl
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a1 define funk 6:39
b1 12 minutes remaining 6:58
b2 this place 5:19
playtime · 00h 18m 56s
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dj trax was an early starter when he first started drumming at the
age of seven. by eleven he was breakdancing and he began scratch
dj`ing at the age of fourteen. he formed a hip hop group with two
mcs at the age of fifteen called mixrace. when he was sixteen he
recorded his first track in a professional studio and began
recording on an amiga computer with a ú30 sampler at home. as well
as being in mixrace he also recorded with another dj called dj raw
the two sent off two tracks to a up and coming record company
called brain records. the two tracks were snapped and released in
1989 under the name rawtrax.
at around the same time trax mailed out his first two track made
with the brown assasin (the other half of mixrace) to a newly
formed but very credible label moving shadow, who immediately
requested a meeting. a week later he signed his second recording
contract and went on to release the classic `two bad for ya / the
future is before your eyes` e.p. both tracks were a lot faster
than any other tracks released for years after, at 180 bpm the
tracks were clearly landmarks.
trax stayed with the quickly developing moving shadow for the next
three years and as well as releasing a follow up mixrace e.p he
released his first solo e.p `one man one dj` and also the solo
follow up smash `hightime.` despite the success of the past four
year trax craved for more and formed he`s own labels with mixrace
partner brown in order to have more control on the release and
production side. so in 1994 the labels stronghold and mobhanded
were formed and with them the birth of new aliases brown and
dangerman, broken silence , m.i.d and parallel worlds.
for the next three years trax recorded many solo 12"s as well as
collaborating with brown under various aliases on many different
labels including stonghold, nautilus, offset, timeless ,mixrace
productions and mobhanded. he also recorded two 12 " with moving
shadows `hyper on experience`.
trax began experimenting more and more with various tempos on
nautilus records and gradually began making more down tempo
`breakbeat` tracks than drum and bass releases. trax noticed the
drum and bass scene was changing, no longer did as many people
seem to want tracks that challenged the norm. the market had in
his opinion began to become stagnant. however in the down tempo
scene there were no rules and people happily welcomed new styles.
in 1997 trax signed to a record company that strongly agreed with
his views, wildlife and released a track under the alias pure
indigo. shortly afterwoods he released a track on beats and pieces
records which gained him many new fans including laurence garnier,
giles peterson and mixmaster morris.
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