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Kikelomo B2B Retromigration - 15 December 2024

NIKS - BBC R1 Residency - Unreleased, Forthcoming & New!

Anyone with a passing interest in footwork and juke will know of Traxman. Corky Strong has a long history in the world of Chicago dance music, first releasing on the legendary Dance Mania label—which is now celebrating 40 years—in the mid-'90s. He's since split his productions between ghetto house, juke and footwork, releasing alongside titans of Black American music like the late DJ Deeon and DJ Rashad. Strong went on to become a member of DJ Rashad's renowned Teklife crew, and he was one of the creators of the legendary mixtapes on coloured cassettes that became a prototype for juke and footwork's evolution. 

In this Exchange, Strong speaks with RA's Kiana Mickles in New York about how he first became introduced to this world through his cousins, with whom he'd listen to funk and slow jams, Parliament Funkadelic, Farley Jackmaster Funk, James Brown and a variety of hip-hop throughout the '80s. The pieces eventually fell into place, he recounts, when he met the "mysterious kid" DJ Rashad in 1997. Together, they helped shape the music scene in Chicago, and the rest, as they say, is history. 

Over the last few years, Strong has been celebrating footwork's past by putting out a series of albums called Da Mind of Traxman on Planet Mu. He's just released his third volume, and his first since 2014, which was crafted with the help of fellow Planet Mu artist Sinjin Hawke. Strong took on A&R duties to collate the best from hundreds of tracks dating back to 2005. The series is notable in part because it's a catalogue of footwork and its Chicago lineage—juke and house—as well as these genres' soul, funk and rock roots.  

Strong talks to Mickles about what Chicago's music scene was like in the '80s and '90s, why footwork was so rooted in dancing and where the genre is heading in the future. Listen to the episode in full. -Chloe Lula

EX.753 Traxman

The next podcast comes from London-based Will Hofbauer, a proud member of our roster.
Will has been releasing music on labels such as Third Place, Wisdom Teeth, Rinse, and Rhythm Section since his debut vinyl release in 2019. He also runs the playful Third Place label, which has showcased artists like Sangre Voss, Stones Taro, Nowt, maya q, and himself, among others. His music regularly receives support from influential figures such as Ben UFO, Bradley Zero, Shanti Celeste, OK Williams, Danielle, Moxie, and many more.

Mocongi - სქემა
Blotter Trax - Programmed Memories
Raheem The Dream - Hotel Motel
Will Hofbauer - Hiccups
Facta - Emeline
Simisea - Simi See, Simi Do
Suges - We Belong To The Night
Nice Girl - Mars
Soul Mekanik - C’est Robotique (2nd Version)
Will Hofbauer - The Shovel is a Shovel was a Shovel
Sangre Voss - Smyyre Myyrgu
Sneaker - Haunted Samba
Joe - Get Centred
RAC - STORM_UNR
Xes Noiz - A1
Jorg Kuning - dripgroove
Toumba - Hazzeh
Yaleesa Hall - 0244 (Simo Cell Remix)
AYA - a fflash gun for a ffiver
Konduku - Mantar Kaya
Ween - Pollo Asado

Left Bank 058 - Will Hofbauer

Anz runs the spectrum of bass music and club sounds every month from the Manchester studio - expect high energy bangers, big blends aplenty with lots of soul to boot. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/anz/episodes/anz-6th-march-2025

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Special guest shows from around the world. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/the-dubstep---tech-house-connection-ft-appleblim-12th-march-2025

The Dubstep - Tech House Connection w/ Beatrice M. (ft. Appleblim) 120325

Hessle Audio feat. Flower Storm & Pearson Sound

03. MAUFONK - Touch my body (Extended Mix)

DJ Beki - Deportiva

For 135th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome @ketia! ketia is an up-to-no-good self-assigned cyborg, has a keen ear for new and exciting music, alongside a curious, invested approach to community building within the Lisbon and Berlin club scene. Known for their infamous intimate invite-only kit ket events in Lisbon and one of the glitches behind the label and collective, 'kaptcha'. In Berlin, where they reside, they’re deep and sweetly entangled with the modern rituals happening at Berlin’s new ambient listening bar kwia – ketia helps hold space for a different way of connecting through high fidelity sound and intimacy outside of the usual club dynamics. 

Sonically enticed by syncopated drums and twisted rhythms, driven house with groove and breaks married with rave nostalgia. ketia thrives on genre-bending beats connected through vocal-infused tracks that allow for unique storytelling.

Honcho Podcast Series 135: ketia

Tony Romera , Daddy Yankee ft Mark Gomez - Gasolina Vs. Raw Edit Mix 2025

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