The crucial UK DJ looks to the influence of South Africa.

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Inflatables & gun-fingers prepared we headed down to Pontins Camber Sands to takeover the Arena for The Cause's Seaside Beano.

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Recorded live from The Cause's Seaside Beano on 25th May 2022.
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"We made something we could dance to." The Chicago juke and footwork pioneer reflects on 40 years of Dance Mania and his longtime collaboration with the late DJ Rashad.

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

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Over the past few years, Jerrau has carved a very singular path within the Dutch electronic music landscape. Selecting and mixing music to make people dance is a craft that becomes an art once it enables shifting dancers' perspectives. Jerrau is an artist, whose collection of sounds is as surprising as entertaining and energy behind the booth as infectious as it is graceful.

Navigating between percussive grooves, bass heavy cuts and deeper escapes with ease and flow, the Dutch-Surinamese selector keeps on adding memorable performances to his portfolio. Whether it is at Horst Arts & Music Festival, Dekmantel, Club Raum or Garage Noord, Jerrau constantly offers glimpses of his library and shades of his colorful palette, never compromising
on his influences and inspirations. It is during long musical outings that his full musical self is best expressed, taking dancers through nights where sounds collide and culture is explored. His Lowlands 2024 highlight festival sunrise closing set is a testament of this, reaching full connection with the floor and creating a moment and memory out of time.

Jerrau has been offering his platform to many other artists. Running a monthly radio show on Radio Radio and curating bold and open-minded club programs, he creates avenues for both local and international acts that audiences are yet to experience. It is a very natural step for a dj whose creative process is fueled by artistic curiosity and anchored within a constantly evolving ecosystem. After conquering the ears and hearts of so many dancers across the country, Jerrau has been exporting his music and energy beyond with showcases at UK’s Floorless Festival and
Barcelona’s club Razzmatazz. As he continues to experiment with rhythms and sounds, he keeps on reinventing himself while building bridges between shifting generations of dancers.

Jerrau - 15 Mai 2025

NCA is a London tape label specialising in experimental, techno and hip-hop, co-run by Brassfoot. Tune in to his monthly NCA Show for exclusives and jams from across the range - techno, house, hip-hop and more... 
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In this latest episode of her monthly transmission, Introspekt delivers an experimental mix of rhythms at the intersection of Grime, Kuduro/Batida, Brazilian Funk and Dubstep. 
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