GRAMMY®️-NOMINATED
TRAX RECORDS: THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION
The House That Chicago Built. Reimagined.

Trax Records celebrates 40 years of radical sound with this bold, genre-defining compilation. Curated by artist and producer Jorge Cruz and remastered by Studioafter54, the album honors the label’s revolutionary roots while amplifying its boundary-pushing present.

Featuring restored and newly remastered classics by Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, Phuture, Ron Hardy, Adonis, and Paul Johnson, alongside new voices like Hiroko Yamamura, Analog 87, and more. The release is sequenced achronologically, defying nostalgia and reflecting house music’s nonlinear, communal evolution.

“A living archive of dance floor activism.” – PopMatters
“An extraordinary homage to house’s roots and evolution.” – Billboard
“This is the DNA of contemporary dance music.” – Clash Magazine
“Without Trax, there is no house music—and no Renaissance.” – Resident Advisor

💿 Pressed and distributed by DESSLAB, the limited-edition vinyl series (150 per pressing) features bold artwork, archival iconography, and photography that pays tribute to the queer, Black, and underground origins of house.

🏆 FYC – For Your GRAMMY®️ Consideration:
• Best Dance/Electronic Recording: Stylophonic – “Jack It Up”
• Best Historical Album: TRAX Records: 40th Anniversary Collection
• Best Recording Package: Creative Direction by Jorge Cruz

Trax Records: The 40th Anniversary Album

Mr. Ho + Mogwaa - Bail-E

Xumba Xumba

Xumba Xumba (Eden Burns Remix)

Changing Channels / Hole Away

Changing Channels

Serenda - The Prophecy

Pre-order Brain de Palma's debut album: https://orcd.co/rhythmption

Gudu Records is proud to present the label’s first ever album, from someone who’s been part of the family since the start: Brain de Palma.

Born in Ukraine, settling as a child in Turin and spending three years in Egypt before settling in his current home of Berlin, Alexei Versino has one hell of a story.

Musically, he’s been around for a decade now, releasing his previous music (solo as Panama Keys, and also as one half of the duo Stump Valley) on labels like Dekmantel, Soul Clap and Off Minor, before settling on Gudu with his Brain de Palma alias. But personally, his relationship to music goes much deeper: as a young child growing up in the former Soviet Union, a lot of European music was banned, so he relied on his well-travelled uncle to bring him back smuggled cassettes of Italo Disco, Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, Erasure and early DJ mixes – getting an illicit musical education behind closed doors as a child.

Comprising eleven tracks made across the past year, Versino describes Rhythmption as “my redemption through rhythm”, and a tribute to “seeing people enjoying themselves on the dancefloor, that feeling of unity where people become one thing, regardless of their life path or social status.” Opening with the gorgeous ‘Thandolwami’ (featuring South African vocalist Sfiso Atomza), Rhythmption charts a path through sun-drenched Balearic house, stuttering drum work-outs, Italo-inspired synth romps, trancey house and even a touching tribute to his former home of Egypt, taking in every aspect of Versino’s journey to date. After all, it’s not all about the destination, it’s also the sights you see along the way.

Brain de Palma - Mind The Gap

Stylophonic - Jack It Up

Frankie Knuckles - Your Love

Willie Wonka - What Is House

Jacques x Gregory feat. Screamin' Rachael - I'll Take You There (Full Journey Mix)

Armando - Love In Heart

TRAX Records

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