Friday, October 30th we are proud to welcome the incomparable TRAXX to Bastet.
Witnessing Traxx manipulate music is a self-evident spiritual experience, one of illumination, truth, emotional depth and suspension of time.
When he is at the controls, anything is possible.
Traxx is a self-described “Visionary Deknician Beyond Description”– operating beyond the parameters of conventional labels like DJ, producer, or even DJ/Producer – the last in a line of legends that includes Ron Hardy, Larry Levan, Jeff Mills, among others.
When the Chicago legend is at the controls, the ghosts of Liaisons Dangereuses at the Hacienda, lost transmissions from Boccaccio or the Music Box, industrial machine ‘kode’ from waves foreign or domestic – anything is possible – all of these directions of influence come together to raise the room’s musical temperature and awareness…
Such is the power of Jakbeat.
Traxx’s music is distinctive and highly emotional, and
defies classification, inviting analysis and discussion.
Like many in Chicago, He was drawn into house music
through the legendary WBMX & WGCI radio shows and
two trips to see Ron Hardy at the legendary Music Box.
Describing his first experience with house, Traxx recalls
“nothing could compare, to the sounds being discovered.. this period stays with me because of the intense energy that was applied – it’s a feeling, an emotion, a mental state of transcendental connection – a spiritual force with the higher being through the physical vessel of the body.”
He hears music without discrimination, pretension or elitism.
Tadd Mullinix, the legendary producer known as JTC or
James T Cotton, Dabrye, and Charles Manier has said of Traxx:
“The pinnacle of his art, whether he is DJing or producing, is his ability to seize the moment and make crucial changes only when they are necessary. His art is not just a ‘back to basics’ approach, but a refinement of styles that have been abandoned for music with slick transitions and needless ornamentation. This is Jakbeat in its rawest form.”
(CONTINUED IN COMMENTS)
2 days agogeneralspeech
I know Traxx likes to do longer sets sometimes. Is he DJing from 10-3:30? Or is there an opener? Will be no doubt insane and amazing either way but would love to see him do a 5 hour set.
3 days agomelting_glaciers_petits_morts
Had an out of body experience to his set at Making Time in 2025, exceptionally stoked for this
3 days agobastetphilly
Beyond regularly featuring at the world’s best clubs, festivals, concerts, and parties, Nation is Traxx’s own, dance beyond dance label that embraces technology from the past and the future from Chicago and around the world. Through Nation, its sub label Kode, and now, recently launching Dirty Blends, Traxx has been innovating and defining the inimitable sound of jakbeat. There is no one else who is doing or can do what he does. Traxx is a true avant-garde artist of sound.
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