CULTURETECHLENS12-inch dance single
PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record
The 12-inch single — with its extended mixes and DJ-friendly format — was the commercial vehicle of Chicago house, from Trax and DJ International pressings to white-label circulation. Chicago's pressing infrastructure — including Larry Sherman's Precision Records plant behind Trax — tied the format to local manufacturing.
Notes
Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-node-081; source research type(s): technology. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trax_Records
Record CTL-E-0626 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 1 source · CTL research: MUSIC-001.
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