# Labels | House Music Blends Museum

Public page: HMB SITE MUSEUM/labels.html

The Labels page is a growing archive of label entries connected to Chicago house history.

## Page Purpose

These first label entries connect house music history to artists, releases, city context, and current verification status.

Full founder details, catalog details, release chronology, and source notes are still being tightened where the page marks an entry as review.

## Foundation Label Entries

## Trax Records

Verification status: review

City: Chicago

Years active: 1980s foundation era; exact range held for source confirmation.

Founder details remain under review.

Key artists: Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, Larry Heard, Adonis.

Key releases: Move Your Body, Can You Feel It, No Way Back.

Historical role: One of the defining Chicago house labels and a central path from local tracks to wider house music circulation.

Source note: Retained with caution while founder, catalog, and release details are tightened.

## DJ International Records

Verification status: review

City: Chicago

Years active: 1980s first-wave era; exact range held for source confirmation.

Founder details remain under review.

Key artists: Jesse Saunders, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Marshall Jefferson.

Key releases: Early Chicago house singles and compilations tied to first-wave distribution.

Historical role: A crucial early Chicago label in the movement from local club tracks to broader record circulation.

Source note: Review status remains until catalog and release chronology details are consolidated.

## Underground Records

Verification status: review

City: Chicago

Years active: 1980s foundation context; exact range held for source confirmation.

Founder(s): Under review.

Key artists: Held for source-backed expansion.

Key releases: Held for source-backed expansion.

Historical role: Preserved in the label foundation set for historical linking and later catalog research.

Source note: Pending stronger source consolidation before fuller claims are locked.

## Precision

Verification status: review

City: Chicago context under review.

Years active: Under review.

Founder(s): Under review.

Key artists: Held for source-backed expansion.

Key releases: Held for source-backed expansion.

Historical role: Preserved as a Chicago foundation node while its exact label or distributor role is reviewed.

Source note: Needs stronger confirmation before being treated as a locked label entry.

## Dance Mania

Verification status: review

City: Chicago

Years active: 1980s onward; exact range held for source confirmation.

Founder details remain under review.

Key artists: Chicago house and later ghetto house artists queued for expansion.

Key releases: On and On and later Dance Mania catalog paths queued for expansion.

Historical role: A foundational Chicago label path for later deeper timeline and artist-link expansion.

Source note: Review status remains until release and catalog details are tightened.

## Search And Reading Note

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