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  "slug": "cajmere",
  "name": "Cajmere",
  "description": "Cajmere appears 2 times in our Juke and Footwork and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/cajmere/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1992,
    "last": 1992
  },
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    "list": "Juke and Footwork"
  },
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      "name": "Juke and Footwork",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/juke-and-footwork/",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "the-desk-the-hundred",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/",
      "entries": 1
    }
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      "trackKey": "cajmere--percolator",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/cajmere--percolator/",
      "title": "Percolator",
      "year": 1992,
      "label": "Cajual",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "One bleeping figure, endlessly repeated, that became a genre's shared vocabulary. Thirty years of Chicago records quote it, and a whole category of track is still named after it.",
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        }
      ],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Cajmere%20Percolator",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
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          "exact": true
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      },
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        "name": "Juke and Footwork",
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      },
      "artist": "Cajmere"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "cajmere--percolator",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/cajmere--percolator/",
      "title": "Percolator",
      "year": 1992,
      "label": "Cajual",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "One bleeping figure repeated until it became a city's shared vocabulary. Thirty years of Chicago records quote it and a whole category is named after it.",
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        }
      ],
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          "exact": false
        },
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      },
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    }
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}