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  "slug": "strafe",
  "name": "Strafe",
  "description": "Strafe appears 2 times in our Electro and The Waxonia Desk — In the Room lists, placing as high as No. 9. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/strafe/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1984,
    "last": 1984
  },
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  },
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      "name": "Electro",
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    },
    {
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      "slug": "the-desk-chicago-in-the-room",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — In the Room",
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      "entries": 1
    }
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      "trackKey": "strafe--set-it-off",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/strafe--set-it-off/",
      "title": "Set It Off",
      "year": 1984,
      "label": "Jus Born",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The bridge to Chicago: a New York electro record that Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles played as though it were house, because functionally it already was.",
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        }
      ],
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          "exact": false
        },
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      },
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        "slug": "electro",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "trackKey": "strafe--set-it-off",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/strafe--set-it-off/",
      "title": "Set It Off",
      "year": 1984,
      "label": "Jus Born",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A New York electro record that Chicago played as house. The line people draw between the two genres was not visible from inside the booth, and this is the record that proves it.",
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      },
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      },
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