Next up on Rong Music is Chicago's Mutant Beat Dance. Mutant Beat Dance is a collaboration between research scientist and vintage synthesizer enthusiast Beau Wanzer and pioneer of the jakbeat sound Traxx. In addition to his work with Mutant Beat Dance Beau has released music as a solo artist as well as with groups Streetwalker and Golden Birthday. Traxx AKA Melvin Oliphant has been keeping the underground alive in Chicago since the mid-1990s, serving as a house music missionary, whether or not the genre is in vogue at any given moment. He remains a shadowy figure despite having released on numerous labels like Relief, Creme, Spectral, M>O>S, Gigolo and his own imprint Nation. Check out current Mutant Beat Dance releases and remixes on Nation, Discos Capablanca, and DFA.

First up is "Another World", this track takes you on a bass heavy psychedelic journey. It has been crushing NYC dance floors for the last couple months. Killing it at Harvey's "All Night Rong" party and Francios K's "Deep Space" night at Cielo. Think old school psychedelic jakbeat with a bit of a Fingers vibe but more banging. "This beat will make you move"...