Frankie Knuckles News and Photos

Dom Phillips: Scott Hardkiss: Some Short Memories

Tue, May 21 2013 1:51am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

I guess it was some time in 1991 when I first went to San Francisco, combining a holiday with a little work-related recreation in my job as assistant editor of a little British music magazine called Mixmag.

KNUCKLES AND CARTER HOST WAVEFRONT'S HERITAGE OF HOUSE STAGE

Thu, May 02 2013 3:37pm - Source: Mixmag

Wavefront festival pays tribute to the innovators of the Chicago house scene with its very own Heritage of House stage.

Pleasure Principle: Five Acts You Need To See

Wed, April 24 2013 6:03am - Source: The Four Oh Five

The tail end of the month sees a new kid in town on the old festival trail.

Plan B, Goldfrapp, Azealia Banks Plus Many More Announced For Lovebox 2013

Wed, April 17 2013 2:10pm - Source: Stereoboard

One of the most anticipated events in the London festival calendar, Lovebox returns to its original weekend this year for three days in July. Celebrating the very best in music, fashion and art, Lovebox has once again delivered one of the most diverse and exciting lineups around this summer, bringing a fantastically unique and eclectic range of the finest international talent to London's doorstep.

Dance Music Fixed: Pere Ubu

Wed, April 10 2013 2:09pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

David Thomas has a reputation for being a difficult interview.

Boiler Room Live Review: Frankie Knuckles drops epic House music on hipsters

Fri, April 05 2013 9:31pm - Source: Death + Taxes

Where to begin with last night's Boiler Room broadcast out of a glorified shack in Bushwick?

Nicolas Collins - Devil's Music

Thu, March 28 2013 2:21am - Source: Doklands

In the mid-'80s the experimental composer Nicolas Collins created an electronic setup that would allow him to create live performances from sampled radio.

Melancholy Euphoria: A Heterotic Interview & Full Album Stream

Mon, March 11 2013 10:06am - Source: The Quietus

Heterotic is the husband-wife musical partnership of Mike Paradinas and Lara Rix-Martin.

TECHNO: MARCH

Thu, March 07 2013 10:13am - Source: Mixmag

With Marc Romboy and Ken Ishii at the helm, this was never going to be anything less than special; their combined experience both within techno and, for Ishii, in the world of soundtracks and sound engineering, meant that it was always going to be close to infallible.

The 10 best house documentaries of all time

Mon, February 11 2013 8:29am - Source: Beatportal

House music has a legacy unlike any other genre of dance music.

Frankie Knuckles: Tales From Beyond the Tone Arm

Thu, January 10 2013 6:08am - Source: Pitchfork Media

As one of the primary architects of house music's emergence from disco culture, Frankie Knuckles is as an aesthetic visionary and one of the most important figures in the past three decades of pop music.

The Boiler Room & Why Channel 4 Got Live Streaming Wrong

Fri, December 21 2012 12:26pm - Source: The Quietus

Twenty years ago, an ever-swelling group of New Age travellers, ravers and hippies gathered on Castlemorton Common near Malvern, Worcestershire for a free rave that would reshape illegal partying forever.

Frankie Knuckles on his new compilation, Larry Levan, and how every church needs a pastor

Wed, November 28 2012 8:14am - Source: Beatportal

In the late '70s, The Warehouse was the place that Chicago club-goers called their "churchand Frankie Knuckles was their pastor, delivering the congregation to freedom. Often credited as the godfather of house music, Knuckles transformed disco into a new sound that changed the face of electronic music forever.

DJ HANGOUT WITH FRANKIE KNUCKLES

Thu, November 15 2012 12:59pm - Source: Mixmag

Today at 6pm (GMT) our very own Digby and Callum will be catching up with one of the founding fathers of house, Frankie Knuckles.

Celebrating legendary DJ Larry Levan's legacy on the 20th anniversary of his death

Thu, November 08 2012 8:06pm - Source: Beatportal

Larry Levan (aka Lawrence Philpot) died 20 years ago today, but his legacy as one of the world's most celebrated DJs lives on.

Caffeine Funk: An Interview With Cajmere

Wed, November 07 2012 11:20am - Source: The Quietus

Looking back over his career in house music, Curtis Alan Jones laughs "Regrets? No, not really!"

EMI's huge Electrospective campaign kicks off with some classic dance-music exclusives, including Masters At Work's remix of Daft Punk's "Around the World"

Tue, October 30 2012 9:44pm - Source: Beatportal

We're not gonna end the day by telling you young whippersnappers a "when I was your age" tale, but some of us olds on the Beatport staff (that's pretty much anyone over 30, if you're counting) remember with vivid detail the first time we heard Daft Punk's now-classic "Around the World" track back in 1997—and damn, it was a joyous occasion.

FRANKIE KNUCKLES REVEALS COMPILATION

Sun, October 28 2012 8:22am - Source: Mixmag

House royalty Frankie Knuckles will release a compilation next month containing recent remixes, collaborations and productions by the man himself.

Frankie Knuckles, the "Godfather of House Music", to Release New Compliation

Fri, October 26 2012 3:57pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

Frankie Knuckles presents Director's Cut feat.

Album Review: Swedish House Mafia – Until Now

Thu, October 25 2012 12:20pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

Electronic dance culture was established around the idea of artistic collaborations.

Ibiza DJ Awards Australia ‘Dance Nation of the Year’

Thu, September 27 2012 5:04am - Source: Stoney Roads

Australia has been given the nod in Ibizia's annual DJ Awards by taking out 'Dance Nation of the Year' highlighting further our nations importance and relevance on the global scale of electronic dance music.

Sharkslayer

Mon, September 17 2012 5:58pm - Source: Stoney Roads

Do you remember your first gig? where was it and what was it like?

Q&A: DJ PIERRE

Tue, August 28 2012 1:04pm - Source: Mixmag

Fascinated with everything electronic, Chicago's DJ Pierre grew up tinkering with things.

LEGENDS OF THE FALL

Wed, August 15 2012 11:42am - Source: Mixmag

Headliner of the Secretsundaze rooftop party in London in June and also a star of the Movement festival in Detroit and Fabric's NYE party, Lil Louis was one of the first house artists to sign to a major label, largely off the back of his tempo-shifting classic 'French Kiss'.

Kill The Precedent

Mon, July 30 2012 12:23pm - Source: XLR8R

By now, anyone with even a passing acquaintance with Amanda Brown's dancefloor-focused Not Not Fun offshoot 100% Silk should have a fairly good idea of what to expect from the label.

Pulse LAX: An Interview With Nguzunguzu

Thu, July 12 2012 9:47am - Source: The Quietus

Nguzunguzu (nn-goo-zoo-nn-goo-zoo - use the middle 'n' as a place marker and you should make it through) are the duo of Asma Maroof and Daniel Pineda, based in Los Angeles but with ears attuned to the furthest reaches of the globe.

“Losing My Edge” Turns 10

Tue, July 10 2012 6:00pm - Source: Stereogum

James Murphy shouts out fifty-five musicians in LCD Soundsytem's gut-wrenching first anthem, "Losing My Edge." Most of them appear in a run at the song's closing, as Murphy lists the loves of his record collection with equal parts reverence and snark.

Trance encounter: Can it really be 25 years since acid house was born?

Fri, June 29 2012 11:25pm - Source: The Independent - Music

More than the ageing teddy boy, the tattooed skinhead or the pony-tailed hippie, the former acid house devotee is hard to spot.

Delia Derbyshire To Deadmau5 In 39 Steps? Why EMI Are Wrong

Wed, June 27 2012 3:59pm - Source: The Quietus

"Is guitar music dead?", asked the Guardian music community yesterday, recycling for the umpteenth time the age-old dichotomy that journalists seem to love to impose upon the worlds of rock and dance.

Check out Beatport’s Origins charts to connect today’s dance music to yesterday’s foundations

Thu, June 07 2012 11:06pm - Source: Beatportal

They hardly start with a name, but once a brilliant musical idea gets out there, there's no holding it back: It develops, morphs, gets called names, morphs again, triumphs, dips, peaks again, and—oftentimes—returns 20 years later with renewed energy and curiosity.

Black History Month: Legends

Wed, February 08 2012 4:22pm - Source: Beatportal

In a continuation of our Black History Month coverage, we spotlight the careers of some of the artists whose work best expresses the overlap between popular music and black culture.

LWE Podcast 108: Mister Saturday Night

Mon, January 09 2012 7:17am - Source: LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS

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B2B: Kevin Saunderson and MK, Part 2

Fri, December 09 2011 3:34pm - Source: XLR8R

Yesterday, we published part one of our extended conversation with electronic-music veterans Kevin Saunderson and MK (a.k.a. Marc Kinchen).

Boo Williams - Home Town Chicago (Reissue)

Mon, December 05 2011 3:41pm - Source: The Quietus

If the cultural markers of vintage Detroit techno hinged on Afro futurism, revolutionary fervour and hardware fetishism, then those of Chicago house were, by comparison, simpler: sex, hedonism and sweat.

Theo Parrish - Uget

Fri, November 04 2011 5:37am - Source: Pitchfork Media

It's hard to imagine disco music (much less modern dance music and hip-hop) without the edit, wherein songs had their choice drum breaks extended, were trimmed of excess, or looped for greater duration and danceability.

Five Minutes at ADE with Derrick May

Fri, October 28 2011 2:32pm - Source: XLR8R

If it wasn't clear enough from both parts of our ADE coverage, this year's festival had a far-reaching roster of artists, including some absolutely legendary names, of which the DJ, (former) producer, label head, and all-around electronic-music guru Derrick May was one of the biggest.

Five Minutes at ADE with Frankie Knuckles

Wed, October 26 2011 2:20pm - Source: XLR8R

While this year's ADE festival had a lot to offer in the way of young, burgeoning talent—check out both parts of our festival wrap-up for proof—it also brought some absolute legends to Amsterdam for the five-day event, including the "Godfather of House," Frankie Knuckles.