Hard News: Friday Music: The Godfather of House Music
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A good list of The 20 Best Chicago House Records from, of all places, Rolling Stone. Presented in annoying page-impression-maximising format, but worth the irritation.
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Yeah blame Lontalius, works for me. On the subject of short songs though, how aboutThe Residents' Commercial Album... each song one minute short...
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I'm saving these until I can get home and listen to these in all their glory, with crispness and clarity.
Perhaps the format allows the artist more choice. You're not trying to fill a record side, or the back of a CD, so you do whatever works. 60 second songs, 60 minute songs: if it feels good, do it.
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Very sad about Frankie Knuckles and thanks for all the background info. As well as MJ, I've got a couple of other favourite remixes that I play a lot.
Rufus & Chaka Khan "Ain't Nobody":
Hercules & Love Affair "Blind":
It’s testament to FK that they are 20 odd years apart yet both are magical.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Very sad about Frankie Knuckles and thanks for all the background info. As well as MJ, I’ve got a couple of other favourite remixes that I play a lot.
Excellent! Also two of my faves (especially the latter), but I thought, well, someone's gonna post those ...
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Paddy Buckley, in reply to
Someone had to! If these comments are to become an FK shrine, someone should also post this one too, so I will. What an intro.
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You get used to hearing and reading about many who've had an effect on your life and whilst sometimes sad and sometimes simply news the passing of Frankie really struck me this week and I was gratified to see the homage paid via twitter, facebook etc, a globally shared expression of love - so HOUSE!
Thanks for the music and for those you inspired Frankie!
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Russell Brown, in reply to
What an intro.
That's glorious.
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Craig Ranapia, in reply to
What an intro.
Oath. I'm dreaming of an alternate universe where Frankie made a shitload of walking around money scoring Bond films -- it's just in that sweet spot being absolutely ridiculous and indecently awesome. And I won't even go near a dancefloor sober.
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WOAH. HOLD THE DAMN PHONE.
I've just been pointed to this holyshitamazing short doco by Phil Ranstrom on the launch of the third of the triumvirate of Chicago house clubs, The Power Plant, in 1986. House, it is clear, was becoming the next big thing by that point. It includes a Frankie interview and a live performance by Steve Silk Hurley's JM Silk. Uploaded only this week (the day after Frankie died) and the nearest you'll get to actually being there ...
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Nice to be reminded of Marie and the Atom. I remember a performance around that time with Kiwi Animal at the synagogue/asb. Hammers, nails, balloons and a song of anti-nuke visit rhyming chanting 'submarine urine submarine urine'
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And this: Classic New Zealand songs rendered as Shakespearean sonnets
Very, very good.
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David Morales has uploaded his own Frankie tribute mix.
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Dan Salmon, in reply to
Clever. They'd be a good High School resource.
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Morales' tribute mix is incredible - you can feel how personal it is. Tears into Rock With You is a pretty beautiful ending too
"You can't hide" that Bob put up is legendary - Teddy Pendergrass original then that then Sneak's rework are all individually outstanding. Although when I was playing Frankie tunes on Tuesday afternoon my 3 y/o insisted I turn it off and put Your Love back on. He then proceeded to yell "MAKE IT LOUDER" and dance his little ass off around the lounge.
Personal faves:
And this with Morales is probably the greatest house tune ever. Probably.
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The new release by SIsyphus, combining the talents of Sufjan Stevens, Son Lux and Serengeti, sounds intriguing.
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Paddy Buckley, in reply to
Here is a brilliant interview with Simon Dunmore, who runs Defected: https://soundcloud.com/defectedrecords/frankie-knuckles-from-his
And then there's this classic, which just needs to be on this page.
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Simon Grigg, in reply to
And this with Morales is probably the greatest house tune ever. Probably.
It's up there. I love the breakdown at 4.58, where it drops into a slo-mo Move Your Body rhythm. It was also the record that signalled that not all house records needed to be 118bpm+
Just wonderful.
I love this too:
http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/frankie-knuckles is a great fairly recent two hours with this wonderful man (who I was lucky enough to meet twice).
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Last Night A DJ Saved My Life is highly recommended, and Unity Book's sale got me their followup, The Record Players, which can also be recommended and contains lots of classic track lists/discographies.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life is highly recommended, and Unity Book’s sale got me their followup,
Given that I follow Bill on Twitter and Soundcloud I should probably actually read both of those.
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How bored at work am I this afternoon? Well I'm trying to read the ESPN ticker on the Disco Demolition doco and work out which year it was played.
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Don't think this has been posted.
Thanks for the music RB. Just the right antidote today.
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Now realise how much Frankie must have influenced ABC's 1991 album Abracadabra
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Coming from a completely different angle here's some jangling guitar from HB. New release from Golden Curtain-an ex Garageland drummer, Grand Prix guitarist/singer and Brad.
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Frankie Knuckles. What a great name! Sounds like a character from a Damon Runyon story or a Mickey Spillane novel.
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