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Russell Brown

Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:51:51 +1200

Talking of Frankie, reasonably pleased with this ( and far too many other 12” singles) today at Disk Union in Shibuya.

Fuck! That's more that reasonably pleasing ...

Simon Grigg

Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:25:12 +1200

Talking of Frankie, reasonably pleased with this ( and far too many other 12" singles) today at Disk Union in Shibuya.

Russell Brown

Thu, 10 Apr 2014 10:42:31 +1200

Had no idea about the connection

Until I looked it, me neither!

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 10 Apr 2014 10:15:38 +1200

Russell Harty
Saw him being his usual patronising plonker in an excerpt on the Bowie doco Five Years last night on Prime...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbCVyt9saPM

(Warning: You may feel like throwing things at the screen!)

81stcolumn

Thu, 10 Apr 2014 09:36:36 +1200

Had no idea about the connection – when you said Leyton Buzzards I thought of “I’m hanging around” and the picture of Russell Harty on the cover.

Russell Brown

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 00:03:26 +1200

Well, shit. This is pretty amazing.

A Frankie Knuckles set from 1981 at The Warehouse

Around 44 minutes, there’s Modern Romance’s ‘Everybody Salsa’ – a UK chart hit for the group formerly known as the Leyton Buzzards – which was remixed by the late Richie Rivera and released in America…

TracyMac

Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:40:52 +1200

Really nice tribute to Mr Knuckles. I am not really a fan of metronomic 4/4 house (I like breakbeat better), but his style was never metronomic. And kept those feet on the dancefloor, indeed.

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 07 Apr 2014 22:14:15 +1200

Band saw...
...another flashback (from 34 years ago) , I'd forgotten Toy Love played here, until I saw it again on friday – The Esplanade (St Kilda) hasn't changed a jot since 1980!
Shihad were playing next week ...

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:05:21 +1200

Kings of Leon?
It must be 1984. That’s me by the red door, all wrapped up, and that’s Ian Dalziel next to me.
So that’s where I was 30 years ago!
I’d forgotten that ….
:- )

But who took the photo?

81stcolumn

Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:34:21 +1200

Yep felt very strange on Tuesday......

And the weekend came starting with Your Love, a track which I swear just brought the joint to a halt when we first played it. But we white boys in the UK caught on quick and off to Black Market Records we went.....

Its…

Geoff Lealand

Sun, 06 Apr 2014 18:52:34 +1200

Frankie Knuckles. What a great name! Sounds like a character from a Damon Runyon story or a Mickey Spillane novel.

Tony P

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 20:27:43 +1300

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mvaIRjg9UY

Eediot

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 20:15:57 +1300

Now realise how much Frankie must have influenced ABC's 1991 album Abracadabra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqQN-Fsal3g

JacksonP

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:31:36 +1300

Don't think this has been posted.

Thanks for the music RB. Just the right antidote today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aj5dAXH1do

Gareth Davidson

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 17:52:00 +1300

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.

Russell Brown

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 17:43:58 +1300

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.

Robert Harvey

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 17:19:40 +1300

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.

Simon Grigg

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:52:05 +1300

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…

Paddy Buckley

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:25:08 +1300

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4BhP8KfiLA&list=RDV4BhP8KfiLA

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:09:37 +1300

The new release by SIsyphus, combining the talents of Sufjan Stevens, Son Lux and Serengeti, sounds intriguing.

Gareth Ward

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:49:50 +1300

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…

Dan Salmon

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:40:10 +1300

Clever. They'd be a good High School resource.

Russell Brown

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:06:04 +1300

David Morales has uploaded his own Frankie tribute mix.

Russell Brown

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:36:09 +1300

And this: Classic New Zealand songs rendered as Shakespearean sonnets

Very, very good.

Dan Salmon

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:31:24 +1300

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'

Russell Brown

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:27:10 +1300

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…

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:32:34 +1300

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.

Russell Brown

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:22:40 +1300

What an intro.

That's glorious.

bob daktari

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:18:28 +1300

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…

Paddy Buckley

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:53:36 +1300

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30V1WuiALc0

Russell Brown

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:42:52 +1300

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 ...

Paddy Buckley

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:37:58 +1300

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":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTzsJ8ScngA

Hercules & Love Affair "Blind":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ6sLFDUPWg

It’s testament to FK that they are 20 odd years…

George Darroch

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:31:40 +1300

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,…

Peter Johnston

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:26:43 +1300

Yeah blame Lontalius, works for me. On the subject of short songs though, how aboutThe Residents' Commercial Album... each song one minute short...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdSlFl5H76A

Russell Brown

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:25:10 +1300

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.

Public Address

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:25:10 +1300

Discussion from blog post.