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The godfather of house passes away at home, aged 59

The dance world is in mourning today about the news of the death of house music pioneer Frankie Knuckles. He was 59.

Frankie died unexpectedly...

A new comp and two previously unaired mixes to mark the occasion

It's a year ago since house music legend Frankie Knuckles passed away, and to mark the occasion there's going to be an Essential Mix on...

The Electribe 101 remixes have been unheard for 30 years

Four unreleased remixes from the late house pioneer, Frankie Knuckles, will get a vinyl issue this year.

Thirty years since their creation, four unreleased Frankie...

Director's Cut was the collaborative project of Eric Kupper and the late Knuckles

SoSure Music is this week marking what would have been Frankie Knuckles' 67th birthday with the release of a track from the Director's Cut project...

'I Want The Love Of My Own' was found in the vaults of Chicago label DJ International 

A newly discovered Frankie Knuckles track is set for release.

Taken from reel-to-reel tape from some of the late house pioneer's early studio sessions in...

Featuring interviews with founders of the scene...

A new documentary in the Unsung series which explores pioneering DJ Frankie Knuckles and the foundations of house music has been released.

Known as 'The...

Frankie Knuckles DJ set from 1986 shared online for the first time: Listen

80-minutes of disco and disco's revenge from The Godfather of House

A rare Frankie Knuckles DJ set from Valentine's Day 1986 has been shared to SoundCloud by Chicago music luminary Braxton Holmes. The 80-minute recording was...

The new Frankie Knuckles has been released alongside two remixes

A posthumous Frankie Knuckles single has been released.

'Carefree (I Am A Star)' features the late house legend on both production and vocals, and is...

Dillon Francis steps further into the spotlight with the release of his debut album, 'Money Sucks, Friends Rule'...

It’s the cusp of fall in Los Angeles, and one of the hottest days of the year. The air is thick and heavy; its weight...

Bank holiday business

With two bank holidays this month, there's plenty of party ammunition to load those gun fingers...

Campaign to have a street named after the legendary Paradise Garage spinner

A street party took place last night in New York City that was the latest step in a campaign to get a street in the...

The dance scene owes much to gay culture...

 

Earlier this year, Lithuanian producer Ten Walls was riding on a wave of global love with his big-room smasher ‘Walking With Elephants’. Then, in...

Tommie Sunshine writes a tribute to the Godfather of House, Frankie Knuckles

Francis Nicholls was born January 1955 in The Bronx, New York. But Frankie Knuckles, as we came to know him, was born in March 1977...

Pioneering house night celebrates with Frankie Knuckles

Disco Sucks and the birth of house music

Dance music is a hot place to be place right now. What began as an underground counter-culture has grown, over the last 25 years, into...