Frankie Knuckles Vinyl Collection

January 18 1955 march 31 2014 better known as frankie knuckles was an american dj record producer and remixer.

Frankie knuckles vinyl collection.

In 1997 knuckles won the grammy award for remixer of the year non classical. Frankie knuckles s vinyl gets a permanent public home theaster gates s rebuild foundation is about to open the stony island arts bank whose collections will include 5 000 records the godfather of. Shop for vinyl cds and more from frankie knuckles at the discogs marketplace. In 2009 longtime collaborators frankie knuckles and eric kupper made their production partnership official via the director s cut project.

The frankie knuckles record collection is a perfect example of physical media possessed of cultural and historical significance. In this case related to the story of house music development in the 80s and. And what better way to celebrate the godfather of house music than with a virtual concert. Francis warren nicholls jr.

The frankie knuckles foundation is a not for profit educational and cultural organization dedicated to the advancement of frankie knuckles mission as the global ambassador of house music through media conservation and public events continuing and supporting the causes he advocated. Explore releases from frankie knuckles at discogs. 2x vinyl 12 frankie knuckles eric kupper director s cut the director s cut collection 2019 vinyl discogs. The album is being released on september 6.

Part two of the frankie knuckles director s cut collection is being released on vinyl. Frankie knuckles record collection q a with julie yost director of programming for theaster gates rebuild foundation. This epic retrospective gathers together the best tracks and remixes the duo completed prior to knuckles death in 2014. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2019 vinyl release of the director s cut collection on discogs.

He played an important role in developing and popularizing house music in chicago during the 1980s when the genre was in its infancy. Frankie aka the godfather of house did a lot of writing and production work with erik kupper eventually branding themselves as director s cut in 2011. The event will feature special performances from his longtime musical collaborator behind the alias director s cut eric kupper simon marlin of the shapeshifters dj lady d mike dunn of the chosen few djs and zac jones.