KNIETIEF IN BEATS - DJ Mixes

From riddim house to meditative organic soundtravels to dubby techhouse, and back from club to sofa or afterhours. Here is a vault of things that got collected in the long run, podcast mixes, private dj mixes and on.

DJ Franksen

Franksen - Deep House, Dub Tech - MIXES

The 'flipside' of my up n coming "FEEL" EP for the classic Plastic City label. Soulful deephouse meets garage - in my mind. The EP will be released with remixes from Terry Lee Brown Jr. and Tom Bucher (of Tojami Sessions' fame...)! 

Franksen - Feel Baby (Plastic City) SNIPPET

Now work that rhythm differently. My man Pino on chords. Welcome , deeply! Out in February 2014 on Traxsource, Beatport...

Franksen, Pino Shamlou - Workin' Rhythm (WePlayMinimal 059)

Franksen goes way back in the history of Frankfurt's electronic scene. Having hosted and deejayed at Germany's eldest weekly radio DJ Show, YOU FM Clubnight (formerly simply known as CLUBNIGHT) for its longest time. Sharing decks with each and everyone from Jamie Jones to Loco Dice or from Mousse T. to Dixon, he represented House Music and electronic club culture 360° for + 15 years.

As a DJ, producer, radio- and print music-journalist (for BEAT magazine) he boasts versatile skills. As he would say about his multiple musical personae: it all follows one unique approach – of searching the endless groove (accompanying and representing life). Since 2009 Franksen released on Berlin’s beloved Bar25 Music, Frankfurt‘s Deep House vinyl mainstay Houseworxx, Smile For A While, Poets Club Records and many more.

Electronic music’s culture in between Deep House, Dub, Downtempo, Electronica and Breaks of various tempi is on his sound traveller menu – everything goes, really!

For our SXDNS podcast, he presents his take on pure and true House Music. Franksen merges a somewhat poetically sensitive and joyful array of classically organic Deep House gems with rootsy Chicago House, Jazzy vibes and overall gripping Funky rhythms. The old with the new, the timeless!

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SXDNS316 // Franksen

another one that i roadtested lately and that will soon be coming out on Kruse & Nürnberg's fine SAVE ROOM RECORDS. check in for some breakbeat house - all about roots here as well!

Franksen & Redux - Da Heat (Snippet)

🥳 We are thrilled to present Lucidflow Radio's episode 203, featuring Franksen's masterful one-hour DJ set. Enjoy his deep, lucid-style beats and don't miss his new, funky, vibrant EP 'Burning Up', a collection of tracks that are sure to set your senses alight with their energetic and soulful rhythms.
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track list: 
01 Max Koval - Where Warm Winds Blow (Lucidflow)
02 Franksen - Burning Up (Lucidflow)
03 Max Kovall - Sunn (Lucidflow) 
04 Insect O. - Volca Dub (Etui)
05 Hunvre - Nenv (Motoring) 
06 Lighthouze - Who Walking (N.N.)
07 Thodoris Triantafilou - Barum/Gorge Mix (Katchuli)
08 Pascal FEOS - If You Let It Go/Alternate Version (Level Non Zero)
09 Photek - Solaris (Science/Virgin)
10 Insect O. - Ushuaia (Etui)
11 MRI - Untitled (Force Tracks)
12 Franksen - One House Dub (Lucidflow)
13 Franksen, Redux - Heatwave Dub (Track Alliance)
14 Django Novo - Strangerman / Franksen Remix (Poets Club Records)
15 Breakers - Luke Hess (Deep Labs)

LUCIDFLOW RADIO 203: FRANKSEN

kick back & relax with a personal selection of deep D&B rollers, pre-drumstep tunes and liquid anthems from the last 16 years... enjoy!

Deep DB Classics - Franksen Warmup Mix

Coming This Winter, finally. Thanks to Kruse & Nürnberg for givin' us the chance...

As i have been rinsing this beauty collabo with my studio mate Redux and drum-n-bass legend Steve Digital (aka Metalheadz' Digital) for almost two years now - IT'S TIME TO LET GO! We hope you like some intense vibe and bass!

Franksen, Redux, Steve Digital - Chance (Snippet - Save Room Records)

Rrrrooolllin' and soulin'. Dope Beats and rhymes from the days before it all went too bling... love my classics!

"hiphop used to be so thick in the air,
when it was there  you ain't even needed kick and a snare.,
it could have been fingersnaps and handclaps,
but today, it feels a lil' different when a man raps"...

Franksen - HipHop Classics - '93 'Til Depth

As my Jungle and Drum n Bass event KNIETIEF IN BEATS (Schlachthof, Wiesbaden) is coming up its 25th year of instalment, i repost this classics mix from 2009 - which probably says all about glorious nights spent at the "Räucherkammer" - the bass den you see in the picture. 
#legend #whatweplayed #wherewecomefrom

Franksen - Jungle Classics - 1995-2009

Been making this liquid D&B mix from a bunch of vinyls i am currently selling -plus some goodies one should never ever give away. Turned out one of my fave mixes of this season. 
Containing a lot of +20 year old tracks and goodies that are hard to find. From way before 'liquid' was even a style tag. 
ENJOY this blast from the KNIETIEF IN BEATS past!

#goodlooking #metalheadz #djkrust #docscott #movingshadow #blame #partisanrecords #renegaderecordings #takeatrip

Franksen - D&B Mix - Liquidation II

Some deepah grooves for warming up your House this autumn n winter!

Franksen - Warm n Light - Deephouse Mix 11-24

The light and the heavy of today's jungle and drum-n-bass flowing in typical Franksen manner. Enjoy the ride!

Franksen - Liquid Jungle 10-2024

Another blast from the KNIETIEF IN BEATS past! The third and final edition of classic liquid D&B mixes, each made from a bunch of vinyl only - mostly +20 year old tracks and goodies that are sometimes hard to find. 

#sci-clone #renegaderecordings #hardedged #dbridge 
#ciarecordings #calibre #playmusik #futuro #trueplayaz

Franksen - V for Vinyl - Liquidation III - 1224

Unearthing a 2016 freestyle housemuzique extravaganza here. Organic and warm house textures meet funky edits and classics from deeep house history. ENJOY the ride!

#deephouse #playhouse #metroarea #lovebirds #psychokiller #soulfulvibes #urbanabsolutes #discoedits #mj #stgermain #marvin #crazyp #funky

Franksen - Loose Grooves - June 2016

A reminiscent vinyl only mix comprising the style of Garage and 2Step sounds back from around 2000. Essential listening!  

Franksen - 2Step Reminisce - Garage Y2K

Your fave summer mix!? 

FRANKSEN – GOT NO RAPS
HipHop Instrumentals Vol. I



01 Grav – What (Instr.)
02 Musiq Soulchild - Buddy (Instr.)
03 Square One – Applause (Instr.)
03 Morcheeba – Be Yourself (Instr.)
04 Cracker Beats Vol. II – Jungle Fever (Instr.)
05 Mos Def – Sunshine (Instr.)
06 L.A. The Darkman –  Real Side (Instr.)
07 Fat Fluids – Throw Ya Handz (Instr.)
08 Unknown
09 Fat Jon, J. Rawls – Bad As They Come (Instr.)
10 Jerry Beeks – Bronx Slang (Instr.)
11 Hillfigguz – Boom! (Instr.)
12 Ice Cube – The World Is Mine (Instr.)
13 Grav – World Domination (Instr.)
14 Organized Konfusion – Somehow Someway (Instr.)
15 Unknown
16 Herbaliser - Verbal Animé (Instr.)
17 Ras Kas – Soul On Ice (Instr.)
18 Montell Jordan – I’m Goin’Crazy (Instr.)
19 Grav – City To City (Instr.)
20 Sadat X & Diamond D – Feel It (Instr.)
21 Styles Of Beyond – Ambiguous Figures (Instr.)
22 Beatnuts – No Escapin’ This (Instr.)
23 Trans DF - Trans DF Express (Instr.)
24 Jurassic 5 – W.O.E. Is Me (Instr.)
25 Common – The People (Instr.)
26 Vaughn La Rock – Relax N Chill (Instr.)
27 M. F. Grimm - Get Down (Instr.)
28 Yagg-Fu front – Leftfield (Instr.)
29 Blackattack – Correct Technique (Instr.)
30 Aceyalone – The Guidelines ’94(Instr.)
31 Rob O. – World Premier (Instr.)
32 Example - We Write The Songs (Instr.)
33 Rahsheed – IndustryPartyBumRusha (Instr.)
34 Pete Rock, CL Smooth – It’s A Love Thing (Instr.)
35 DJ Spinna – You Could Even (Instr.)
36 Kurious – I’m Kurious (Instr.)
37 Mind Space - Life Is Foul (Instr.)
38 Keith Murray – The Rhyme (Instr.)
39 Dilated Peoples - Worst Come To Worst (Instr.)
40 Cali Agents - Neva Forget (Instr.)
41 Square One – Mind. Body. Soul (Instr.)

Franksen - GOTNORAPS - HipHop Instrumentals - 1990s & 2000s

Been blending a lot of my fave records from way back when, into a seamless and versatile mix. Peep thru this window into the state of deeper house from 1995-2005. Some classics, some hidden gems, some discogs hotties that will ruin your purse... One thing assured: vinyl means dynamic, i am pleased to experience that again and again!

Franksen - Fenster Zum House - Rare Deephouse 1995-2005

Enjoy this mix - brimful of vinyl classics and some dubs of today, spanning 30 years of drum n bass history. VIBES!

Franksen - A History Of Drum n Bass 1995-2025

Welcome 2026, with a vinyl selection of dubby goods from the archives. Warming and energizing u with a mighty groove round those lower ends.

Franksen - Welcome 2026 - Dubhouse Mix

Older But Wiser! 
Enjoy a bass bubblin' bath - 
of beats and vinyl attitude. 
Remember black gold - out there!

Franksen - Old School Shit (Audiothentica 005 - Snippet)

CYMATIC 001 - coming up - 17.03.16. 
Catch us on a more techhousy yet melodic tip.
With an ace refix of techno-legend D.Diggler. 
Fly safe, everybody!


TRACKLIST (Preview Snippets)

Franksen, Redux, Steve Digital - Flight (Original Mix)
Franksen, Redux, Steve Digital - Flight (D. Diggler Mix)
Franksen, Redux, Steve Digital - Flight (Adam Shock Mix)
Franksen, Redux - Night Talk (Original Mix)


Franksen, Redux, Steve Digital - NIGHTFLIGHT EP (CYMATIC 001 -

Rollin' deep with my man Diggler! A great track off our collabo EP for INCASE Recordings (010). Don't you think!? 

D. Diggler & Franksen  - Morning Blue (Vinyl - INCASE Recordings 010)

... catch me on a meditative house-tip. With Music that i push in my NIGHT VOYAGE radioshow per usual: sensual, slow, deep, earthen and organic. Rhythms to soothe your mind and soul. I betcha!

Franksen - Around 110 - An Earth Symphony MP3

Dig this preview of my up n coming VINYL for AMUSED Records. Release will be 19th of March 2012. Tracks are Next To You, Stamina, Set Me Free and a stompin' M.In Remix of Next To You!

Franksen - Next To You EP (Amused Records, March 2012)

Fresh summer vibes packed in rollin' beats and breaks. Some Old School flavours, loads of the latest plus a few goodies which hopefully make this mix prove the bigger picture drum-n-bass can offer at its best! Enjoy your roll!

Easy Rollin' - DB Mix Franksen - 06-2012

(Tracklist below!)

For our premiere (MMM01), Frankfurt matador and music master Franksen presents a neatly grooving set in his beloved style. In between fluffy springtime vibes and timeless trax with that classic house drive. Franksen was host of the popular You FM Clubnight radioshow. A longtime DJ, Producer (with numerous releases on labels like Bar 25 Music, Houseworx, sinnmusik* or Plastic City) and author. As 2020 catapulted everyone home, Franksen turned his situation into productivity in his own studio cosmos. Lockdown in a different manner... instead of energetic house tracks, Franksen felt his musical range blossom and finally released his own diverse freestyle EP: “Remixes With Love” for Poets Club Records. On that release you can hear all his roots, from dub to breaks to jazz vibes, hip hop and, of course, yet amongst all else: house. Some of those edit-styled remix tunes shine in this mix as well. So as springtime hit early this year, we provide you with the right soundtrack, representing our common desire for housemusic and sweet clubnights in intimate clubs -  the vibe of which this mix is ​​dedicated to: gentle and uplifting at the same time. #stayhousy

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Tracklist:::

01 Dawn Again – Me 4 U
02 SGVO – Good Deeds
03 Franksen, Ennez – King Of The Rhodes
04 Dawn Again – Me 4 U
05 San France Disco – Around The Crash
06 Letherette – Eddy
07 Buraq - Hey Hey
08 Soledrifter – That Chance
09 Franksen – JazzLick
10 Sable Blanc – Just Goodbye
11 Jazz Against The Machine – Come As You Are / Franksen’s House Dub
12 Boogie Vice – Get Down
13 Franksen, C-Rock – The Groove
14 Will Buck – I Think It’s Too Late
15 Unknown
16 Bunch Of Guys – Filthy Rhodes
17 St. Germain – Rose Rouge / Edit

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