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Two years into my U.K. DJ career, I held down several resident slots and Berwick Manor was a second home to me.  In 1991 I was light years ahead as far as selections were concerned and this mix was also possibly the first straight to Digital live set recorded to a Sony Walkman Professional Dat Recorder.  This is a timeless DJ set.  As far as selection goes, Watts Music provided most of my record collection during this era.  My store Groove Records in Brooklyn was on top of the world in the early underground days.  Enjoy this.

DOCUMENTS: 001 - LIVE IN LONDON - SEPT 28 1991

Lil Wayne ~ Believe Me (Feat. Drake)

Twighlight Collective brings a TurboSound system into the Nevada Desert and treats me to my first Desert Rave.   What happened next was anyone's guess?  Expect the unexpected.  In fact, this was the first time I played most of this music, a core selection of breaks, electro, house & techno in their purest form.  This is the raw recording, a few minor glitches where the sound drops for a second and I don't edit anything on a computer.  So it is just how it happens.  Again, nothing like it exists - download it and listen loud.

DESERT MOON PARTY

I have always been obsessed with the sound of early 80s dance music.  There's something about the crazy diversity and spaced out funk that just hits me right.  I'm also still obsessed with the art of hunting down some records and crafting a long mix the old school way.  This mix is my all original vinyl ode to the random 80s dance 12".  

I was initially going to call it "Mostly Divas Screaming Over Analogue Basslines and Electronic Drums" or "Synthesizer Cowbell Clap".  Instead, welcome to a world of "Unlimited Touching".  Here you'll find songs about dancing, love, and people touching each other in a much simpler time.  

For fans of 80s funk, club music, dub, boogie, proto house, the garage sound, disco rap, old school rap, and the like.  If you don't enjoy those things, you will probably hate this mix. 

Props to Booka B for crafting the fitting front and back cover art; CD copies coming soon for the physical product heads.  




1.) THANK U INTRO 
2.) CRAIG PEYTON- BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOT – PROFILE RECORDS 1983
3.) KERR- BACK AT YA – TRA-SAN RECORDS 1984
4.) FRESH BAND- COME BACK LOVER (REMIX) - ARE ‘N BE RECORDS 1984
5.) UNLIMITED TOUCH- GOOD LOVIN’- PRELUDE RECORDS 1983
6.) LEPRECHAUN- LOC-IT-UP – CITATION RECORD COMPANY 1981
7.) JAZZY DEE- GET ON UP – LAURIE RECORDS 1983
8.) RADIANCE- YOU’RE MY NUMBER ONE (DUB MIX) - ARE ‘N BE RECORDS 1983
9.) DOUBLE VISION- CLOCK ON THE WALL- PROFILE RECORDS 1984
10.) RAVEN FEAT. JOCELYN BROWN- SO IN LOVE- SILVER CLOUD RECORDS 1984
11.) ARMENTA- I WANNA BE WITH YOU (PART 1) – SAVIOR FAIRE RECORDS 1983
12.) STARGAZE- YOU CAN'T HAVE IT/Instrumental – TNT UNLIMITED INC/BROOKTOWN RECORDS 1982
13.) KARISMA FEAT. JOCELYN BROWN- GOT YOU DANCING- SOUND OF THE UNIVERSE RECORD CORP 19??
14.) FUNK DELUXE- THIS TIME (EXTENDED VERSION) - SALSOUL RECORDS 1984
15.) ROCK THE BEAT INTERLUDE    
16.) SOUND TROUPE- CAN YOU REALLY SEE ME- SAM RECORDS 1982
17.) SOMETHIN’ SPECIAL- COME MAKE IT FEEL GOOD (TEE SCOTT MIX) – EMERGENCY RECORDS 1981
18.) NORMA JEAN WRIGHT- LOVE ATTACK – MIRAGE 1983
19.) RAINBOW BROWN- IM THE ONE (REMIX) - VANGUARD DISCO 1981 
20.) SPLASH- WHEN WE TOUCH (DISCONET MIX) - DISCONET PROGRAM SERVICE 1983
21.) CONNIE CASE- GET DOWN- KONDUKO 1982
22.) GET ON DOWN BREAK
23.) CAROL WILLIAMS- CAN’T GET AWAY (FROM YOUR LOVE) (SPECIAL CLUB DUB) - VANGUARD 1983
24.) AFFINITY- DON’T GO AWAY (RUNAWAY DUB) - MANGO 1983
25.) KASSO- ONE MORE ROUND – STARNIGHT RECORDS 1982
26.) OUTRO



Link to Full CD Zip with Art (tracked out 192kbps): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByDEKabHXo-IUkNERkFqM0dONFE/edit?usp=sharing


Link to Single 192kbps MP3 file with Art:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByDEKabHXo-ILUJnajB3Q2tGMG8/edit?usp=sharing

Unlimited Touching (All Vinyl 80s Funk, Club & Boogie Mix)

Everybody

1-800-273-8255 (feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid)

You always have to be a student of the game.  Always.  I have been a great follower of the Armory Podcast so when it became time to actually do one, there was a lot to think about.  Decades of history place me as a “Techno” DJ.  But most people who actually collect the history of DJ culture already know, Breaks have always been a part of my history.  Now my first impulse was to play cool guy and go collect the hottest breaks I could find and pretend that I could hang with anyone who came before or after me.  I’m humbled.  

I can’t do that.  Some of Iva’s mixes have totally blown my socks off.  I’ve watched Stanton Warriors Punks label become the Metalheadz of this breaks genre.  Then I hear someone like D-Bridge do a slower 130 BPM track, and it’s unfuckablewith.   That’s not a word, but it should be.  

So where does that put me with this episode? Bonesbreaks. It’s a series of vinyl which started many, many years ago as a concept in 1987, and went on to multiple volumes around a dozen, and were the first breakbeat records that fused “House” together when nobody did that.  It’s great to reminisce, but to me it always has been a sum of all parts.  So if 2000 Saturday Nights have passed and nobody cared to listen until this Saturday Night, Welcome to the future, my reality. 

The tracks here are from the new Bonesbreaks Volumes.  14, 15, 16, 17.  They are more recent then the first.  I don’t have to copy anyone else’s style in Breaks.  I don’t want to.  You hold down your lane.  I’m going to stay in mine.   I’ve been driving this way for a long time.  I’ve been able to update what I have been doing without losing the original flavor.

It’s quite interesting to hear newer styles built off the original analog method I always used. Everything is as it was.  Just cleaner and more dynamic.  Tons of crafty drums and samples, not Ableton or TRAKTOR and stem packs.   It’s more 80’s Hip Hop by design, then Trap or Dubstep.   But that is where it gets interesting, because we are out with the old and in with the new, yet maybe timeless, maybe not.  It’s subjective, so I will leave it up to you. 

Enjoy,
Peace, Love, Unity & Respect to all, 
Frankie Bones

Track List
1. Electropoliss
2. I Want The People To Know 
3. Stomp Your Feet 
4. Funky Acid Makossa (Loves The Acid Redux) 
5. Techno Dot 
6. Just The Way You Like It (Breaks) 
7. When The Bass Drops 
8. Come Closer 
9. The Bridge* - MC Shan (Boiler Room Edit)
10. Behind The Curtain 
11. Vamp And Clear 
12. Imperial Highway 
13. Long Train Running 

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Frankie Bones - Episode 170

FROM THE DANCE CULT UNDERGROUND.  Words from my original 1989 "Call It Techno".  This is the culmination.  The highest or climactic point of something, especially as attained after a long time.   You are getting something special here.  It's one of those moments where people might expect something and wind up getting a little more then they bargained for.  Or berghained for.

FROM THE DANCE CULT UNDERGROUND

A Mix-Tape series which began in July of 1992 is now well over 25 years old.  The acclaimed Factory series has always delivered cutting-edge music to folks who know.  This Fall 2017 edition wastes no time and goes right to the center of the dance floor.  Never one to follow any trends, it becomes apparent within minutes that you are in for a surprise.

FACTORY

WALKING INTO 2018 - A special continuous DJ mix.  I am going to walk into 2018 with open arms and embrace everyone I come in contact with a positive light.   I have too.  It's the only way to level up and stay up.

2017 was very inspiring to me and Carlo Lio, Carl Cox, Dubfire, Raito, Joseph Capriati, Boris, Pan-Pot & Boys Noize have all paved the road that I am walking into 2018 on.  It's a great time to celebrate, I hope everyone enjoys this!  

Tracklists.

1 INVASION - FRAZIER & RUDOSA [INTEC]
2 ACID CONTROL - LOCO & JAM [SUARA]  
3 LETS BEGIN - MELODY'S ENEMY [KNEADED PAINS]
4 ORIGIN - SAMA [KRAFTEK] 
5 FURNACE - KOSTAS MASKALIDES [PHOBIQ]
6 ORIX - RAXON  [TRUESOUL]
7 CALL IT TECHNO - FRANKIE BONES (CARLO LIO MIX)[INTEC]
8 ACID TRAX - PHUTURE (PLUMP DJ'S MIX)[TRAX]
9 GO BANG #8 - FRANKIE BONES REDUX [NOT ON LABEL] 
10 ROTTERDAM - BENNY RODRIGUES [BNR TRAX] 
11 SECRETS OF VIBRATION - LAYTON GIORDANI [DRUMCODE] 
12 SOUL VALLEY - ADRIATIQUE [CITYFOX]

WALKING INTO 2018

"Frankie Bones may not play as hard as you remember, but he certainly hasn't lost his edge".  The edge is the music itself.  It still finds itself somewhere in the future then the past.  It's a paradigm shift.  It collects thousands of Saturday Nights in a row and it creates a feeling, a vibe aimed for next Saturday Night.  Barcelona's Moog Club already known for quality DJ nights built around three hour sets gave ample time to showcase Frankie's selections.  And thanks to Victor @ CUBBO Bookings for recording this set.

You Know It - Klanglos 
Let There Be Dark - Beico & Mt93
Clash - Kloves
Exoplanet - Helldriver 
Knod Ap - Tot (Oliver Immer Remix)
At Les - Carl Craig (Christian Smith Tronic Treatment) 
Good Life - Inner City (Ejecta Remix) 
Get Lucky - Klanglos Ft. Daughter 
Seratonin - Ranchatek 
Inner Light - Phantasia Vs. Peter Kneer (Bones Live Edit) 
Children - Robert Miles (Victor Rulz Tribute Edit) 
Right Now - D-unity 
I Wanna Go Bang - Bjarki (Dacs Edit) 
Mosquitor - T78 
Make You Lose - T78 
We Bring You - T78 
X000x40000 - 999999999 
Nakki - Oc, Verde & Verrus 
Tune In - Markus Sukut 
Dance - Earth People (Kw Griff Edit) 
Happy Track - Frankie Bones (Unreleased) 
Forbidden Quest - Raxon
Meba - Marcel Ete (Klanglos Remix) 
Taggen Idle Hands - Johanna Knutsson & Hans Berg
Tribute Ep - Laurent Garnier 
Break It Down - Onna 
Call It Techno - Frankie Bones (Ratio Remix) 
70 Billion People - Frankie Bones (Unreleased) 
Phreek - Dbx (Brooklyn Fire Bootleg) 
Distraction - Konrad (Italy) 
Fight - Lucas Freudenburger 
Gypsy Woman - The Unknown Artist (Rave Yard Edit) 
Cut The Midrange - E.r.n.e.s.t.o. 
Acid Tracks - Phuture (Plump Dj’s Edit) 
In  Range - Dale Fairbairn 
Energy Flash - Beltram Volume 1 (Dandi & Uno Vs. Piatto Vip Edit) 
Fisto - T78 
Lost Temple - Raito 
See You Next Tuesday - Nicole Moudaber & Carl Cox (Raxon Remix) 
Juvia - Raxon

Frankie Bones @ Moog - Barcelona 06/04/2018 (ES) AUDIOSET

Solid Steel (8th June) This week we're delighted to welcome Everything Is Recorded, the project from Richard Russell who is the head of XL Recordings. The album features appearances from Ibeyi, Sampha, Giggs, Wiki, Syd, and Kamasi Washington among others. He had this to say about his mix;
"The “Everything Is Recorded" album was really made for home listening, its quite reflective. However the sound of it is very influenced by music i've always played as a DJ. When Solid Steel asked me to do a DJ mix i grabbed all the album acapellas and some favourite tunes from the genres that inspired the album: a lot of 80's dancehall, that raw first digital phase of reggae, and 2002 grime, the first wave of eski stuff, and also classic hardcore rave, the scene i came out of, that XL came out of.
Putting the album back amongst all the music that inspired it felt very natural. I played it to Sampha, Infinite and Ibeyi and they all seemed to dig hearing their vocals recontextualised... this mix ties a few threads together. I also did a couple of remixes of older tunes i produced; the Gil Scott Heron “I'lll Take Care Of You" song has a lot of personal meaning for me, and its of course already been remixed by Jamie xx, and sampled by Drake and Rihanna, but i take it somewhere else here. full circle. There are also 2 songs which have never existed in any form, “Computer Love" (Zapp cover which we've performed live) and 8am (new song). The versions of these 2 songs included here are exclusive to this mix."

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Hour 1 - Everything Is Recorded
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Giggs	_	Voicemail
Everything Is Recorded	_	Close but not quite feat Sampha (accapella)
Everything Is Recorded	_	Bloodshot red Eyes feat. Infinite Coles (accapella)
Sister Nancy	_	Bam Bam
Everything Is Recorded	_	8am feat Infinite (Sleng Teng Dub)
Wayne Smith	_	Under Mi Sleng Teng
Everything Is Recorded	_	Everything Is Recorded feat Sampha (rLr remix)
Everything Is Recorded	_	Show Love feat Syd and Sampha (accapella)
Gregory Isaacs	_	Rumours
JC Lodge	_	Telephone Love
Anthony 'Red' Rose	_	Tempo
Bagga Worries	_	Ride The Punanny
Kyze	_	Punanny feat Giggs
Everything Is Recorded	_	Computer Love feat Ibeyi (accapella)
Shabba Ranks	_	Twice My Age
Soul II Soul	_	Africa Centre Interlude
Ragga Twins	_	Shine Eye Gal
Shut Up and Dance	_	The Green Man (Rum and Black Mix)
Gil Scott-Heron	_	I'll take care of you (rLr remix)
Manix	_	Feel Real Good
Prodigy	_	Your Love
Everything Is Recorded	_	Everything Is Recorded feat Sampha
Jonny L	_	Hurt U So
Everything Is Recorded	_	Show Love feat Syd and Sampha (accapella)
Reel 2 Reel	_	We Are i.e.
Pangaea	_	Bone Sucka
Wiley	_	Eskiboy
Everything Is Recorded	_	D'eleski Dubplate feat Infinite
Wiley	_	Icerink Special feat Riko
Everything Is Recorded	_	Be My Friend feat Infinite (rLr remix)
Wiley	_	I'm a sinner
Various	_	Hater

Solid Steel Radio Show

Solid Steel Radio Show 8/6/2018 Hour 1 - Everything Is Recorded

TRACKLIST BELOW - BUT FIRST: 

"Getting back to what “Detroit” is? It’s a people mover. Like the little train downtown that loops around in Downtown Detroit and doesn’t do anything much more than go around in circles in one direction only. Kind of like a record on a turntable. Motown left to California along with more than half of the city’s population. The ‘67 Riots ripped a hole into the heart of the city. The people who stayed worked for General Motors, Ford, etc. I find most of the kindest, warm hearted people in Detroit. People who respect you for the character in your soul rather then the color of your skin. Their music was their only escape. The only way to have faith in the future in Detroit, was through music." - FB 

Techno Christmas is Detroit during Movement week.  I played the official After-Party for Soul Clap on Saturday.   The best Techno DJ's from around the globe and from the original Detroit scene represented hard.  It made me realize when I had my monthly residency at Motor Lounge from 1997-2001 that it always did well because I played Techno from around the world.  And that tradition still exists today.  Motor City.  Birthplace of Techno.  Now & Always. 

AND NOW THE TRACKLIST: 

ANNA - IMPRESSION [CLASH LION] 
COSMIC BOYS - TUNNEL [SCANDER] 
SONATE - SWITCH MIND [TRONIC] 
KLINES - NERVE (RODRICK MIX) [BUBBLEJAM]
T78 - CLAMP CHAMP [PHOBIQ] 
POPOF - VAPORIZER [TRUESOUL] 
OC & VERDE - SACRIFICE [OCTOPUS] 
MOD3RN - MO 13 [MOD3RN]
TURBO TURBO - ATHANASIA [SUARA] 
FLORIAN MEINDL - BELL'S THEOREM [FLASH-X] 
T78 - BRAINSTORM [AUTEKTONE] 
RADIO COMPLEX - RED VELVET [ORANGE] 
PLEASUREKRAFT - G.O.D. (GOSPEL OF DOUBT) [KRAFTEK] 
DINO MAGGIORANA - FUXX (VAN OXYGEN REMIX [TECHNOLOGIC] 
POPOF - ALCOOLIC (MATT SASSARI REMIX) [CR2]

ESCAPE TO DETROIT

It's the 20 year anniversary since "Computer Controlled" 1 & 2 we officially released.  So to celebrate, here is volume 4.  Going back to the original pure techno vibes with a 2018 twist.   Enjoy it.  Download it FREE.

COMPUTER CONTROLLED 4 / ADVANCE RELEASE

Carl Cox was always the peoples favorite DJ ever since I met him in the U.K. in 1989.  This has not changed in almost 30 years.  He wrote the blueprint for worldwide success in DJ Culture while I was writing blueprints for American Rave Culture.   Teksupport threw one hell of a party on June 16 in Brooklyn.  

As I always continue to innovate, this set is different then anything I have been known for in the past.    It's Techno in 2018.  I never lost that hardcore edge, but the fact that I am an opener of Carl, it's a hot summer day and people had just arrived, I did something that emulated my original arrival to the U.K. in August 1989. 

The Tempo.  This entire set was 122-123 Beats Per Minute. Quite slow for techno.  
But it is that innovation which is important for me in this day & age of DJ culture.  To be different & unique then follow everyone else.

TEKSUPPORT: CARL COX [BROOKLYN - 16 JUNE 2018] FRANKIE BONES LIVE SET

THE SUMMER OF TECHNO 2018 - Run this alongside all the huge Female DJ's who have taken the world of techno by storm and you will be very pleased with the results.  Shout-out to Nicole, Nastia, Ellen, Nina, Charlotte, Amelie, Rebekah, Fatima & Dasha!   It's inspiring. 

Now as for Tracklists - take the artists names below and do a Youtube search.  They have tons of top notch material, you will find paradise but you got to work for it.

Brand new music featuring - Reactivitz - Frankie Bones - Raito - NOIR - Optimuss - Eternal - Fabiann - Abyssum - O.C. & Verde - Cosmic Boys - Rudosa, Hush & Sleep - Dimitri Cooman, T78, Developer, Hollen, Raido Complex & more. 

This is the big room, big festival sound of Modern Techno, worldwide.

THE SUMMER OF TECHNO 2018

Tresor is the pulse of Techno.  Always has been.  Thinking back to my last time playing at Tresor, some 21 years passed by since July 28, 1997.  So I wanted to make this set special.  Unfortunately, the batteries died in the middle of recording the set and it seems as if the levels were a bit hot.  A tracklist will follow.  For now I just wanted to get it out there.

TRESOR - LIVE IN BERLIN - AUGUST 18, 2018

Barry Weaver was one of the best techno dj's from LA's early rave and underground scene. He had a great ability to mix familiar anthems with lesser-known tracks. His mixing was technically precise. If his name was on the flyer, you could expect a rock-solid set.

This mix tape, Tekno - The New Religion, was sold at record shops on Melrose Boulevard, the hub of LA's club culture. I bought this copy in '92 at Beat Non Stop, one of the big dance music record stores.

The tape sides weren't labeled with the traditional A and B or 1 and 2. Instead, one side was labeled "Everybody's Free / Free Everybody". The other side was marked "Eat Em Up Yum, Yum / Yum, Yum Eat Em Up". So which side was first?

I put the Everybody's Free side first because it starts with an obvious introduction, the spoken meditation, while the start of Eat Em Up seemed to be a continuation of the first side. It should be noted that the Eat Em Up side is the one packed with popular techno tracks, so if you want to hear the familiar bangers first, skip to the 31:00 mark.

After transferring the recording to digital format, I applied some noise reduction to minimize tape hiss, tweaked the eq, and brought up the levels. The result sounds pretty decent. 

This tape was produced by the Milky Way Acid House Family. Milky Way recorded and distributed a series of mix tapes featuring the biggest dj’s of the time (1991-1992). Many of those legendary mix tapes can be heard on Simfonik: http://simfonik.com/tag/milky-way-acid-house-family/

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Barry Weaver - Tekno The New Religion mix tape

Computer Controlled, Vol. 3

Local Pump 'n' Bump

This is my battle cry.  Now for those of you who don't know I have been a fan of Drum & Bass since it arrived out of House & Breaks in 1992.  That alliance has always made me a part of the KJ family and I still feel like a student of the game when I step out of my comfort zone and play genres I am not known to play.

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KONKRETE JUNGLE (KJ LOGO CREATED BY DEREK CHASE (DETROIT)

LOSING MYSELF - DATA 3 
BLIPS - ALIX PEREZ 
DELUDED - UPGRADE 
COCOONED - BUNGLE 
ACID FASHION - NAZCA LINEZ 
SKEPTIKAL - ALIX PEREZ 
WHEN IM TRIPPIN - DLR 
STEVE - ARKIAK 
SCIENCE - KLINICAL 
UH HUH - DOCUMENT ONE 
DREAM STATE - HLZ 
POTSHOT - LSB 
ROLLCAGE - ALIX PEREZ & HALOGENIX 
TUNNEL VISION - QUARTZ 
MOVE THIS WAY - KYRIST & DOCUMENT ONE 
KASSEOPEIA - ASYS 
SOMETHING BORROWED - BLOCKS ESCHER 
LUCKY YOU - JOYNER LUCAS & EMINEM 
(THE FRANKIE BONES KONKRETE JUNGLE MIX)

KONKRETE - LIVE IN NEW YORK - OCTOBER 29, 2018

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