Live Set Improvisation Practice

The Computer Controlled series of mixes I started back in 1997 were groundbreaking in the sense of taking your own record releases and making them into an album by playing these records in a live DJ set.

I didn't name my tracks on my Ghetto Technics records.  I released 16 records, went to California twice and mixed these records into two different albums which became Computer Controlled 1 & 2.  These were actual releases which sold 50,000 units. 

In 2003 a bootleg release of volume 3 appeared when the label went chapter 11.  And Volume 4 was a Soundcloud release only.  Times have changed.  Lives have changed.  

Computer Controlled 5 for 2023.  The concept remains.  Record a bunch of new tracks all exclusive unreleased material.  Everything on this mix has been made in 2023.  Everything has come full circle.  At 133.333 BPM, the beats on vinyl rotate one revolution per one measure of music.

No vinyl here though.  My Analog days are far behind me.  I still love my vinyl, but this is an all digital affair in 2023.  Creation to completion.  I still have the raw style which always was my signature.

I hope you enjoy it, I really did my best to bring my signature style to this project.  All the best, BONES OUT.

COMPUTER CONTROLLED 5 / FRANKIE BONES / CONTINUOUS DJ MIX

The July 7, 2023 set comes 26 years later after my July 12, 1997 debut at Tresor/Love Parade.  You can find the original mix on Youtube and it has remained a favorite of many from reading the comments. 

Tresor Berlin has so much great history to it and it is a blessing and honor to travel to Germany and play so many years later.  Not many DJ's can give you an artifact and something current to go off of with 26 years in between.

The playing feild has grown.  I have always been a gatekeeper to high quality underground Techno.  I know the 1997 debut could have worked in this climate in 2023, but I went beyond that thinking in terms like 2049.  I really hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I did playing it.  Techno is my life.  It's 133 BPM thru, dancefloor madness.

TRESOR / 07.07.23 / FRANKIE BONES

Like Hip Hop, Techno Rave was what it was called in the very beginning of the American scene.  Hip would be the knowledge. Hop would be the Dance.  Techno was the Music, Rave was the Movement.  1990 The Peace Love Unity Movement.  In those first three years Rave expanded cross country and by 1993 every city in America had events.  Techno Rave had been dropped as Rave Music became commercialized & the Movement now worldwide.

Techno went back to it's underground roots from Detroit and Movement now established became about Respect.  Respect the Movement.  This was 1993.

Moving forward 30 years, Detroit Techno Militia are the gatekeepers of truth in Techno city.  They came to Brooklyn to spread the Detroit Love in a time and place where New York City is more like Gotham then the NYC we knew.  

But when Brooklyn is in the House, Brooklyn is in the House.  A small dedicated crowd of ravers & clubbers alike kept this party going unitl about 9 a.m.  

I played 1:20-2:40 a.m.  80 minutes.  When dipped in reality, we really represent the real in this culture.  Signiture styles which come from the beginnings of both Techno & Rave and can be copied but not duplicated.

DETROIT TECHNO MILITIA NIGHT IN BROOKLYN / MARCH 1, 2024

Just messing around, not really a track...H-ave it!

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FRANKIE BONES - LIVE IN NEWARK, NJ
MARCH 29, 2025 - POLICE BUST

1 DOMINATOR - HUMAN RESOURCE (FRANKIE BONES BROOKLYN GHETTO MIX)
2 RUN - DJ FUNK (FRANKIE BONES 25 YEAR TRIBUTE MIX)
3 FLASH - GREEN VELVET (ADVENT & INDUSTRIALIZER REMIX)
4 SEAT BELT - ROBPM (T78 REMIX)
5 WEAPON #2 - BELTRAM VS. ARMANI
6 WEAPON #1 - INNER CITY
7 FLY WITH ME - PATRICK RUPRECHT (VANITA MIX)
8 TECH THIS OUT - ELI BROWN (MELODY'S ENEMY REMIX)
9 010X - BENJAMIN DAMAGE (SCNTST REMIX)
10 BANG THE BOX - BASEMENT TRACKS (FRANKIE BONES BROOKLYN GHETTO MIX)
11 THE OBSOLETE MAN - FRANKIE BONES
12 MURDER WAS THE BASS - DK8 (FRANKIE BONES THIS IS ACID MIX)
13 PUMP UP THE PLASTIKMAN - TECHNOTRONIC, PLASTIKMAN, SHM

This was the first 45 minutes of a 90 minute set.  I was assaulted by a Newark Undercover Cop 
from behind without warning.  This individual was trying to turn off the sound system off and I pushed him back and we go about 5 feet backwards into a wall.  Never once did this officer say a word and never produced a badge.  His actions put everyone in danger including his own team when organizers tried to pull us away from each other.  The music didn't stop until another uniformed officer flipped the table over.  Just seconds before this hundreds of party goers were enjoying the night and not one person posed any threat to anyone, peace & love & having fun.

At this point a full on riot broke out with uniformed police officers punching & kicking several people, using excessive force and handcuffing people.  A close friend and associate of mine named Alex wound up getting charged with Assualt On A Police Officer.  For just coming into separate myself and the initial cop who attacked me.  This officer needs to be held accountable.
















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FRANKIE BONES - LIVE IN NEWARK NJ - MARCH 29, 2025 - POLICE BUST

Just hit record and thought I would share.

ACID TECHNO PRACTICE AT HOME May 28th 2015

I just hit record while practicing, Enjoy!

Michael Wenz Improvisational Recording May 31 2015 ACID TECHNO

Perception or Deception. We’re living in an age of distorted realities, and it’s up to us to find and stick to our truths. Here’s a 4 deck warm up Dnb mix for your ears and your mind. Consider this the appetizer for what’s cooking next.

Distorted Realities

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New weekly radio show.  Thursday Nights @ 9 p.m. Pacific Coast & Midnight Atlantic Coast.

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Trippy, melodic, and industrial techno — deep, dark, and driving.
Built for warehouses, afterhours, and minds that like to wander.
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