Here'z a dope set by Bad Boy Bill Live from the Warehouse, Chicago on B96 Mix Show. Unfortunately I only caught the first part of tha mix.... I believe me & my cuz were heading 2 Medusa's that night & I just left tha tape recording. I'm sure some of you remember those dayz.

Enjoy,

Manny Cuevas
aka
DJ M-Traxxx
aka
Thee House & Techno Historian

Psalms 150=Thee Ultimate Rave!!!

Bad Boy Bill Live From The Warehouse, Chicago - B96 Mix 1991' (Manny'z Tapez)

Winter Freeform, hosted by DJ Purple (the duke of House)

Winter Freeform allows WLUW DJs to present music outside of their normal programming. For the 12/19/2024 installment, I presented "The Many Dimensions of IRMA Records", IRMA Records is based in Bologna, Italy.

Winter Freeform On WLUW, The Many Dimensions Of IRMA Records, 19 December 2024

Winter Freeform, hosted by DJ Purple (the duke of House)

Club 88'7 (House Music Dance Party), 90's Edition: 8-Hour GARAGE CITY Dedication, as a tribute to Bobby & Steve and the legendary Garage City parties held at Bar Rumba (London). I purposefully selected only the records I have either played, heard or would have expected to hear at the Garage City sets (and guest sets from GC residents spinning at other venues such as the equally legendary 'Social Intercourse' parties at Celebreties in Newmarket). The tracks are from 1991 (the birth of Garage City) through 1999.

Winter Freeform, 90's Edition 8 - Hour GARAGE CITY Dedication 4 January 2025

In My Soul (snippet)

Laces - Original mix - Aidan

Work in progress DM if interested in adding it to your label.

DJ Going Crazy - Original mix -  Aidan

This is a House4Healing set devoted to the Lion's portal frequencies

House4Healing Awakenthelioness

Black Beat Nike, Melodious Fonk, Harold Mathews J. , Big Ed, LSD Project

WEAA88.9FM The Friday Night Dance Party Harold Mathews Jr. Celebration of Life & Song 8-8-25

Here'z another dope mixtape by Mickey 'Mixin' Oliver of Chicago'z Hot Mix 5 DJ Crew. My brother takes it everywhere here!! From Underground House 2 Acid House 2 Latin Hip Hop/Freestyle 2 Detroit Techno 2 Industrial & so on. It'z a mini-mix but Mickey all dance muzik genres of tha time.
Most def non stop hot jointz!!

Manny Cuevas
aka
DJ M-TRAXXX
aka
Professor Jack-Traxxx


Psalms 150=Thee Truth 

Manny Cuevas'z Tapez

Mickey 'Mixin' Oliver - Power 107.5 FM WGCI Mini-Mix 1988' (Manny'z Tapez)

For RA.1000, we take it back to the source with two never-before-heard tapes from Frankie Knuckles's private collection

There is no house music without Frankie Knuckles, literally or figuratively. The queer icon's luxurious DJ sets at Chicago's Warehouse gave a rising movement its name. From there, countless offshoots splintered and travelled the globe. But what did the genesis and growth of the sound really feel like?

The Godfather of House left behind not only timeless records, but personalised cassettes with hand-drawn liner notes handed out to friends and family. Two of those, dated to 1989 and 1996, have been digitised especially for RA.1000. (Thank you to the Frankie Knuckles Foundation.)

To put that in context: the first tape predates not only many of today's active clubbers, but the entire existence of jungle, drum & bass, UK garage, French touch, Jersey club, Afrobeats, IDM, baile funk, hardcore, footwork, dubstep, dub techno, tech house, breaks, minimal, maximal, gqom, gabber, grime and hyperpop.

In short… that's a very, very long time ago. The world of dance music was much smaller. DJ culture was functionally unrecognisable from the one we see in 2025. 

And yet, to some degree, what you'll hear on RA.1000 hasn't changed at all. It's a capture of not only what made Frankie Knuckles one of the beloved pioneers of first-generation dance music, but what draws people to club culture in the first place.

The mood on these Frankie Knuckles sets outlasts even its creator: a spirit of optimism that floods the world's best dance floors and keeps dance music pulsing on into the future, nearly 40 years later, in spite of it all. We end our 1000th mix celebrations here because it all starts there.

Find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1018. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Frankie Knuckles

Recorded Live from WEAA 88.9FM In Baltimore MD USA

Winter Freeform On WLUW, The Many Dimensions Of IRMA Records, 19 December 2024

Reginald L. Davenport

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