Name: RA.169 Frankie Knuckles by Resident Advisor
Duration: 1 h 34 s
Description: The "Godfather of House" mixes up this week's RA podcast.

this does something happy to me .such a comfort.i miss long late nights with house music.you cannot recreate what it once was is the mistake we make i guess

Never can't stop the house music🎶🕺🥰✌️

This is one of those sets that make you recall how much you love House music

Dekmantel Festival 2024

Ron Trent at Dekmantel Festival 2024

HUNEE live from Giant Steps at GALA'22. 

A precious recording lifted from our archives ahead of Ten Years of GALA.

HUNEE live from GALA'22

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

RÜFÜS DU SOL - FIRE DESIRE (SANNTÉ REMIX)

Valerio Gabrielli_ Echoes

This week on the pod: A mix straight from Chicago's Boompty HeadQuarters by Derrick Carter.

RA.124 Derrick Carter

Motor City Drum Ensemble shows his love for Detroit and Chicago on this week's RA podcast with a mix of smooth house and disco.

RA.132 Motor City Drum Ensemble

The "Godfather of House" mixes up this week's RA podcast.

RA.169 Frankie Knuckles

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A very special 40th episode showcases arguably one of the best triple packs every released, especially considering it was relatively early in the timeline of mix cd history (1996). It features selections from Derrick Carter, Andrew Weatherall and Back to Basic's resident, Ralph Lawson.

We originally featured this CD in the early days of The Classic Mix CD Series, when it was recommended by Shindig's Scott Bradford as his most influential piece in his collection.

So it's fitting, that after more shouts out to use it from everyone on Facebook, that we feature all 3 discs for the 400th episode celebration. Thanks to everyone for getting involved all of the plays and positive messages.

Can me make it 500!?

Back to Basics: Cut the Crap

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041 - Back to Basics 'Cut the Crap' - Andrew Weatherall / Disc 2 (1996)

musclecars Live from Mister Sunday at Nowadays.

musclecars Live from Mister Sunday at Nowadays: November 10th, 2019

Mike Huckaby performing at [KONTROL], an influential monthly party series that ran from 2005-2012 in San Francisco.  Recorded live at SF's legendary club The Endup on Saturday, August 1st, 2009. 

REST IN PEACE, HUCK.

thank you for the music, thank you for your service, and thank you for leading by example. you made this world a better place. you will be dearly missed, and never forgotten. <3

RA.169 Frankie Knuckles

Resident Advisor

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