Old radio mix set of Bad Boy Bill & Frankie Knuckles (RIP)

Bad Boy Bill ft. Frankie Knuckles - 1985 WBMX Chicago

Julian Jumpin Perez WBMX Chicago Fall 1988

A Chicago Classic mix with the WBMX vibe featuring Chicago House & Italo Disco

WBMX Mix 1

Prom King 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Why Do You Wanna Dance

REMIX 4

Here'z yet another 1 of the tapez from my collection that made it'z roundz. This 1 is special 2 me since my brother Frankie Knuckles signed my copy @ his 'Motivation' Compilation record release party @ Spec's Record Store in South Beach Miami during the WMC 2002'. I was with my sister Maria enjoying Frankie's set & watching people come in & serving the floor like a runway! lol
Man I miss Frankie... His spirit will live on through these mixtapes.

Enjoy,

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


Psalms 150=Jesus Music

Manny Cuevas'z Tapez

Frankie Knuckles Live on 102.7 FM WBMX, Chicago 1986' (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

I just can't enough of our wonderful friend Mr. Frankie Knuckles. I loved a lot of the music he played around 1993. Great remixes by himself along side by his Puerto Rican partner David Morales who made that Def-Mix connection nice & tight.

Enjoy,

Manny Cuevas
aka
DJ M-TRAXXX
aka 
Thee House & Techno Historian > I LIVED IT!!!


Psalms 150

Frankie Knuckles - Hot 97 All Night House Party, NYC 9-11-93' (Manny'z Tapez)

this one means a lot to me and my come up lmk what yall think. stay tuned im dropping almost everyday.

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