goodbye frankie knuckles (electronic music wasn't all made in academies)

frankie knuckles passed away today at the shockingly early age of 59. his place as a pioneer of electronic music can not be under estimated. the work he and other early house djs put into creating the sound of electronic dance music has shaped all genres of electronic music in one way or another.

in addition it is worth remembering that their music created a safe scene for queer people of colour and helped shape the wider queer scene.

goodbye frankie.

and as a special bonus here's larry levan's spiritually uplifting remix of 'aint to mountain high enough.'

as long as we have a soul there will always be house and garage