The ‘godfather of house’, Fankie Knuckles has announced he is going to release a double complation album on NocturnalGroove. The album tells us exactly where he is at musically. We were already excited about the prospect of a new Frankie Knuckles release and then we received the following quote… now we can hardly wait! Heres what he had to say:
“Every project pretty much started out as a remix on spec or a simple collaboration or production request. All of these tunes were beginning to get a lot of notice everywhere I was playing and before I knew it I had enough material to make an album. I had so many strong songs in my arsenal we decided this compilation should reflect exactly where I am at musically right now and pull all these productions together in one place.”– Frankie Knuckles
Preview one of the tracks from the release below:
This new compilation album is split into two moods. ‘The Classic Side’ (CD1) is full of tracks that are reminiscent of the halcyon days of house music back in the early ’90s, including Frankie’s own celebrated re-work of “The Whistle Song” under his Directors Cut moniker along with long time production partner and house stalwart Eric Kupper. Here you will also find a plethora of genre defining tracks like “Fable” (Lil Louis) and “Worthy” (Richard Earnshaw feat. Jocelyn Brown).
‘The Soultronic Side’ (CD 2) brings it all forward, fusing soulful sounds from Inaya Day & Robin S. (“Right Now”) with newcomers such as Colton Ford (“Let Me Live Again”) and young producers and remixers like Rober Gaez and Belocca & Soneec. Finally, let’s not forget the legendary ONO (Yoko Ono) who plays her part in the story with “I’m Movin’ On”.
The album also includes an impressive array of exclusives cutsfrom the likes of Sybil (“Let Yourself Go”), Kenny Summit and Yasmeen (“Loving You”), Inaya Day and Robin S. (“Right Now”) and Director’s Cut new remix on The Shapeshifters & C-Dock (“Nothing But Love For You”).
‘Tales From Beyond The Tone Arm’ is released on November 12th2012