Archive for April, 2014
[CONTEST] Win Tickets to See Wiley w/ Swindle at The Hoxton TONIGHT (April 2)
[UPDATE: tonight’s show has been CANCELLED until further notice so the contest has been suspended]
Yes, we may have sadly lost the Godfather of House but the Godfather of Grime is playing a special show TONIGHT at the Hoxton here in downtown Toronto. Wanna go? Follow me on twitter at @Stellaskid (so I can DM you in the event that you win) then tweet:
“Hey @Stellaskid: I wanna see at @WileyUpdates TONIGHT (Apr. 2) at @The_Hoxton” [note: you do not need to include the quotes when you tweet the contest message]
I will select a winner (or two) at 6PM. Want more info? CLICK HERE. And as a bonus, check out his most recent single & video, “And Again” featuring God’s Gift which was show shot right here in Toronto too where apparently, Wiley spends a grip of time nowadays (in Scarborough, the “Brooklyn of Toronto” according to Ian Kamau or is it the Harlem??)! Who knew??!
[MP3] R.I.P. Frankie Knuckles, The Godfather of House Music (1955-2014)
When this news came through late Monday night, I was hoping against hope that it was just a bad April Fool’s joke. Wishing that it were but sadly learning that it was not.
Frankie Knuckles was and will forever be a towering legend in not just dance music, but music as a whole, deserving much of the credit for creating what we now know as House music. This is an absolute tragedy. He will be missed.
In tribute here are some tracks that span the arc of his fantastic career: first the seminal house anthem, “Tears” produced with Satoshi Tomiie and featuring the inimitable Robert Owens from 1989, his 1995 remix of Michael Jackson‘s “Rock With You” and from more recently, his remix of Hercules & Love Affair‘s “Blind”, produced at a time (2007) when he thought he was ‘washed up’ and out of fashion in House and EDM circles. The fact that a buzz act like H&LA would chase Knuckles down to remix their music just about says it all as far as his stature, respect and legacy in the game even if he didn’t feel it any more. “So many tears…” is what many of us will be shedding because of this tremendous loss. R.I.P. Frankie….
For more, including some incredible DJ mixes by Frankie Knuckles, go to the Different Kitchen Tumblr page.