Frankie Bones

Frankie Bones (real name Frank Mitchell) is an American techno and house music disc jockey from New York City. He is best known for bringing the rave culture to the United States after playing at a hangar party in the UK during 1989.

He got his first inspiration from his father's vast record collection after his father was murdered. Later on, after he had started producing records, he was offered a gig to play for 5,000 people in England on the strength of his compositions. As the event started on August 26, 1989, the projected attendance had gone through the roof and Frankie played for 25,000 people as the sun came up. Being profoundly moved by the experience, he brought it back to Brooklyn with his series of "Storm Raves".

At one of these parties, a fight broke out and Frankie got on a speaker, screaming at the fighters "If you don't start showing some peace, love, and unity, I'll break your fucking faces". With the subsequent discussion of this event on the Usenet newsgroup alt.rave, Respect was added to the three virtues Frankie was speaking of, creating the hippie-esque raver credo of PLUR: Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect.

His brother, Adam X, is a well-known techno DJ and producer. Frankie Bones, Adam X, Heather Heart and others are associated with the record label Sonic Groove. He owned, with Adam and Heather, a record store with the same name as his label at 41 Carmine St in New York City. The shop closed in 2004.

elected discography

ingles

* B2B (12") – ESP-SUN Records
* Dirty Job (12") – X-Sight Records
* High I.Q. (2x10") – Hyperspace
* In The Socket (12") – ESP-SUN Records
* The Candle EP (12") – High Octane Recordings
* The Mutha Fuckin Good Life (12") – Underground Construction
* The Way U Like It (12") – Bellboy Records
* We Call It Tekkno (12") – Bash Again!
* Baseball Fury (12") – Sonic Groove
* Masters Of The Hardgroove (12") – Hard To Swallow
* My House Is Your House (12") – Bash Again!
* Electrophonic (12") – E Series
* Filthy Dirty Animal Crackers (12") – Blueline Music
* Remains 10 (12") – Remains
* The Falcon Has Landed (12") – Hard To Swallow
* The US Ghetto Selecta (12") – Pro-Jex
* Speedometer EP (12") – Synchronicity Recordings

Albums / DJ mixes

* DJ Techno Mix Vol. 1 (CD) – Beast Records
* Global House Culture Vol. 2 (CD) – ESP-SUN Records
* Computer Controlled (CD) – X-Sight Records
* Dance Madness And The Brooklyn Groove (CD) – BMG
* United DJs Of America Vol. 6 - Frankie Bones - Brooklyn, NY (CD) – Moonshine
* Army Of One (CD) – System Recordings
* Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) Prof.File 2: Frankie Bones, Turntable Specialist (CD) (BML) (USA)
* Technolo-G (CD) Roadrunner Records (USA)(1998)
* You Know My Name (CD) Moonshine Music (2000)

External links

* http://www.frankiebones.com – Frankie Bones official homepage
* [http://www.moonshine.com/moonshine/artists/bio.cfm?artist_ID=27 Frankie Bones bio] at Moonshine.com
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Frankie%20Bones Frankie Bones discography] at Discogs.com