Frankie Bones is an American

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 techno

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 and house music

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 disc jockey

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 from New York City

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. He is best known for bringing the rave

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 culture to the United States after playing at a hangar

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 party in the UK

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 during 1989. Frankie Bones, the first American DJ to play these raves, is considered to be 'The Godfather of American Rave Culture'.

He got his first inspiration from his father's vast record collection after his father was murdered. Later on, after he had begun producing records, he was offered a gig to play for 5,000 people in England called "Energy" 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 to 25,000 people while the sun came up. At this event, a fight broke out and Frankie got on a speaker

Loudspeaker

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, 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

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 newsgroup alt.rave, Respect was added to the three virtues Frankie was speaking of, creating the hippie

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-esque raver credo

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 of PLUR

PLUR

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: Peace

Peace

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, Love

Love

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, Unity, and Respect

Respect

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.

Being profoundly moved by the experience, he brought it back to Brooklyn in the form of his series of Storm Raves.
The Storm Raves events began with only a few hundred people in attendance growing to over 5,000 where the likes of Josh Wink, Doc Martin, Sven Vath, DJ Keoki and Richie Hawtin were able to launch their performances into international careers. The Berlin Love Parade, which is generally considered to be the largest rave in the world, named its 1991 and 1992 Parades after well-known compositions by Frankie Bones.

His brother, Adam X (musician), 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 co-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.

Singles

• 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)
• Escape from Brooklyn (CD)
• Factory 303 - Frankie Bones Continuous Mix (2000)

External links

• http://www.frankiebones.com – Frankie Bones official homepage
• Frankie Bones discography at Discogs
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