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Goodbye Godfather to the
"Nick Gibbs
Frankie Knuckles, known as the “Godfather of House’’ has died at age 59. “It is difficult to imagine Ibiza without house music, and difficult to imagine house music without Frankie Knuckles.” A huge part of the Ibizan success and economy has been built on electronic dance music and Frankie Knuckles is one of the
key pioneers that made it all happen. Knuckles played for the last time at London's Ministry of Sound Saturday. His death is widely reported as being due to a complication arising from type 2 diabetes—but we have seen no official confirmation of the cause. The DJ who is widely credited as one of the founding fathers of electronic dance music, played several times in Ibiza last year including sets at the Ushuaia Tower and Space. Born in the Bronx, Frankie War-
ren Knuckles Jr learned his craft in New York City, where he was mentored by club DJ Larry Levan. His musical innovation developed when he moved to Chicago in the late 70´s where he became resident DJ at the Warehouse Club (from where the term ´house´ music is derived). Disco was on the decline and he pioneered a style of extending soul and R&B records by adding drum machine loops. Knuckles continued to DJ at the Warehouse until 1982, when he opened his own club in Chicago,
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