Biography:
Frankie Bones, often termed the “Godfather” of the rave scene, has spent more than two-thirds of his life devoted to electronic music. He got a start earlier than most; at only eleven years of age Bones had what he deems his first true experience in ‘clubbing.’ Every Saturday from that fateful day in May 1978 until 1982, Bones went to Roll-A-Palace, a rollerskating rink in Brooklyn with a dancefloor and “forward thinking” DJs, as he puts it. “There he learned the basic concepts of how to format music from being a regular patron on a weekly basis.”
By the summer of 1979, at the age of twelve, Bones had already wired two turntables to the same stereo to enable him to start the next record while the one playing faded out. “My father found a box called a 1-4 Audio splitter which was a mixer with four slides marked Audio 1-4 and that was it. The art of mixing came by accident when I took two 45s of “Good Times” and extended the chorus. My BSR turntables had no pitch control so matching the beat of the same song was easy.”
His legendary STORMraves in Brooklyn in the ‘90s have earned him the reputation as a pioneer of rave culture. “Frankie Bones introduced raves…to the east coast by throwing a series of big underground parties.
They were known as the STORMraves. Many promoters give Bones credit as the founding father of raves in America. It was at one of these Storm Raves that Bones gave a very important speech after one of his very powerful sets. He explained what the scene was about and why he had brought it to NY: peace, love, unity, and respect. When he finished everybody in the warehouse waved their hands in the air in complete unity. For many it was the most beautiful speech anyone has ever heard,” says one attendee. From Prodigy to LTJ Bukem to Carl Cox, some of the best talent to emerge in the global scene has attributed Bones as an inspiration.
Playing cutting edge music without gimmicks or limitations, Bones does not follow trends or try to create them. “I do not go for a look or a style,” he says. “Fashion goes in and out of style; passion and dedication never go out of style. I cannot scratch like DJ Craze, cut like Bad Boy Bill, have major backing like Paul Oakenfold or rap like Run DMC, yet every time I start where they finish the crowd response equals or surpasses… How? Why? It is quite simple: “I love what I do and I have loved what I have been doing.”
Electronic Assault Presents: Frankie Bones
August 8th 2009
8pm-3am
All Ages Welcome
The Armory
1801 Fort Campbell Blvd
Clarksville, TN 3704
Main Room:
Jtgroove Vs. DJ Woody (Techno/Minimal)
Donovan Edwards Vs. Obitykenobi (Electro)
Jturn (Hyper J) Vs. St. Jude
Ronin DJ
Saint
Lounge:
MissKai (House)
Adam Wright(Breaks)
Smotherman(Dubstep)
WES ALDEN Vs. Ms. Gina (Ass Shakin Electro)
Elprodukdo (Breaks)
Hemisphere(Electro)
Presale $10/ Advanced $15/ $20 @ the door - presale and advanced tickets available at groovetickets.com
Electronic Assault (Clarksville)
