Frankie Knuckles
Simon Witter, Unique, 1987
Eighteen months after it's commercial birth, House Music is getting stronger by the week. On his first trip to England Unique spoke to the scene's single most important artist, Frankie Knuckles, a man who combines the mixing skills of a master craftsman with a knowledge of obscure disco that would send Mastermind into hyperspace.
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