The Festive Dozen 2014: Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix 2008)

As is so often the way when a legend passes, the weeks and months following the death of house music pioneer Frankie Knuckles back at the end of March saw fresh life return to a lot of the man’s music. With three decades worth of original and remix work out there to be mined and celebrated for years to come, Knuckles’ legacy as the “godfather of house” is well and truly secure.

Of the multitude of remixes to resurface, one of my own favourites, and a track on high rotation during the mid-2014 period was the sublime Knuckles remix of Hercules and Love Affair’s ‘Blind’, which originally surfaced as far back as 2008, but it’s a tune that remains as irresistible today as it was back then …

 

R.I.P Frankie Knuckles

 

 

 

Frankie's Run Down To Philly

As I’ve been doing the Bandcamp download links thing a little bit lately, and since I’ve also started noting the passing of a few musical heroes (I’m all euphoria and light, me), I thought I may as well send some love the way of Frankie Knuckles, another lost earlier this year. I haven’t seen this about very much elsewhere, but it’s a cool funky-arse tribute to the House Music God himself, by a guy called Phil Pagan, and I’m loving it right now … grab it, free etc blah: