Frankie Bones on Discogs

More Images

Frankie Bones

Real Name:
Frank Mitchell
Profile:
American DJ and producer, instrumental in popularising the Techno genre in Europe.
Born In 1966 and brother of Adam X

started DJing in Brooklyn NYC after working for 4 months at Apexton Records, in the pressing plant and in A&R for their label, Underworld Records.

Big break in his career was when he became a DJ at "Energy" (The Eclipse) raves in the UK.
Sites:
sonicgroove.com, Bandcamp, bandsintown.com, Facebook, Facebook, instagram.com, SoundCloud, frankiebones.tumblr.com, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, hearthis.at
Aliases:
Bone-1, Bonesbreaks, Escape From Brooklyn, Frankie Goes To Brooklyn, Frankie Mitchell, Ghettoblaster, Lake Eerie, The Break Boys, Tribal Rhythm
Variations:
Viewing All | Frankie Bones
[a2742]

Artist


Marketplace 12,471 For Sale

Vinyl and CD
Data Quality
  • Correct
  • Needs
    major
  • Changes
    minor
  • New
  • Updated

Albums
AP 135 Frankie Bones - Volume 2 (Raw Beats For D.J.'s) album art Frankie "Bones"* Presents Bonesbreaks Frankie "Bones"* Presents Bonesbreaks - Volume 2 (Raw Beats For D.J.'s) ‎(LP) Underworld Records AP 135 US 1988 Sell This Version
AP 136 Frankie Bones - Volume 3 (Dope Breaks For D.J.'s) album art Frankie "Bones"* Presents Bonesbreaks Frankie "Bones"* Presents Bonesbreaks - Volume 3 (Dope Breaks For D.J.'s) Underworld Records AP 136 US 1989 Sell This Version
NG-023 Frankie Bones - Looney Tunes - Volume One album art Frankie Bones, Lenny Dee Frankie Bones, Lenny Dee - Looney Tunes - Volume One (EP) Nu Groove Records NG-023 US 1989 Sell This Version
AP 144 Frankie Bones - Volume 5 (The Original Raw & Raunchy Beats For DJ's) album art Frankie "Bones"* Presents Bonesbreaks Frankie "Bones"* Presents Bonesbreaks - Volume 5 (The Original Raw & Raunchy Beats For DJ's) Underworld Records AP 144 US 1990 Sell This Version
BBR-1000 Frankie Bones - Volume 4 (More Filthy, Dirty Breaks For DJ's) album art Frankie "Bones"* Presents Bonesbreaks Frankie "Bones"* Presents Bonesbreaks - Volume 4 (More Filthy, Dirty Breaks For DJ's) (Album) Breaking Bones Records BBR-1000 US 1990 Sell This Version
NG-050 Frankie Bones - Looney Tunes II album art Frankie Bones & Lenny Dee Frankie Bones & Lenny Dee - Looney Tunes II (EP) Nu Groove Records NG-050 US 1990 Sell This Version
TX 5034 Frankie Bones - Bone Up! album art Frankie Bones Bone Up! Trax Records TX 5034 US 1995 Sell This Version
U9601 Frankie Bones - Bonesbreaks Volume 11 - Raw Beats For D.J.'s album art Frankie Bones Bonesbreaks Volume 11 - Raw Beats For D.J.'s ‎(LP, Gre) Underworld Records U9601 US 1996 Sell This Version
none Frankie Bones Limited Edition Live Mix - Nov 2000 ‎(CDr, Ltd, Mixed, Promo) Moonshine Music none US 2000 Sell This Version
FB321 Frankie Bones - 5 Drum Machines, 4 Effect Processors, 3 Samplers, 2 Turntables, and 1 Mixer : Future Concepts in Underground Invention album art Frankie Bones 5 Drum Machines, 4 Effect Processors, 3 Samplers, 2 Turntables, and 1 Mixer : Future Concepts in Underground Invention ‎(Cass) Sonic Groove FB321 US 2001 Sell This Version
PROXCD3 Frankie Bones - The Thin Line Between Fantasy & Reality album art Frankie Bones The Thin Line Between Fantasy & Reality (Album) Pro-Jex PROXCD3 UK 2002 Sell This Version
SER 6007 Frankie Bones - Army Of One album art Frankie Bones Army Of One (Album) System Recordings SER 6007 US 2002 Sell This Version
SYS1055-2 Frankie Bones - Act Like You Know album art Frankie Bones Act Like You Know ‎(CD, Mixed) System Recordings SYS1055-2 US 2005 Sell This Version
RA.EX272 Frankie Bones - RA.EX272 Frankie Bones album art Frankie Bones RA.EX272 Frankie Bones ‎(File, MP3, 320) Resident Advisor RA.EX272 UK 2015

Singles & EPs
BBR-400 Frankie Bones - Call It Techno album art Frankie Bones Call It Techno (EP) Breaking Bones Records BBR-400 US 1989 Sell This Version
XLT 5 CD Frankie Bones - Just As Long As I Got You album art Frankie "Bones"* & Lenny "Dee"* Frankie "Bones"* & Lenny "Dee"* - Just As Long As I Got You (EP, Single) XL Recordings XLT 5 CD UK 1989 Sell This Version
DD 2 Frankie Bones - Drumdrops Vol. 2 (Essential Break Beats & Loops) album art Frankie Bones & Lenny Dee Frankie Bones & Lenny Dee - Drumdrops Vol. 2 (Essential Break Beats & Loops) ‎(12") Big Break DD 2 US 1989 Sell This Version
X-001 Frankie Bones - Call It Techno (Remixes) album art Frankie Bones Call It Techno (Remixes) X Records (14), X Records (14) X-001 US 1990 Sell This Version
FABU 007 Frankie Bones - Crossbones E.P. album art Adam X & Frankie Bones Adam X & Frankie Bones - Crossbones E.P. (EP) Fabulous Music UK FABU 007 UK 1991 Sell This Version
GWR 001 Frankie Bones - Bonesbreaks Volume 6 - A New Generation Of Rhythms & Breaks For DJ's album art Frankie Bones Bonesbreaks Volume 6 - A New Generation Of Rhythms & Breaks For DJ's Groove World Records America GWR 001 US 1992 Sell This Version
FABU 009 Frankie Bones - Trapezoid album art Frankie Bones Trapezoid Fabulous Music UK FABU 009 UK 1992 Sell This Version
Bonesbreaks #8 Frankie Bones - Bonesbreaks Volume 8 album art Frankie Bones Bonesbreaks Volume 8 ‎(12", EP) Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp. Bonesbreaks #8 USA & Canada 1992 Sell This Version
GWR 004 Frankie Bones - We Can Do This album art Frankie Bones We Can Do This Groove World Records America GWR 004 US 1993 Sell This Version
GWR 006 Frankie Bones - Bonesbreaks 7 (The Progressive Vibe E.P.) album art Frankie Bones Bonesbreaks 7 (The Progressive Vibe E.P.) (EP) Groove World Records America GWR 006 US 1993 Sell This Version
FABU 020T Frankie Bones - Thunderground E.P. album art DJ Frankie Bones* Thunderground E.P. (EP) Fabulous Music UK FABU 020T UK 1993 Sell This Version

Reviews Show All 12 Reviews

Add Review

MISTER_DIA-TRIBE_73

MISTER_DIA-TRIBE_73

May 12, 2021
Frankie Bones gets a flight over to here the UK at a perfect time of total uncertainty within the UK... 1988 he produced a breakbeat track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj0wR-k9aLU&t=4s
BONESBREAKS BACARDI 151 BEATS.... Is this the first real breakbeat that the UK heard and influenced them to start the sound of hardcore....? In some ways yes in the context of Jungle Funk Breakbeat by 'In The Jungle Groove] James Brown... Pills were here and it scared the weed-smoking and alcohol community at first (levels of history here) especially the UK Hip Hop community.. Suddenly what we thought as a movement that could properly publicize the untruths suddenly got flooded with ecstasy unrealities... Due to certain difficulties with my family at 16, I decided to try out this 'rave'? Now I was a hardcore B-Boy Hip Hopper since 81 (79 Rappers Delight never impressed me) and then suddenly I experience a shining of ecstasy on the dancefloors... Black white gypsy homeless inner city or the carrot crunchy side were suddenly in one zone... Ecstasy....
Breakbeats to other music without the rap made some sort of sense... Hip Hop in the US was getting either angry or stoned and within the UK we were stoned and angry to ...But this wonder drug suddenly created love and peace and some bad returns to...

Anyway back to this particular track... Breakbeat dreams of a further future beyond that... ;)

To be continued.......
Reply Notify me Helpful
BillyJohnston

BillyJohnston

July 23, 2017
edited over 3 years ago
Most vinyl DJ's in the know with time under their belt have Bones records in their bag. Tracks, edits, & RMX's with his name that get the dance floor moving. Some of his live mix tapes/cd releases are the best around if you like high energy. One thing is for sure his skills can't be denied! LEGEND..In the 90's he played everywhere, and I couldn't understand his recent loss of popularity & bookings in the 2000's. I actually prefer his techno/house stuff over the breakbeat stuff he released, but that is just me. I sometimes wondered if that is kind of what isolated him in the end. Sometimes the breakbeat crowd can be very boxed in as a genre(meaning Breaks DJ's don't really care for Techno or House styles much) I personally like all types of music, but break beat parties only play Broken beat music & that style has loss popularity too. Anyway, Weather it was straight beat or broken beat it was high quality releases from Frankie Bones non the less. Not what is around now days... People today release tracks that are not even mastered or mixed right. It's a shame! Hope to see Bones return to the stage again. PLUR
Reply Notify me 9 Helpful
djfrankiebones

djfrankiebones

February 24, 2016
I appreciate all the comments below. Somewhere in the past five years I got steamrolled by an onslaught of new talent which has turned this scene into a giant global phenomenon. But it's not over yet. Prepare for the next phase of this operation. New things are in the works.
Reply  See 5 replies Notify me 40 Helpful
mandlefonk

mandlefonk

May 18, 2013
A dj legend statues will be made of this man.
Reply Notify me 4 Helpful
3v3ts

3v3ts

May 12, 2010
seen , Frankie Bones is the originator of the North American rave scene, the man that started it all, the greatest, the be all and end all as far as I'm concerned , the producer AND the DJ that got me into this music and STILL the greatest 20 years after I first heard his shit. long live Frankie Bones !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply Notify me 6 Helpful
Tranceform8tion

Tranceform8tion

March 1, 2010
How is there not a review for this man? Thats like not having a review for Babe Ruth! This man is one of new yorks greats and is purely legendary. He is the godfather of the rave scene! From breakbeat to acid, from hip house to techno there is no denying this mans contributions to the techno scene! Not many can boast his resume! One of the few to have underground and commercial success and rightfully so!
From classics like bonebreaks to the hits of his collaberation with Lenny Dee (Looney Tunes) to the founder of one of the great labels (Sonic Groove) and the many CLASS mixed CDs which he has blessed us with over the years! Words cant express this man in simplistic form! He is a legend with a true love for the music! Frankie is techno! I wish we had more like him with that fire! Instead we are saturated with watered down no less then crappy acts such as Deadmau5 and all clones like him...... You want honest techno? Then why settle for imatations when you can have the real thing? Thank you Mr. Bones! I don't know what life would be like what out you!
Reply  See 1 reply Notify me 11 Helpful

Lists Add to List

View More Lists →

Videos (121) Edit