PRODUCTION CATALOG

Frankie Knuckles "A New Reality" transpired as a reflection of his touring, and the transformation he felt post 9/11. The observations around the globe, peoples need to party & enjoy life, their need to escape, and also connect with other. Knuckles has taken that global information and created a mixture of house and soulful R&B. Knuckles brings back his team Engineer Dave Sussman along with arranger Danny Madden, programmers and Keyboard players Eric Kupper, Alex Schantez, and Peter "Ski" Schwartz for strings. Nicki Richards, known by superstars from Janet Jackson to Sting as the girl to get on backing vocals is featured on tracks such as "Matter of Time", "Journey", "I’ve Had Enough", "The Bumpkin Song (Gimme Gimme)". To take you further on this Journey thorough time you will find "Hit the Flo", co written and engineered by Satoshi Tomiie, which features CeCe Rogers on vocals.

The first single "Bac N da Day" is the first time Knuckles and Jamie Principle have collaborated in almost 20 years and is mixed by the Cleptomaniacs, Brian Tappert and John Julius Knight. To round out this package, Knuckles has discovered yet another new talent in Japan piano player/ writer Daisuke, who wrote and performed the track "Emotional Energy". The album is full of surprises and will appeal to lovers of Dance and Electronic as well as R&B!

-- Amazon.com

Producer Frankie Knuckles uses many different dance concepts to vary the attack on his second album for Virgin, including the singles "Whadda U Want (From Me)" and the number one dance hit "Too Many Fish."

John Bush, All Music Guide

Spreading his fingers over the history of electronic dance music, from the '70s to the '90s, Frankie Knuckles mixed a solid collection of tracks, definitely focused more on contemporary house but also stretching back to the heyday of disco and jazz-funk. Frankie Knuckles ably sprinkles George Duke's "I Want You for Myself," Candido's Latin classic "Thousand Finger Man," Billy Ocean's "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)," even a song from ex-Time singer Alexander O'Neal. While the first disc concentrates more on the old school of dance, the second captures the house scene of the early '90s with tracks from Soul II Soul ("Back to Life"), Lisa Stansfield ("Set Your Loving Free"), Jestofunk ("I'm Gonna Love You"), and Donell Rush ("Symphony").

- John Bush, All Music Guide

Though Frankie Knuckles has been preaching the gospel of house since the dawn of the '80s, his mixing (on record) has never sounded as exuberant and excited as on . Ever the dancefloor veteran, Knuckles eases listeners in with a mid-tempo instrumental (his own "Keep on Movin'"), then hits that other level with a mini-set of testifying vocal tracks featuring Annette Taylor ("Faith"), Urban Blues Project with Michael Proctor ("Deliver Me"), BOP with SuSu Bobien ("All Through Me"), and Shernette May ("Alright With Me"). The latter half is just slightly less uplifting (but not a comedown by any means), with still more joyous tracks and effortless transitions. Knuckles sticks mostly to new tracks -- the only ones more than two years old are a pair of his own productions, plus Kerri Chandler's classic "Hallelujah" -- but finds that old religion easily, preaching from the DJ booth like no other mixer. In fact, it only takes a single listen to prove the wisdom of what Knuckles says in the liners: "This album isn't about religion but about belief."

- John Bush, All Music Guide

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