On this week’s 6 Mix we were lucky enough to be joined by a genuine legend of dance music, “the Godfather of House”, Frankie Knuckles.

Dave Pearce and Frankie Knuckles, May 2011

In this two hour special for BBC 6 Music, Frankie hooked up with long time DJ buddy Dave Pearce to talk about the origins of house music, the clubbing scene in the New York and Chicago during the late 1980s/early 90s and his remarkable career as a producer and DJ. We also found time to play some of Frankie’s favourite dance tunes, including tracks from Robert Owens, Derrick May, and Alison Limerick.

You can listen again here, and also find out what Dave had to say to The Guardian about the legendary Mr Knuckles here.