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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

why are all the heart emojis located so far away

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

2 years

every club should have free water.

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

remember entering a dark foggy club so fucking thrilling

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frankie

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4 years

good morning the techno industry has failed its black pioneers, it’s black history and black artists.

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4 years

i want to rave again just not with racists

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4 years

there is a rave shaped hole in my heart

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

sooo i wrote about the disturbing way business techno has persevered in this time and how it’s a byproduct of white supremacy and capitalism.

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frankie

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5 years

my new crush has 54 ig followers how hot is that

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frankie

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5 years

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

anyway abusers are professionals at performing not being an abuser

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5 years

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5 years

whats the white person version of wakanda

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

published in my first book 🤩

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

i hate doing video but this is ok lol

HuffPost UK

@HuffPostUK

4 years

“Techno and house is music of Black origin; it's really important that people know this.” @dwellerforever , the festival started by @frankiefatgold as a reaction to the “white-dominated techno industry”. #Techno #House #Detroit #Chicago #DJ

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

circulating this idea that people are over it feels very inaccurate to me there were 25k marching in just manhattan yesterday. from my perspective momentum has been building not dwindling.

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@CrocodileCam

4 years

Soooo BLM got a week of attention and y’all over it now? Getting those cops charged was only one part to a significantly larger plan. Please don’t stop. Please don’t quit. Keep fighting, keep signing, keep donating

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

white people in techno can’t admit their part in its racist erasure because to do that would mean to relinquish their power, mobility, money and control of the scene. thats literally the reason.

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@frankiefatgold

5 years

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

i think there’s a pressure as an artist to appear booked n busy cos if you’re not booked n busy people won’t believe you’re an artist

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

there’s no defense for a 100% white techno festival line up without sounding like a racist so either give it up or be racist lmao

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

"i hope you've been staying positive and testing negative" plz don't email me this ever again

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

fire your graphic designer

Tomorrowland

@tomorrowland

5 years

For the love of music… Discover the Full Line-Up for Tomorrowland 2020

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

why does trauma take so long to process can we wrap this shit up my god

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

I just got off the phone with John in regards to bossa, he told me the fire was above bossa, bossa didn’t burn but the water damage and the damage to the whole building means it won’t be opening for a very long time and may not reopen at all but still figuring this out.

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

school is in session

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

can you speak on our “how women can survive in the music industry panel” we can’t pay you tho

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

death to all white techno line-ups

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

out here reminding white people where the fuck techno and house came from

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

we were so honored to book the legendary k-hand for our first discwoman party in detroit in 2015, she showed us such grace as newbies to the scene. a certified icon whose contribution to electronic music cannot be understated, rip to the first lady of detroit xoxo

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

🌪🌪🌪

Black Artists Pioneered Electronic Music. This Festival Celebrates Them. (Published 2022)

The founder of the Dweller festival, now in its third year in New York, started the event to center Black D.J.s and producers, “and imagine what we want.”

www.nytimes.com

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

anyway please book/support/promote black artists they should be getting paid more than this person

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

this shit makes me so depressed and makes me want to stop. what the fuck is the point is standing up for anything, when someone being offensive only gets rewarded. fuck u guys

Mixmag

@Mixmag

5 years

It's been a belter of a year. Here are the DJs who defined 2019.

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

this piece is actually so powerful, must read folks

Dance Music Pioneer Kevin Saunderson: The Scene Is Still Failing Black Artists

In an interview with Billboard, electronic music pioneer Kevin Saunderson discusses racial disparity in the U.S. dance scene.

www.billboard.com

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

8 years

be the techno DJ you wanna see in the world

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

I’m absolutely fine with being called a racist by people who have no idea what racism is lmao

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

6 years

so many assholes abusers shitty people get booked and you’re worried a woman might be getting a booking because she’s woman lol

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

the audacity of white people doing follow up emails this week "did you see my last message" "yes bitch, did you see the news?"

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

im fucking dying jeff mills reposted the dweller article 😳 @drmathys_ @_Axm3d

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

Thanks for everyone who’s said such sweet things, as i was on the edge of a cliff. I’m not even joking. Writing this helped a lot. Feel free to share wherever.

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

“we’re all to blame for britney” lol no we’re not

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

it’s actually bonkers to think about how lana del rey felt her only use for her platform -in a pandemic disproportionately affecting black people- was to ask people to recognize her white fragile existence

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

6 years

big part of throwing parties is watching no one come to them it’s a right of passage

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

2 years

i love a look-down-at-the-decks-but-never-look-up-dj

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

2 years

not this white dude at berghain coming up to me and saying “your melanin is poppin” yeah no shit lmao

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

just want to feel sexy and go to a rave

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

not pictures of the 6 black people you book every year lmao

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

an unimaginable ripple of grief throughout the scene today, pouring one out, sending love and hugs to all today. rip sophie xoxo

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

nonblack people if you wanna post a thirst trap go ahead but there’s no need to try and tie the caption in with the black lives matter movement haha

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

how does men saying “i knew he was like this ” help anyone

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

reading about 90s nyc under giuliani and this statistic reveals the disturbing escalation thats led to our current police state

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

the irony of having a safer space policy at a plague rave lmao

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

yeah seems like the right time to ask a bunch of white djs about techno...this scene is so fucking clapped i swear

Telekom Electronic Beats

@EBnet

4 years

Everyone's favorite show, #EBTV 's Blind Test, is back. Next Tuesday, catch @NinaKraviz , Héctor Oaks, @FJAAK , @jennifercardini , @MarcelDettmann , and @DaxJ put their '90s techno knowledge to the test. #ElectronicBeats

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

your festival has 5 black artists our festival has 35 we’re not the same

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

celebrities be like "i stand with humanity" and humanity is the fascists

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

can we just hang out for a living

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

1 year

Had the honor of interviewing Jeff Mills for @dkmntl . One of the most profound parts was asking Jeff about how he feels being considered a legend, reiterating no matter how much success you experience as a Black artist, racism is a constant. Read:

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

staying on this white industry’s neck, latest by me @dwellerforever

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@frankiefatgold

4 years

@nthnashma you know blm is doing something right when you have scrape the barrel this hard for an opposing take

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

2 years

someone handed me a water as I was crying in Berlin is it fucked up to be like can i have sparkling

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

kanye gonna pop up at a rave anyday now

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

jesus christ she’s not dead for fuck’s sake

Amber Tamblyn

@ambertamblyn

5 years

To the people who fought for Elizabeth Warren, most especially the women and young girls out there, a reminder: You owe no one anything right now. Allow yourself the space to grieve, and be angry, and be numb. Take the time. Take all of it that you need.

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

@NinaKraviz lol ok Nina you’re in over your head, please read a book

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

amelie beginning her covid rave post with “after almost 5 months of being home...” as if that’s some kind of sacrifice...with the amount of money you make you could easily sacrifice 5 more

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

we’d really love for you to write something for black history month deadline is in 5 minutes

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

capitalizing off of racism by creating a “fuck the bpm police” shirt in the middle of a fuck-the-actual-racist-police-because-they’re-killing-black-people movement whewww

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

7 years

The Cabaret Law is being repealed. I’m in a state of shock and euphoria 😭❤️😩🙌🏾 @danceliberation #NYCwilldance 💃🏾🗽

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

sorry i love psytrance

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

talking with cnn and vanity fair tomorrow about to drop @ of some of you snakes

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

it’s so silly that there’s kings and queens and princes and princesses lmao grow up

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

my heart is full, thank you 4 the love <333

Dweller Festival Is Forging the Future of Black Electronic Music

The New York fest’s founder talks about setting music history straight, fighting against tokenism, and the power of Black joy.

pitchfork.com

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

2 years

copped a scarf from them a couple weeks ago :)

Lil Uzi Hurt 🥺

@lostblackboy

2 years

Wikipedia should stop begging for $2 every month and just start selling merch. Gen-Z kids and 40-year-old creative directors who want to look cool would make them rich forever.

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

@NinaKraviz i can’t believe you’re actually going to the extent of co-opting the experience of racism as a way of deflecting a discussion about white privilege. as a black person who’d been a supporter of yours, this is sad. luckily for you, your yes fans will make you think this is ok

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

i hate this

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

6 years

it’s so hard finding different ways to write about techno like it bangs what else does it do

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

3 years

playing my first ever dj set tonight !!!

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

i hate that lil miquela shit jus needed to say it out loud

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

2 years

“are you available to dj today we have no equipment” an email someone decided to press send on

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

did not foresee this week going like this lmao but I have to say the weaponization of the word bullying by people of very big ages is a remarkable silencing tactic

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@frankiefatgold

5 years

i went to buy a slice of cake and the cashier said “we actually don’t sell slices anymore we sell cake in mason jars which are on the shelf behind you”...brooklyn needs to be stopped

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

in this industry you have legendary producers who can hide their abusiveness in their success, clout and supporters or underground label head/promoters who can hide their abusiveness in community, progressiveness and obscurity.

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

what is really the point of a panel if privileged white men don't leave the panel feeling worse than when it started lol

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

6 years

when in doubt release your own music

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

tbt to when shyboi, akua and i were at berghain and this white woman with braids said to us “are we in the same gang?” she then tried to apologize after but messaged the wrong black person 💀

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

Constructively speaking, i feel like a lot of these clubs/promoters/festivals would benefit from grappling with their own events. We have time, so as an exercise go over the line ups you’ve booked and see if the amount of black artists you’ve booked is acceptable or embarrassing.

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

2 years

closing chapters is as important as opening them, thank you for riding through this storm with us xoxo

discwoman

@DISCWOMANNYC

2 years

thank you for 8 years of Discwoman. we've experienced more thru this project than we could've imagined. we're evolving away from the platform of Discwoman to focus solely on the agency & roster talent at @dwartists . ty for all the love & support over the yrs. AMPLIFY EACH OTHER

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@frankiefatgold

5 years

to have a black man publicly absolve the government’s neglect of its most vulnerable communities by stating black/latino people just aren’t healthy is so calculated, disgusting and racist.

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

today is my grandma’s 90th birthday she’s been quarantining alone in the Bronx this entire time so was super emotional to see but couldn’t stay a long time. so happy she’s still here and was able to ask why my dress was so short and wtf my tattoos were about haha ❤️🇯🇲

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@frankiefatgold

4 years

at the end of the day no one is stopping you from playing any unmasked undistanced party you want to play, i know you want return to the privilege of playing business techno in peace, but you can’t sincerely expect people shut up and stop being critical and concerned about safety

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

I wrote something about this weekend that i wanted to share. I didn’t take any pictures during the whole of @dwellerforever lol cos I looked I was dying half the time so this is me before five days of raving lmao.

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

but the amount of money you have is literally the problem

Kylie Jenner

@KylieJenner

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i can name a list of 100 things more important right now than fixating on how much money i have

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

no offense but i personally hate this hyper-intellectualized discussion of the future of music

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

if you think im getting into twitter combat over the origins of techno you are very mistaken so please take your white-canadian-founder theory elsewhere :*

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

fact mag’s new logo says business techno matters lmao

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@frankiefatgold

4 years

my mum likely contracted covid (she will be fine) from her husband who won’t get paid if he’s not physically at work and can’t not work because there’s no financial support, so it spreads. the magnitude of this government’s failure is so fucking grim and depraved.

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

5 years

btw being in quarantine and being in prison is not the same thing

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

i don’t know why anyone would bother try and preserve industry relationships as there won’t be much of one left so you may as well fight for someone other than yourself

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frankie

@frankiefatgold

4 years

they don’t make track names like they used to