Larry Levan akanga ari ngochani pachena ane maitiro ekuita transvestite. Izvi hazvina kumudzivisa kuti ave mumwe wevakanakisisa veAmerica DJs, mushure mekushanda kwake kwemakore gumi pachikwata cheParadhiso Garage.
Levan aive nemhomho yevateveri vaizviti vadzidzi vake. Mushure mezvose, hapana aigona kuedza nemimhanzi yekutamba saLarry. Akashandisa michina yemadhiramu uye masynthesizer muzvigadzirwa zvake.
Makore akaoma echikoro Larry Levan
Larry Levan akaberekwa muna 1954 muBrooklyn. Akaberekerwa muchipatara chechiJudha. Mukuwedzera kune ramangwana DJ, Isaac naMinnie vakakurira mumhuri yaLawrence Philpot. Mukoma nehanzvadzi yeramangwana nyeredzi vaiva mapatya.
Somwana, mukomana wacho aiva nezvinetso zvoutano. Nekuda kwechirwere chemoyo uye asima, Larry aiwanzofenda panguva yechikoro. Asi akadzidza zvakanaka zvakadaro, kunyanya kuratidza kufarira masvomhu nefizikisi. Saka vadzidzisi vaive nechokwadi chekuti aive neramangwana rakanaka semuvambi.
Amai vaLevan vaifarira zveblues nejazz. Mwana kubva pazera re3 akasununguka akavhura mutambi uye akateerera marekodhi. Iye nemubereki wake vakatamba vachifara vachiridza mutinhimira.
Mukupera kwema60, vachena vazhinji vakasiya nzvimbo yeFlatbush. Uye veAfrica veAmerica vakaseka vasina tsitsi vekupedzisira veMohicans. KuErasmus Hall, Larry aigara achinetswa kupfuura vamwe. Mushure mezvose, wechidiki akadhayira bvudzi rake rakajeka orenji, kunyangwe makore gumi asara pasati pazvarwa punk rock.
Pakupedzisira, murombo wacho akatadza kutsungirira ndokusiya chikoro. Akatanga kutamba bhora muHarlem uye akashanda chikamu-nguva semusoni. Yakanga iri panguva iyi apo kusangana kwaLevan kunotyisa nemugadziri Frankie Knuckles kwakaitika. Naye kwenguva yakareba vakanga vasingaparadzanisiki uye vakavhenekera pamwe chete pamapati.
Nzira yaLarry Levan kune mukurumbira
Kushamwaridzana ne hippie DJ David Mancuso akaita Larry Levan kufunga nezvekugadzira mimhanzi isingamboregi. Aive David uyo akaunza nyeredzi yeramangwana kune yepasi pevhu yekutamba tsika pakati peguta reManhattan.
Mancuso ndiye aive muridzi wekamba kadiki diki. Kazhinji ngochani dzakaungana ipapo, asi kwete ese, asi pazvipo zvakakosha. MuThe Loft, vashanyi vaingoitirwa punch, michero nemasiwiti. Uye mimhanzi yekutamba yakanzwika mukugadziriswa kwegudzanzwi remazuva ano.
Vakaungana muchikwata chevakuru vazhinji varume vachena vakapfuma vasina tsika. Mancuso akavatambira nerupo nenziyo "yeblack", iyo yaaingoinamata.
Muna 1971, Knuckles akawana basa saDJ paMazuva Arinani. Uye Larry akava injiniya wekuvhenekesa kuContinental Baths. Kaviri pavhiki akabvumirwa kutamba sechiito chekuvhura kune akakurumbira DJ. Mushure mekusununguka kwemutemo, makirabhu epabonde ekufarira akatanga kutaridzika sehowa mushure mekunaya.
Hupenyu hwekirabhu Larry Levan
Levan aigara mu "Mabhati" akaora. Paiva ne swimming pool ne sauna yengochani. Pakupera kwevhiki, vanhu vakananga vaibvumirwa kushanyira disco, kunyange zvazvo vashanyi vaigona kuenda kudhindindi chaiko vakapfeka matauro.
Zvechokwadi, Larry Levan akava nyeredzi muParadhiso Garage, asi haana kumbokanganwa nzvimbo yehuduku hwake hwekurwa. Semuenzaniso, muSoHo Place akapinda muchikwata chechikwata nenzira ye diva. Mushure mokunge Levan abva kuBhati, shamwari yake Frankie akatora nzvimbo yake.
PaGarage, iyo yaishanda muNew York kubva muna 1977-1987, Larry akaedza akasununguka. Ikoko akashanda semugadziri uye remix panguva imwe chete. Asina kubva kumweya wepasi pevhu wedhisiko, akaita kuti pave nemamiriro ezvinhu mukirabhu zvokuti vaienda kumapati vakanyengetera kwaari sokuna Mwari. Iyo Garage sound system yaionekwa seyakanakisa kwenguva yakareba, uye makirabhu mazhinji gare gare akaitora sehwaro. Mhando yemimhanzi yakagadzirwa naDJ Levan yainzi Paradhiso Garage. Vasanganisi vake vaiwanzoita kusvika pamusoro pemachati emimhanzi.
Pakati pema80, AIDS yakatanga kupararira pakati pevashanyi veGarage. Levan akapindwa muropa nemishonga inonzi hallucinogenic neheroin uye kunyanya akava pedyo neve transvestites. Munziyo dzake panguva ino, manzwi ekupandukira eChicago house uye hip-hop ari kuwedzera kunzwika.
Kudzokera mukukanganwa
MunaSeptember 1987, paGarage pakaitwa mutambo wekuonekana, uyo wakatora maawa makumi mana nemasere. Nguva pfupi yapfuura, muridzi wekirabhu Brody akafa nedambudziko reAIDS. Larry Levan akashamiswa nemashoko aya. Mushure mezvose, ainyatsonzwisisa kuti zvingava zvakaoma kuti awane basa idzva uye kunzwisisa nemushandirwi.
Brody aigara achitaura kuti hurongwa hwezwi uye chiedza mushure mekufa kwake hucharamba huri naLevan. Asi, maererano nechido chemukuru, vakapfuura kuna amai vemuridzi wekirabhu. Paiva nerunyerekupe rwekuti mudiwa wekupedzisira wemurume uyu aisada Larry. Nokudaro, akanyengetedza muridzi wekirabhu kuti amuitire izvi.
Akasiiwa asina chokurarama nacho, Levan akamanikidzwa kutengesa marekodhi kuti awane mari yemutengo unotevera. Vainyanya kutengwa neshamwari dzaDJ, vachimunzwira tsitsi nenhamo yake.
Larry Levan akarambwa muAmerica, asi akadiwa mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzenyika. Muna 1991 akapedza mwedzi mitatu ari muEngland. Ikoko akaitira maremixes eMinistry of Sound nightclub uye akabatsira kugadzira gudzanzwi. Kwapera gore, akabudirira kuenda kuJapan. Pashure paizvozvo, akatosarudza kurega kupindwa muropa nezvinodhaka.
MuNyika yeZuva Rinokwira, DJ akakuvara, saka akaiswa muchipatara paakadzokera kuNew York. Pashure pokunge abudiswa, Levan akazopindazve muchipatara mazuva matatu gare gare. Uye pana November 8, 1992, akanga aenda. Larry Levan akafa nekushaya simba kwemoyo.
