Larry Levan anali gay poyera ndi zizolowezi za transvestite. Izi sizinamulepheretse kukhala mmodzi wa DJs abwino kwambiri a ku America, pambuyo pa ntchito yake ya zaka 10 ku gulu la Paradise Garage.
Levan anali ndi unyinji wa omtsatira amene modzikuza amadzitcha ophunzira ake. Ndipotu, palibe amene akanatha kuyesa nyimbo zovina monga Larry. Anagwiritsa ntchito makina a ng'oma ndi synthesizer pazopanga zake.
Zaka zovuta sukulu Larry Levan
Larry Levan anabadwa mu 1954 ku Brooklyn. Iye anabadwira m’chipatala chachiyuda. Kuwonjezera pa DJ wamtsogolo, Isaac ndi Minnie anakulira m'banja la Lawrence Philpot. Mchimwene ndi mlongo wa nyenyezi yamtsogolo anali mapasa.
Ali mwana, mnyamatayo anali ndi matenda. Chifukwa cha matenda a mtima ndi mphumu, Larry nthawi zambiri ankakomoka pa nthawi ya sukulu. Koma anaphunzirabe bwino, makamaka kusonyeza chidwi ndi masamu ndi physics. Chotero aphunzitsiwo anali otsimikiza kuti iye anali ndi tsogolo labwino monga wotulukira zinthu.
Amayi a Levan ankakonda nyimbo za blues ndi jazi. Mwana kuyambira zaka 3 anatsegula momasuka wosewera mpira ndikumvetsera zolemba. Iye ndi kholo lake anavina mosangalala ndi nyimbo za rhythmic.
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 60, azungu ambiri adachoka kudera la Flatbush. Ndipo Afirika Achimereka mopanda chifundo adanyoza omaliza a Mohicans. Ku Erasmus Hall, Larry ankazunzidwa kaŵirikaŵiri kuposa ena. Kupatula apo, wachinyamatayo adapaka tsitsi lake lalalanje, ngakhale kuti panali zaka 10 asanabadwe kwa punk rock.
Pamapeto pake, wosaukayo sanapirire ndipo anasiya sukulu. Anayamba kusewera mpira ku Harlem ndipo amagwira ntchito kwanthawi yochepa ngati telala. Inali nthawi imeneyi pamene Levan anakumana ndi mlengi Frankie Knuckles. Ndi iye kwa nthawi yaitali iwo anali osalekanitsidwa ndi kuyatsa pamodzi pa maphwando.
Larry Levan's Road to Fame
Chibwenzi ndi hippie DJ David Mancuso chinapangitsa Larry Levan kuganiza za kupanga nyimbo zomwe sizingayime. Anali David yemwe adayambitsa nyenyezi yamtsogolo ku chikhalidwe chovina mobisa pakati pa Manhattan.
Mancuso anali mwini kalabu yaing'ono yachinsinsi. Ambiri ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha amasonkhana kumeneko, koma osati onse, koma pazopereka zapadera. Ku The Loft, alendo amangopatsidwa nkhonya, zipatso ndi maswiti. Ndipo nyimbo zovina zinkamveka pokonza makina amakono a mawu.
Anasonkhanitsidwa mu kalabu osankhika ambiri azungu olemera osakhala achikhalidwe. Mancuso adawalandira mowolowa manja ndi nyimbo "zakuda", zomwe adangokonda.
Mu 1971, Knuckles adapeza ntchito ngati DJ ku Better Days. Ndipo Larry adakhala injiniya wowunikira ku Continental Baths. Kawiri pa sabata adaloledwa kusewera ngati ntchito yotsegulira DJ wotchuka. Pambuyo pa kumasulidwa kwa malamulo, magulu ogonana okondana anayamba kuoneka ngati bowa pambuyo pa mvula.
Moyo wa Club Larry Levan
Levan ankakhala mu "Mabafa" oipa. Panali dziwe losambira komanso sauna yochitira anthu ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha. Loweruka ndi Lamlungu, anthu olunjika ankaloledwa kuyendera disco, ngakhale kuti alendo ankatha kupita kumalo ovina atavala matawulo.
Inde, Larry Levan anakhala nyenyezi mu Paradise Garage, koma sanaiwale malo a unyamata wake kumenyana. Mwachitsanzo, mu SoHo Place adalowa m'bwalo lamasewera ngati diva. Levan atasiya Masamba, bwenzi lake Frankie adalowa m'malo mwake.
Ku Garage, yomwe inkagwira ntchito ku New York kuyambira 1977-1987, Larry anayesa momasuka. Kumeneko adachita ngati wopanga ndi remix nthawi yomweyo. Popanda kusiya mzimu wachinsinsi wa disco, iye anayambitsa mkhalidwe wotero m’bwalomo kotero kuti opita ku maphwandowo anam’pempherera kwa Mulungu. Makina omveka a Garage ankaonedwa kuti ndi abwino kwambiri kwa nthawi yaitali, ndipo magulu ambiri pambuyo pake adatenga ngati maziko. Mtundu wanyimbo wopangidwa ndi DJ Levan umatchedwa Paradise Garage. Osakaniza ake nthawi zambiri amapita pamwamba pa ma chart a nyimbo.
Chapakati pa zaka za m'ma 80, AIDS inayamba kufalikira pakati pa alendo a Garage. Levan anayamba chizolowezi chogwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo a hallucinogenic ndi heroin ndipo makamaka anakhala pafupi ndi transvestites. M'nyimbo zake panthawiyi, phokoso lopanduka la Chicago house ndi hip-hop likumveka kwambiri.
Bwererani ku kuyiwala
Mu September 1987, phwando lotsazikana linachitika ku Garage, yomwe inapitirira kwa maola 48. Posakhalitsa, mwini kalabu Brody anamwalira ndi matenda a Edzi. Larry Levan anadabwa kwambiri ndi nkhaniyi. Ndipotu, iye anamvetsa bwino kuti zingakhale zovuta kuti apeze ntchito yatsopano ndi kumvetsetsa ndi abwana ake.
Brody nthawi zonse adanena kuti machitidwe a phokoso ndi kuwala pambuyo pa imfa yake adzakhalabe ndi Levan. Koma malinga ndi chifuniro cha mkuluyo, iwo anadutsa kwa mayi wa mwini kalabuyo. Zinamveka kuti wokondedwa womaliza wa mwamunayo sanakonde Larry. Choncho, ananyengerera mwiniwake wa gululo kuti amuchitire izi.
Atasiyidwa wopanda ndalama, Levan adakakamizika kugulitsa zolemba kuti apeze ndalama za mlingo wotsatira. Anagulidwa kwambiri ndi abwenzi a DJ, akumva chisoni ndi tsoka lake.
Larry Levan anakanidwa ku America, koma ankakondedwa m'madera ena a dziko lapansi. Mu 1991 anakhala miyezi 3 ku England. Kumeneko iye ankapanganso nyimbo zina za kalabu ya usiku ya Ministry of Sound ndipo anathandiza kukhazikitsa zokuzira mawu. Patatha chaka chimodzi, adayenda bwino ku Japan. Pambuyo pake, anaganiza zosiya kumwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo.
Ku Land of the Rising Sun, DJ adavulala, kotero adagonekedwa m'chipatala atabwerera ku New York. Atatulutsidwa, Levan anagonekedwanso m’chipatala patatha masiku atatu. Ndipo pa November 8, 1992, iye anali atapita. Larry Levan anamwalira ndi kulephera kwa mtima.
