U-Larry Levan wayengungqingili obala ngokuthambekela kwe-transvestite. Lokhu akuzange kumvimbe ekubeni ngomunye wama-DJs aseMelika angcono kakhulu, ngemuva kokusebenza kwakhe iminyaka engu-10 eqenjini leParadise Garage.
ULevan wayenesixuku sabalandeli ababezibiza ngabafundi bakhe ngokuziqhenya. Phela akekho owayengazama umculo womdanso njengoLarry. Wasebenzisa imishini yezigubhu kanye nama-synthesizer emikhiqizweni yakhe.
Iminyaka yesikole enzima uLarry Levan
ULarry Levan wazalwa ngo-1954 eBrooklyn. Wazalelwa esibhedlela samaJuda. Ngaphandle kwe-DJ yesikhathi esizayo, u-Isaac noMinnie bakhulela emndenini kaLawrence Philpot. Umfowabo nodadewabo wenkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo babengamawele.
Eseyingane, umfana wayenezinkinga zempilo. Ngenxa yesifo senhliziyo nesifuba somoya, uLarry wayevame ukuquleka phakathi namahora esikole. Kodwa wafunda kahle noma kunjalo, ikakhulukazi ebonisa isithakazelo kwizibalo ne-physics. Ngakho othisha babeqiniseka ukuthi wayenekusasa elihle njengomqambi.
Umama kaLevan wayethanda umculo oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ne-jazz. Ingane eneminyaka engu-3 ubudala yavula ngokukhululekile isidlali futhi yalalela amarekhodi. Yena nomzali wakhe badansela umculo onesigqi ngenjabulo.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-60, abantu abamhlophe baphuma kakhulu endaweni yaseFlatbush. Futhi abantu base-Afrika baseMelika bahlekisa ngokungenaluzwela abokugcina kumaMohicans. E-Erasmus Hall, uLarry wayehlukunyezwa kaningi kunabanye. Phela, osemusha wadaya izinwele zakhe ngokugqamile orange, nakuba kwasala okungenani iminyaka engu-10 ngaphambi kokuzalwa punk rock.
Ekugcineni, lo muntu ompofu akakwazanga ukubekezelela futhi wayeka isikole. Waqala ukudlala ibhola eHarlem futhi wasebenza isikhathi esithile njengomthungi. Kwakungalesi sikhathi lapho kwenzeka khona ukujwayelana kukaLevan nomklami uFrankie Knuckles. Naye isikhathi eside bebengahlukani futhi bevutha ndawonye emicimbini.
Indlela kaLarry Levan eya Edumo
Ukuthandana no-DJ we-hippie uDavid Mancuso kwenza uLarry Levan wacabanga ngokwenza umculo ongasoze waphela. KwakunguDavid owethula inkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo esikweni lomdanso ongaphansi komhlaba phakathi nedolobha laseManhattan.
UMancuso ubengumnikazi wekilabhu encane yangasese. Ikakhulukazi izitabane zazibuthana lapho, kodwa hhayi zonke, kodwa ngezipesheli. E-Loft, abavakashi bebaphathwa ngokushaya, izithelo namaswidi kuphela. Futhi umculo wokudansa wawuzwakala ekucubungulweni kwesistimu yomsindo yesimanje.
Babuthelwe ekilabhini ye-elite iningi lamadoda amhlophe acebile anombono ongewona wendabuko. UMancuso ubebahlonipha ngomculo "omnyama", avele awukhonze.
Ngo-1971, u-Knuckles wathola umsebenzi wokuba ngu-DJ e-Better Days. Futhi uLarry waba unjiniyela wokukhanyisa e-Continental Baths. Kabili ngesonto wayevunyelwe ukudlala njengesenzo sokuvula u-DJ odumile. Ngemuva kokukhululeka komthetho, amakilabhu ocansi anentshisekelo aqala ukuvela njengamakhowe ngemuva kwemvula.
Impilo yekilabhu uLarry Levan
U-Levan wayehlala "Emabhathini" awonakele. Kwakukhona ichibi lokubhukuda kanye ne-sauna yezitabane. Ngezimpelasonto, abantu abaqondile babevunyelwa ukuvakashela i-disco, nakuba izivakashi zazikwazi ukuya endaweni yokudansa zifake amathawula.
Yiqiniso, uLarry Levan waba inkanyezi ePharadesi Garage, kodwa akazange akhohlwe indawo yobusha bakhe bokulwa. Isibonelo, e-SoHo Place wangena endaweni yeqembu ngendlela ye-diva. Ngemva kokuba u-Levan eshiye i-Baths, umngane wakhe u-Frankie wathatha indawo yakhe.
Egaraji, elalisebenza eNew York kusukela ngo-1977-1987, uLarry wazama ngokukhululeka. Lapho, wasebenza njengomdidiyeli nomdidiyeli ngesikhathi esifanayo. Ngaphandle kokusuka kumoya womshoshaphansi we-disco, wadala isimo endaweni yokuzijabulisa kangangokuthi ababehambele umcimbi bathandaza kuye ngokuthi kuNkulunkulu. I-Garage sound system yayibhekwa njengengcono kakhulu isikhathi eside, futhi amakilabhu amaningi kamuva ayithatha njengesisekelo. Uhlobo lomculo oludalwe ngu-DJ Levan belubizwa ngeParadise Garage. Abaxube bakhe babevame ukufika phezulu kumashadi omculo.
Maphakathi nawo-80, ingculaza yaqala ukudlondlobala phakathi kwezivakashi zaseGarage. U-Levan waba umlutha wezidakamizwa ze-hallucinogenic ne-heroin futhi ikakhulukazi wasondelana nama-transvestites. Emiculweni yakhe ngalesi sikhathi, imisindo yokuhlubuka ye-Chicago house ne-hip-hop iya ngokuya izwakala.
Buyela emuva ekukhohlweni
Ngo-September 1987, kwaba nephathi yokuvalelisa eGarage, eyadonsa amahora angu-48. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, umnikazi weqembu u-Brody wabulawa izinkinga zengculaza. ULarry Levan ushaqekile ngalezi zindaba. Phela, wayekuqonda kahle ukuthi kwakuyoba nzima kuye ukuthola umsebenzi omusha nokuqonda nomqashi.
U-Brody wayehlale ethi izinhlelo zomsindo nokukhanya ngemva kokufa kwakhe zizohlala noLevan. Kodwa, ngokwencwadi yefa, badlulela kumama womnikazi wekilabhu. Kwaba namahemuhemu ukuthi isithandwa sokugcina sale ndoda sasingamthandi uLarry. Ngakho-ke, wancenga umnikazi weqembu ukuthi enze lokhu kuye.
Eshiywe engenandlela yokuziphilisa, uLevan waphoqeleka ukuthi athengise amarekhodi ukuze aqoqe imali yomthamo olandelayo. Bathengwe kakhulu abangani balo DJ, bezwelana neshwa lakhe.
ULarry Levan wenqatshwa eMelika, kodwa wathandwa kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba. Ngo-1991 wahlala izinyanga ezi-3 eNgilandi. Lapho wenza ama-remix e-Ministry of Sound nightclub futhi wasiza ekusetheni imishini yomsindo. Ngemva konyaka, wavakashela eJapane ngempumelelo. Ngemva kwalokho, waze wanquma ukuhlukana nezidakamizwa.
Ezweni Lelanga Elikhuphukayo, u-DJ walimala, ngakho-ke walaliswa esibhedlela lapho ebuyela eNew York. Ngemva kokukhululwa, uLevan waphinde walala esibhedlela ngemva kwezinsuku ezintathu. Futhi ngo-November 8, 1992, wayengasekho. U-Larry Levan wabulawa ukuhluleka kwenhliziyo.
