ʻO Larry Levan he kāne male kāne me nā ʻano transvestite. ʻAʻole kēia i hoʻōki iā ia mai ka lilo ʻana i hoʻokahi o nā DJ ʻAmelika maikaʻi loa, ma hope o kāna hana 10 makahiki ma ka hui Paradise Garage.
He lehulehu ka poʻe hahai iā Levan i kapa haʻaheo iā lākou iho he mau haumāna. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke hoʻokolohua me nā mele hula e like me Larry. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā mīkini pahu a me nā synthesizer i kāna mau hana.
ʻO nā makahiki kula paʻakikī ʻo Larry Levan
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Larry Levan i ka makahiki 1954 ma Brooklyn. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma kahi haukapila Iudaio. Ma waho aʻe o ka DJ e hiki mai ana, ua ulu ʻo Isaac lāua ʻo Minnie i ka ʻohana o Lawrence Philpot. He mau māhoe ke kaikunāne a me ke kaikuahine o ka hōkū e hiki mai ana.
I kona wā kamaliʻi, loaʻa i ke keiki nā pilikia olakino. Ma muli o ka maʻi puʻuwai a me ka hānō, make pinepine ʻo Larry i nā hola kula. Akā, ua aʻo maikaʻi ʻo ia, ʻoi aku ka hoihoi i ka makemakika a me ka physics. No laila, ua maopopo i nā kumu he mea maikaʻi kona e hiki mai ana ma ke ʻano he mea inventor.
Ua makemake ko Levan makuahine i ka blues a me ka jazz. ʻO kahi keiki mai ka makahiki 3 i hoʻohuli manuahi i ka mea pāʻani a hoʻolohe i nā moʻolelo. Hula hauʻoli ʻo ia a me kona makua i ke mele mele.
I ka hopena o nā makahiki 60, haʻalele ka hapa nui o ka poʻe keʻokeʻo i ka ʻāina ʻo Flatbush. A ua hoʻomāʻewaʻewa ʻole ka poʻe ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i ka hope o nā Mohicans. Ma Erasmus Hall, ua hoʻopilikia pinepine ʻia ʻo Larry ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua hoʻomaloʻo ka ʻōpio i kona lauoho ʻalani ʻalani, ʻoiai he 10 mau makahiki i koe ma mua o ka hānau ʻana o ka punk rock.
I ka hopena, ʻaʻole hiki i ka ʻilihune ke kū a haʻalele i ke kula. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e pāʻani kinipōpō ma Harlem a hana i ka hapa manawa ma ke ʻano he humuhumu. ʻO ia ka manawa i kamaʻilio maikaʻi ai ʻo Levan me ka mea hoʻolālā Frankie Knuckles. Me ia no ka manawa lōʻihi ua hiki ʻole ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia a hoʻomālamalama ʻia i nā pāʻina.
ʻO ke Alanui ʻo Larry Levan i Kaulana
ʻO kahi hihia me ka hippie DJ ʻo David Mancuso i noʻonoʻo ai ʻo Larry Levan e hana i nā mele e pau ʻole. ʻO David ka mea i hoʻolauna i ka hōkū e hiki mai ana i ka moʻomeheu hula ma lalo o Manhattan.
ʻO Mancuso ka mea nona kahi hui liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kāne i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ma laila, akā ʻaʻole nā mea āpau, akā ma nā makana kūikawā. Ma The Loft, ua mālama wale ʻia nā malihini i ka punch, nā huaʻai a me nā mea ʻono. A kani ke mele no ka hula i ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻōnaehana kani hou.
Ua ʻākoakoa ʻia i loko o kahi hui elite ka hapa nui o nā kāne keʻokeʻo waiwai o ka ʻano kuʻuna ʻole. Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻo Mancuso iā lākou me nā mele "ʻeleʻele", āna i aloha ai.
Ma 1971, loaʻa iā Knuckles kahi hana ma ke ʻano he DJ ma Better Days. A lilo ʻo Larry i ʻenekinia kukui ma Continental Baths. ʻElua mau pule i ʻae ʻia ʻo ia e pāʻani ma ke ʻano he hana wehe no kahi DJ kaulana. Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kānāwai, ua hoʻomaka ka ʻike ʻana o nā hui pili wahine e like me nā halo ma hope o ka ua.
ʻO ke ola hui ʻo Larry Levan
Noho ʻo Levan i loko o nā "Baths". Aia kekahi wai ʻauʻau a me kahi sauna no nā kāne kāne. I nā hopena pule, ua ʻae ʻia ka poʻe pololei e kipa i ka disco, ʻoiai hiki i nā malihini ke hele i ka papahele hula me nā kāwele.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua lilo ʻo Larry Levan i hōkū ma Paradise Garage, akā ʻaʻole ia i poina i kahi o kāna ʻōpio hakakā. No ka laʻana, ma SoHo Place ua komo ʻo ia i ke kahua kalapu ma ke ʻano o kahi diva. Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Levan i ka ʻauʻau, ua pani kona hoa ʻo Frankie i kona wahi.
Ma ka Garage, i hana ʻia ma New York mai 1977-1987, ua hoʻāʻo manuahi ʻo Larry. Ma laila ʻo ia i hana ai ma ke ʻano he mea hana a me remixer i ka manawa like. Me ka haʻalele ʻole ʻana i ka ʻuhane o lalo o ka disco, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kahi lewa i loko o ka hui i pule aku ai ka poʻe hele ʻahaʻaina iā ia e like me ke Akua. Ua manaʻo ʻia ka ʻōnaehana kani ʻo Garage ka mea maikaʻi loa no ka manawa lōʻihi, a ua lawe nā hui he nui i kumu. ʻO ke ʻano mele i hana ʻia e DJ Levan i kapa ʻia ʻo Paradise Garage. ʻO kāna mau hui hui i hoʻokō pinepine i ka piko o nā papa mele.
Ma ka waena o 80s, ua hoʻomaka ka AIDS e huhū ma waena o nā malihini kipa Garage. Ua lilo ʻo Levan i mea hoʻohui i nā lāʻau hallucinogenic a me ka heroin a ua kokoke loa i nā transvestites. I loko o kāna mau mele i kēia manawa, ke lohe ʻia nei nā leo kipi o ka hale ʻo Chicago a me ka hip-hop.
Rollback i ka poina
I Kepakemapa 1987, ua mālama ʻia kahi pāʻina aloha ma ka Garage, kahi i kau ʻia no 48 mau hola. Ma hope koke iho, ua make ʻo Brody nona ka hui no ka pilikia mai ka maʻi AIDS. Pīhoihoi ʻo Larry Levan i kēia lono. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua maopopo iā ia he mea paʻakikī iā ia ke loaʻa kahi hana hou a me ka ʻike me ka mea hana.
Ua ʻōlelo mau ʻo Brody e mau ana nā ʻōnaehana o ke kani a me ka mālamalama ma hope o kona make ʻana me Levan. Akā, e like me ka palapala kauoha, ua hāʻawi lākou i ka makuahine o ka mea nona ka lāʻau. Ua lohe ʻia ʻaʻole makemake ka mea aloha hope loa iā Larry. No laila, ua hoʻohuli ʻo ia i ka mea nona ka lāʻau e hana i kēia iā ia.
Haʻalele ʻia me ka ʻole o ke ola, ua koi ʻia ʻo Levan e kūʻai aku i nā moʻolelo e hoʻonui i ke kālā no ka hopena aʻe. Ua kūʻai nui ʻia lākou e nā hoaaloha o ka DJ, me ke aloha i kona pōʻino.
Ua hōʻole ʻia ʻo Larry Levan ma ʻAmelika, akā aloha ʻia ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua. I ka makahiki 1991 ua noho ʻo ia i 3 mau mahina ma ʻEnelani. Ma laila ʻo ia i hana ai i nā remixes no ka hale kalapu ʻo Ministry of Sound a kōkua i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā mea kani. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua holo maikaʻi ʻo ia i Iapana. Ma hope o kēlā, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hoʻopau i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Ma ka Land of the Rising Sun, ua ʻeha ka DJ, no laila ua mālama ʻia ʻo ia i ka haukapila i kona hoʻi ʻana i New York. Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, ua hoʻopau hou ʻo Levan i ka haukapila i ʻekolu lā ma hope. A ma ka lā 8 o Nowemapa, 1992, ua hala ʻo ia. Ua make ʻo Larry Levan i ka maʻi puʻuwai.
