Larry Levan ya kasance ɗan luwaɗi ne a fili tare da halayen transvestite. Wannan bai hana shi zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun DJs na Amurka ba, bayan aikinsa na shekaru 10 a kulob din Aljanna Garage.
Levan yana da ɗimbin mabiya waɗanda suke fahariya da kiran kansu almajiransa. Bayan haka, babu wanda zai iya gwada kiɗan rawa kamar Larry. Ya yi amfani da injinan ganga da na'urorin hada-hada a ayyukansa.
Shekarun makaranta masu wahala Larry Levan
An haifi Larry Levan a shekara ta 1954 a Brooklyn. An haife shi a asibitin Yahudawa. Baya ga DJ na gaba, Isaac da Minnie sun girma a cikin dangin Lawrence Philpot. Ɗan'uwa da 'yar'uwar tauraron nan gaba sun kasance tagwaye.
Lokacin yaro, yaron yana da matsalolin lafiya. Saboda cututtukan zuciya da asma, Larry yakan mutu daidai lokacin lokacin makaranta. Amma duk da haka ya yi karatu sosai, musamman yana nuna sha'awar ilimin lissafi da kimiyyar lissafi. Don haka malamai sun tabbata cewa yana da kyakkyawar makoma a matsayin mai ƙirƙira.
Mahaifiyar Levan tana son blues da jazz. Yaro daga shekara 3 ya kunna mai kunnawa kyauta kuma ya saurari bayanai. Ita da iyayenta cikin farin ciki suka yi rawa da kidan raha.
A ƙarshen 60s, yawancin fararen fata sun bar yankin Flatbush. Kuma Baƙin Amurkawa sun yi ba'a na ƙarshe na Mohican. A Erasmus Hall, an tsananta wa Larry sau da yawa fiye da sauran. Bayan haka, matashin ya rina gashin kansa orange mai haske, ko da yake akalla shekaru 10 ya rage kafin haihuwar dutsen punk.
Daga karshe talakan ya kasa jurewa ya bar makaranta. Ya fara buga kwallo a Harlem kuma ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin tela. A wannan lokacin ne babban masaniyar Levan da mai tsara Frankie Knuckles ya faru. Tare da shi sun dade ba su rabu ba kuma suna haskaka tare a wurin bukukuwa.
Hanyar Larry Levan zuwa Fame
Wani al'amari tare da hippie DJ David Mancuso ya sa Larry Levan yayi tunani game da ƙirƙirar kiɗan da ba zai daina ba. David ne ya gabatar da tauraron nan gaba ga al'adun raye-raye na karkashin kasa a tsakiyar garin Manhattan.
Mancuso shi ne mamallakin wani karamin kulob mai zaman kansa. Galibi 'yan luwadi sun taru a wurin, amma ba duka ba, amma akan tayi na musamman. A cikin Loft, an ba baƙi kulawa na musamman don naushi, 'ya'yan itace da kayan zaki. Kuma waƙar rawa ta yi sauti a cikin sarrafa tsarin sauti na zamani.
An taru a cikin babban kulob galibin attajirai farar fata ba na al'ada ba. Mancuso ya yi musu karimci da kiɗan "baƙar fata", wanda kawai ya ƙaunace su.
A 1971, Knuckles ya sami aiki a matsayin DJ a Better Days. Kuma Larry ya zama injiniyan haske a Continental Baths. Sau biyu a mako an ba shi damar yin wasa azaman wasan buɗe ido ga wani sanannen DJ. Bayan liberalization na doka, jima'i clubs na sha'awa sun fara bayyana kamar namomin kaza bayan ruwan sama.
Rayuwar kulob Larry Levan
Levan ya rayu a cikin lalata "Baths". Akwai wurin ninkaya da wurin sauna na 'yan luwadi. A karshen mako, an bar mutane kai tsaye su ziyarci wurin shakatawa, kodayake baƙi za su iya zuwa filin rawa daidai da tawul.
Hakika, Larry Levan ya zama tauraro a cikin Garage Aljanna, amma bai manta da wurin da ya yi fama da matasa. Alal misali, a cikin SoHo Place ya shiga wurin kulob din a cikin nau'i na diva. Bayan Levan ya bar Baths, abokinsa Frankie ya maye gurbinsa.
A Garage, wanda ke aiki a New York daga 1977-1987, Larry yayi gwaji kyauta. A can ya yi aiki a matsayin furodusa da remixer a lokaci guda. Ba tare da ya tashi daga cikin ruhin disco na karkashin kasa ba, ya haifar da yanayi mai kyau a cikin kulob din, har masu halartar bikin suka rika yi masa addu'a yana mai rokon Allah. An yi la'akari da tsarin sauti na Garage mafi kyau na dogon lokaci, kuma yawancin kulake daga baya sun dauki shi a matsayin tushe. Salon kiɗan da DJ Levan ya ƙirƙira ana kiransa Aljanna Garage. Masu hada-hadar sa sukan yi ta zuwa saman ginshiƙi na kiɗan.
A tsakiyar shekarun 80, cutar kanjamau ta fara yin zafi a tsakanin maziyartan Garage. Levan ya zama kamu da magungunan hallucinogenic da tabar heroin kuma musamman ya kasance kusa da transvestites. A cikin waƙarsa a wannan lokacin, ana ƙara jin sautin tawaye na gidan Chicago da hip-hop.
Komawa cikin mantuwa
A watan Satumba na 1987, an yi bikin bankwana a Garage, wanda aka kwashe tsawon sa'o'i 48. Ba da daɗewa ba, mai kulob din Brody ya mutu sakamakon rikice-rikice daga AIDS. Larry Levan ya kadu da wannan labari. Bayan haka, ya fahimci sarai cewa zai yi masa wuya ya sami sabon aiki da fahimtar ma'aikaci.
Brody ko da yaushe ya ce tsarin sauti da haske bayan mutuwarsa za su kasance tare da Levan. Amma, bisa ga wasiyyar jami'in, sun mika wa mahaifiyar mai kulob din. An yi ta yayatawa cewa masoyin mutumin na ƙarshe ba ya son Larry. Don haka sai ya jawo hankalin mai kulob din ya yi masa haka.
Hagu ba tare da abin rayuwa ba, Levan an tilasta masa sayar da bayanan don tara kuɗi don kashi na gaba. Abokan DJ ne suka saye su, suna tausayin rashin sa'ar sa.
An ƙi Larry Levan a Amurka, amma ana so a wasu sassan duniya. A 1991 ya yi watanni 3 a Ingila. A can ya yi remixes ga Ma'aikatar Sauti na dare kuma ya taimaka wajen kafa na'urorin sauti. Bayan shekara guda, ya yi nasarar tafiya Japan. Bayan haka, har ma ya yanke shawarar kawar da jarabar miyagun ƙwayoyi.
A Land of the Rising Sun, DJ ya ji rauni, don haka an kwantar da shi a asibiti bayan ya koma New York. Bayan an sallame shi, Levan ya sake komawa asibiti bayan kwana uku. Kuma a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1992, ya tafi. Larry Levan ya mutu sakamakon raunin zuciya.
