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RELOADING LEVAN Cat oading RE evan L'1 de desembre de 2013, el Comitè 1er de Desembre, Miqui Puig NIT i altres grans figures de la música barcelonina, fan un segon L homenatge a aquest primer gran mestre de la IV VERMELLA música disco, house i garatge. Reloading Levan QUAN? ON? 01/12/2013 La Boîte Barcelona 4ª Nit Vermella DES DE LES 21:30* LA RAMBLA 33 - METRO LICEU *OBERT AL PÚBLIC GENERAL DES DE LES 00:30 HORES Larry Levan ha estat el dj més identitat personal sense tabús, a més Scott (2004), amb artistes de la talla llegendari de la història de la nit de reforçar locals marcadament de Donna Summer o Bee Gees.Una neoyorkina, amb més de 10 anys al homosexuals amb el seu treball com figura que qualsevol amant de la capdavant de la cabina del que s'ha “Continental Baths” a New York. música electrònica, té l'obligació de denominat el primer club modern de mantenir en el seu record, perquè la història, el mític Paradise Garatge. Entre les produccions que tenen el gràcies a ell avui dia tots nosaltres El primer club que sense pudor va toc mestre de Levan, podem escoltar podem gaudir del que algun visionari enfocar tota la seva programació i la el remix d'Ain't Nothin' Goin On But com Larry Levan ens va regalar. seva manera d'entendre la nit en The Rent" de Gwen Guthrie, ballar i que durant anys va ser "Heartbeat" de Taana Gardner, i ELS ORÍGENS D’UN CLÀSSIC: ratificat per les seves sessions "Don't Make Me Wait" de the Peech EL GARAGE STYLE “Saturday Mass”. Boys, grup fundat pel mateix Levan i que es va convertir en New York City L'estil únic i eclèctic de música disco Un gran nombre de djs i productors Peech Boys, quan van ser amenaçats i dance que es punxava en el Garage actuals encara marquen Larry Levan pels Beach Boys que prendrien va fer sorgir noms per descriure-la com el precursor amb el seu so i accions legals contra ells per la com a "garage", "garage style" i amb el seu canvi de mentalitat, i com similitud del nom. "garage classic". Quan el terme la inspiració principal de la resta de "música garage" és utilitzat per les seves vides musicals, donant a la La reobertura de la productora West referir-se al Paradise Garage, no vol figura de Larry el caràcter de Mestre i End Records, nascuda de les goles dir només música house, encara que Mític, com es pot observar al film del Paradise Garage, han donat al algunes cançons de house es poden documental Mestre, en què es parla món l'oportunitat de tornar a considerar clàssics de garage. dels principis de la música de ball en recordar aquest geni amb el seu la gran Illa. De fet, un dels seus sistema de punxar, a més d'un La música house va néixer gràcies al deixebles, François Kevorkian, va ser recopilatori dels seus treball com a DJ d'house del Garage Larry Levan i el primer productor que va afegir productor. El setembre del 2004, altres contemporanis seus com seqüències eclèctiques al so disco Larry Levan va ser el primer dj inclòs Frankie Knuckles i Nicky Siano. per donar el que avui coneixem com en Dance Music Hall of Fame, una Aquests disc joqueis tocaven tota a house. Levan a més va ser el aposta del veterà Dave Grass, per mena de música, sempre que fos mentor de Frankie Knuckles, reconèixer els professionals de la ballable. Així, al Paradise Garage era precursor de la sala Waterhouse de música de ball i que és seleccionat possible escoltar The Clash i The Chicago. Levan, a més, reconegut per artistes de tot el món de Police al costat d'artistes de disco homosexual, va lluitar pels drets dels l'electrònica, i que fins ara tradicionals com Gwen Guthrie i gais al llarg de tota la seva vida, comparteix amb John Jellybean Sylvester. Levan és recordat per la apostant per sessions Benitez (2005), Francois Kevorkian seva habilitat per escollir i tocar multidisciplinàries en les quals tota (2005) Frankie Knuckles diferents discos de diferents gèneres mena de gent gaudia de la seva (2005),David Mancuso (2004) i Tee musicals i fer que encaixessin. 1 El terme "garage" ha canviat de El Paradise Garage (en català, significat a través del temps. Un literalment "Garatge Paradisíac") va exemple és l'accepció UK ser una discoteca nord-americana que garage, referida a un altre estil va tenir un impacte significatiu en la de música. cultura gai i de club moderna, així com en el desenvolupament de la Del llibre ‘Last Night A DJ música electrònica de ball i el pop. Va Saved My Life’ ser fundada per Michael Brody, el 4ª NIT VERMELLA seu únic propietari, i estava localitzada “Irònicament, la majoria de en el 84 de King Street, al barri clubs d'avui dia no són capaços d'Hudson Square de Nova York. En va de separar un bon DJ d'un de operar des de 1977 1987 i va ser la dolent. residència habitual del DJ Larry Levan. El seu nom deriva dels seus El regne cultura de club, amb els orígens com a “pàrquing”. El model de seus desarrelats esportistes de negoci del Paradise Garage marca i els seus conjunts de s'inspirava en les Loft parties convidats de dues hores, ha organitzades per David Mancuso: no criat ballarins amb una capacitat RELOADING LEVAN se servia alcohol, no hi havien parades d'atenció dolorosament curta. de menjar o de beguda, i el club no s'obria al públic en general. Les nostres pistes de ball poden posar les mans en l'aire per una mescla tècnica intel·ligent o un canvi de ritme ràpid i fonamental, Lamentablement, en aquests dies la minuts, ni tampoc remixos estesos, o però són en gran manera immunes a majoria de nosaltres només volem pistes de cops mínims, sense intros tot el que pren una mica més de pagar els diners i obtenir una solució fàcils de barrejar. Els registres eran temps per aconseguir construir un immediata per ballar. fets amb tambors en viu, amb tempos ritme, un estat d'ánim, una amb freqüències violentament exploració. Som feliços d'“encendre'ns” per vacil·lants, i -majoritàriament- manipulació de drogues i del pop tota mostres de velocitat fixa presos del la nit. És estrany avui dia trobar un DJ món de la ràdio. prou valent com per prendre a una multitud des de baix i cap a a dalt i Un DJ com Levan va desenvolupar les viceversa, o que captivi les emocions respostes a totes les restriccions més complexes. inimaginables. A Nova York, un petit grup d'exploradors va treballar ... Quan es troba un DJ disposat a fer profundament per rescatar la música alguna cosa més que unir un munt de ballable de totes les fonts que van “d'èxit segurs”, saludeu-lo. Estrenyeu poder trobar, i distorsionant, la seva mà. manipulant i estenent ritmes fins que l'energia exigia qui ballava gastar una Larry Levan va ser DJ va haver de suar quota important de les seves per guanyar-se la vida. Quan va energies. En fer-ho, van forjar l'art començar en 1971, les cançons dels del DJ, pioner de gairebé tot el que discos havien de ser desenterrats els DJs fan avui. Clubs com Arthur, minuciosament i els singles, canviats Santuari, Salvation, The Loft i The cada tres minuts. Hi havia només un Gallery, DJs com Terry Noel, Francis “El manifest era la grapat de discos editats cada Grasso, David Mancuso, Nicky Siano, música. L'amor és el setmana i gairebé a tots ells es Michael Cappello i Steve D' Acquisto dirigien a la ràdio o eren per “escoltar van construir un nou món, el món de missatge” a casa”. No hi havia dubs de deu la música i de ball que hem heretat. Set gegants... El Comitè 1er de Desembre CESAR DE MELERO rep suport de: DJ2D2 una gran MR. DOMINGO (Finlandia club) KOSMOS (Tracy-Nitsa) NIT TELEXKETCH (Legionarios del Disco) ABU SOU (Discos Paradiso – ScannerFm ) MIQUI PUIG DJ (LAV records) VERMELLA 2.
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