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313:, a minimally decorated, members-only dance club (uniquely situated in his home) where "punch, fruit and candy" were served in lieu of alcohol and music was processed by a state-of-the-art sound system. According to the pseudonymous "Apollo," an acquaintance of Levan and Knuckles, "You could only get into the Loft by private invitation. This was not because Mancuso wanted to create an elitist environment; he intentionally wanted to bring together diverse groups of gays who wouldn't ordinarily party together to create a democratic, integrated venue. David was powerfully attracted to black music and culture as well as men, so this Loft party was instrumental in bringing together wealthy, white gay men, many of them music executives, with this black musical dance culture he adored." 1289: 33: 433:. While performing, he began to ensconce himself within a protective entourage of drag queens and younger acolytes. At the Paradise Garage, Levan was described as being "worshipped, almost like a god." As beat-matching and ideological stylistic adherence became the norm among club DJs, Levan's idiosyncratic sets (running the gamut from 349:. Although owner Michael Brody—who employed Levan at the defunct Reade Street in 1976, where he "developed the techniques as well as the sound – the deep, dark bass, the queasy, dubby emotion that he would extract from records – that would make him a legend"—intended to create a downtown facsimile of 472:
The Garage ended its run with a 48-hour-long party in September 1987, weeks before Brody died from AIDS-related complications. The club's closure and Brody's death devastated Levan, who knew that few club owners would tolerate his quirks and drug dependencies. Although Brody had verbally bequeathed
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and upbeat rock and Mancuso's jazz-inflected eclecticism; as with Mancuso, he briefly dated Siano during the epoch. While Knuckles was still trying to make his way in the New York club scene, Levan soon became a popular attraction at venues such as SoHo Place due to his "diva persona," which he had
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threatened a lawsuit due to the similar sound of the name). With a strong gospel tinge in the vocal arrangements and driven by a tinkling piano, the latter song is a quintessential example of his soulful aesthetic. One of the first dance releases to incorporate influences from
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and an appended vocal-only edit, Levan tinkered with the song for nearly a year despite the looming bankruptcy of West End Records. When it was finally released, much of the song's word-of-mouth momentum had been lost, leading it to stall in the lower reaches of the charts.
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from a very young age which would make him prone to fainting in class. Although a fragile young boy, he excelled in math and physics, leaving an impression on his teachers that he would become an inventor one day. He inherited his love for music from his mother who loved
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catering to an upscale white gay clientele, the new venue initially drew an improbable mix of streetwise blacks, Latinos, and punks after a disastrous opening night alienated the target demographic; according to West End Records founder
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Levan was born at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, New York, to Minnie (née Levan) and Lawrence Philpot. He has an older brother Isaac and sister Minnie who are biological twins. He was born with a congenital heart condition and suffered from
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nightclub. To the mutual surprise of both parties, he ended up staying for three months; during this period, he remixed and produced tracks for the club's record label and helped to tune the venue's acclaimed sound system.
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the club's sound and lighting systems to Levan, they were instead left to Brody's mother in his will. This change was reportedly instigated by the late impresario's lover and manager, who reportedly despised Levan.
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Despite protestations and pleas to the Brody family from Mel Cheren, the systems remained in storage as their property. Unable to secure a long-term residency after a stay at the short-lived Choice in the
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Although he was still dependent on heroin, Levan's 1992 tour of Japan garnered gushing accolades in the local press. Encouraged by Cheren, he entered rehab and continued his tentative recording forays.
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alongside DJ/proprietor Richard Vasquez and Joey Llanos, Levan began to sell his valuable records for drug money. Friends like Danny Krivit would buy them back for him out of sympathy.
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following his return to New York. Three days after being released into the care of his mother, he was re-hospitalized at Beth Israel with hemorrhage symptoms. He died, aged 38, of
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Levan informed his mother in June 1992 that he had "lived a good life" and was "ready to die". Having been mildly injured on the Japanese tour, he was voluntarily hospitalized at
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and Levan were lifetime friends who were introduced to each other by a "drag queen called Gerald" when Levan was 15 years old; Levan and Knuckles were both active in the local
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The 2003 documentary Maestro, directed by Josell Ramos, tells the story of the underground dance music movement and the importance of Larry Levan as one of its key figures.
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As the 1990s dawned, Levan was on the brink of a comeback. Dismissed as a relic in New York despite managing occasional appearances at the au courant
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described Levan's final Japanese sets as nostalgic and inspirational, imbued with an air of bittersweetness and closure.
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in his productions and live sets, ushering in an electronic, post-disco sound that presaged the ascendence of
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He became infatuated with an idea of making the "music that would never stop" during a brief affair with
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As the popularity of the Garage soared in the mid-1980s just as many patrons and friends succumbed to
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Open only to a select membership and housed in an otherwise unadorned building on King Street in
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as a dressmaker, where he first became acquainted with fellow designer and lifelong best friend
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Levan's significance to the history of disco music is discussed in Episode 3 of the 2024
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in the 1980s as well, home to the Jersey Sound brand of deep house or garage house.
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often mentioned the club on air and based his playlists around Levan's sets. The
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At the height of the disco boom in 1977, Levan was offered a residency at the
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in Europe and Japan. In 1991, he was brought over to London for a weekend by
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aesthetic into dance music. Along with Kevorkian, Levan experimented with
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Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979
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Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970–1979
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Levan was openly gay. He was previously romantically involved with
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previously developed in the city's notoriously competitive black
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transitioned to a predominantly African-American population amid
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Last Night a DJ Saved my Life: the History of the Disc Jockey
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in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as the neighborhood of
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featured on the free Emancipation podcast (October 2008)
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Impossible Dance: Club Culture and Queer World-Making
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at 6:15 p.m. EST, on Sunday, November 8, 1992.
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Larry Levan, 38; His Tastes Shaped Dance-Club Music
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Index

Levan performing at the Paradise Garage
Paradise Garage
Brooklyn
New York City
Beth Israel Medical Center
Manhattan
New York City
Garage house
club/dance
house
post-disco
DJ
music producer
/ləˈvæn/
lə-VAN
DJ
New York City
night club
Paradise Garage
cult following
Mass
post-disco
François Kevorkian
dub
drum machines
synthesizers
house music
Club Zanzibar
asthma
blues

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