Film streaming service The Criterion Channel has linked up with New York festival dweller to spotlight a collection of films that celebrate the Black roots...
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The festival and online platform has also unveiled a limited release of cheaper tickets for February events ahead of its main event line-up announcement
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Released 40 years ago, Talking Heads’ fifth album was a firm fixture in Larry Levan’s tastemaking Paradise Garage record bag. A stone-cold new wave disco classic filled with now-iconic hits, it spread through New York’s clubs like wildfire. Here, Ben Cardew learns how ‘Speaking In Tongues’ enshrined one of the era’s least classifiable bands on dancefloors forever
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Göttsching's minimalist solo LP 'E2-E4' was famously played at full-length by Larry Levan at Paradise Garage
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Bill Bernstein dedicated three years of his life to capturing the essence of the ‘70s New York disco scene. Here, Simon Doherty talks to him about some of his most iconic photographs, including images of Studio 54, Larry Levan, Odyssey Disco Club Dancefloor — made famous by Saturday Night Fever in 1977 — and more
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Run-DMC, Grandmaster Flash, Larry Levan, more feature in new exhibition on early ‘80s New York music
From CBGB and the last days of disco to formative era house music and hip hop
Run-DMC, Grandmaster Flash, Larry Levan and more feature in a new exhibition on early ‘80s New York music, which opened Friday 11th June.
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The documentary about the late New York City clubbing legend is available online
A new documentary about Larry Levan and Paradise Garage is available to watch online now.
Resident DJ at New York's Paradise Garage for a decade...
The piece will be open to the public for three days in November, inside a former brothel...
DJ Harvey has soundtracked a new audio-visual installation heading to London in the coming weeks, which includes rare footage from New York's legendary venue, Paradise Garage...
A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...
We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...
The legendary NYC nightclub will be the subject of a new film...
Legendary NYC nightclub Paradise Garage is to be the subject of an upcoming film production. The movie’s website describes it as “the story of Larry...
Ministry hosts official Paradise Garage HIV fundraiser
On Sunday 30th November, coinciding with World AIDS Day (December 1st), A Night In Paradise will bring the spirit of the infamous New...
Campaign to have a street named after the legendary Paradise Garage spinner
A street party took place last night in New York City that was the latest step in a campaign to get a street in the...