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	LarryLevan
		Larry was a shaman who opened a sonic Pandora's box when he D.J.'ed, with all kinds of beautiful, scary and indescribably bizarre sounds careening around the room like spirits flying out of the Ark of the Covenant.
		With Larry at the helm, the Garage embodied all that was beautiful about disco: glamour, unpretentiousness, excitement, hedonism, epiphany through music, fl/white and gay/straight harmony, and the general concept of the dancefloor as family.
		Larry Levan was the ultimate DJ: he didn't just excel at his job, he reinvented the concept of the DJ, blurring the boundaries of music, race, sex, sexuality, and changing thousands of people's perception of music, sound and the world around them.
	www.discomuseum.com /LarryLevan.html (549 words)

	And We Danced - Larry Levan Profile
		Larry Levan and his friend Frankie Knuckles experienced the first rumblings of Disco and what became Dance music as we know it in the early 1970's as precocious teenagers.
		Larry Levan was born Laurence Philpot on July 21, 1954 in Brooklyn.
		Larry Levan embarked on a final tour in 1992 with Francois Kevorkian.
	www.andwedanced.com /djs/levan.htm (1032 words)

	Larry Levan - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: Neglected by many because of his early death and lack of recording, Larry Levan is one of the seminal names in dance music, a legendary inspiration during the 1970s and '80s.
		Levan and engineer Richard Long supervised construction of what has been called the best sound system ever produced, and spent hours before opening each night to make sure that acoustics, speaker placement and atmosphere were perfect.
		Levan returned to the DJing booth on a 1992 trip to Japan with François Kevorkian, though later in the year he died from a congenital heart condition, exacerbated by drug use.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/568/Larry-Levan/1022892.html (648 words)

	Larry Levan
		Larry Levan stands at the crossroads of disco, house and garage.
		Quite a number of today's most successful producers and DJs credit their first exposure to Larry's music at the Paradise Garage as a moment that changed their lives forever and inspired their whole careers.
		Francois K goes so far as to credit Larry with putting the dub aesthetic into dance music and being the first DJ to play a very eclectic and open-minded mix of music.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/la/Larry_Levan.html (98 words)

	Larry Levan Live At The Paradise Garage 1979
		Larry is famous for creating the perfect environment for his guests at the Garage, combining the music with the Garage's legendary sound system and lighting.
		Larry was so careful about his programming that he would only play songs with similar lyrical themes back to back and always put in some sort of break when switching from one lyrical theme to another.
		Larry was instrumental in the creation of modern DJing and DJ culture, and this CD shows just how he did that - by not paying attention to the technical details and always keeping his eye on the big picture.
	www.undergroundfiles.com /garage.html (589 words)

	DJ Babu
		Born in Brooklyn in 1954, Levan got his break in 1972 when the DJ at the club where he worked, the Continental Baths, was sacked.
		What made Larry so special was his understanding of drama and how to create it, with pauses between songs, sound effects or later, with his collaborator on Peech Boys project, Michael DeBenedictus, on live keyboards.
		Larry Levan's physical decline began well before the Garage closed in 1987 and continued as he guested at clubs around NYC and, by that stage, the world.
	www.globaldarkness.com /articles/larry_levan.htm (1030 words)

	Larry Levan Tribute @ Disco-Disco.com
		Larry Levan is one of the true Legends in the DJ culture.
		Larry's very own mixing style, were he used a songs instrumental parts, break beats and accapellas to make completely new "live" remixes of the songs he choose to play, inspired lots of other DJ's to try the same, made the audience go wild and...
		Larry said to me, why don't you write a song about a party in outer space and talk about the characters like they are at the Garage and the Garage is in space and everyone has a membership: you know, Darth, Kirk, Luke, OB1 and everybody.
	www.disco-disco.com /tributes/larry.shtml (4115 words)

	Deep Attitude - Larry Levan Vibe magazine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Larry Levan had come of age during an era in New York nightlife now gone forever, a time of innocent decadence - the pre-AIDS good times, when experimentation with sex and drugs was commonplace.
		Larry Levan was encourage to behave like a spoiled child by the people who surrounded him.
		Larry Levan, too weak to survive an operation, had died of endocarditic, an inflammation of the lining of the heart, that had been exacerbated by the massive amount of illegal pharmaceuticals he habitually snored, smoked, swallowed, and shot up during his lifetime.
	www.deepattitude.com /larry_levan_vibe_magazine.htm (2648 words)

	Larry Levan, 38; His Tastes Shaped Dance-Club Music
		From 1976 to 1987, Levan was the disk jockey at the Paradise Garage on King Street in SoHo, where he had helped design and assemble the award-winning sound system.
		Levan, whose given name was Lawrence Philpot, was born in Brooklyn.
		Levan is survived by his mother, Minnie Levan, his sister, also Minnie Levan, and his brother, Isaac Levan.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/music/111192dj-levan-obit.html (419 words)

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