Exclusive interview with Larry Tee, Electroclash Superstar Prepare To Meet Thy
Larry Tee moved to New York 1989 and beginning with its famous fiestas Love Machine, which usually attended models, artists and movie stars such as Sinead, Prince, Deee-lite or New Order, which would take him out with other celebrities and extravagant as RuPaul, Lady Bunny, Amanda Lepore, and Lahoma Van Zandt.
opened in 1992 near Disco 2000 Michael Alig, where he played clubs and other New Yorkers usually like Roxy, The Limelite, Twilo or Palladium. After clicking
house for 10 years, Larry began to get bored with music was when he discovered the first records of Adult and Chicks on Speed, and when he went to a concert Fisherspooner. That gave him his love for music and started looking for New York artists who practice the same style.
Gathering a total of 15 groups, in October 2001 decided to stage an event called Electroclash, where in addition to local artists were present elsewhere as Fischerspooner, Peaches, Chicks on Speed, Adult, Detroit Grand Pubahs, WIT, ARE Weapons, Ladytron DJ Team, DJ Assault, Crossover and Soviet.
happened since then to be surrounded by other artists of the genre: Fischerspooner, Peaches, Chicks on Speed, Felix Da Housecat, WIT, Avenue D, Adult, DJ Hell, Tiga, Bis, Ladytron, Arthur Baker, 2 many DJs, Spalding Rockwell or Detroit Grand Pubahs are some of the tantosque profess and identify with the genre 'electroclash'.
has remixed various artists such as tA.tu, Andrea Doria, Overseer, Melnyk, Erika Jayne, Lauren Flax and has recently released the EP "My Penis" with Perez Hilton and another named Amanda Lepore "My Pussy" and "Let's Make Nasty feat. Roxy Cottontail.
And today we're talking about Larry Tee, why do not you ask it to tell us about some details of his long and fabulous artistic career, because who better than the legendary Larry Tee to talk about the electroclash genre and developments in the last 20 years in the musical electronic scene.
Dinos How did your career as a DJ and producer?
Well, I started playing in a band that produced the first single from B52 and 54 girls and then I started playing as a DJ in a new wave club in Atlanta called 688 ....
What style within the genre of electronic music started playing?
Well, I've always played everything, but at that time was with the new wave, disco, punk, disco punk, electro, rap the gothic smiths and they were very popular!
Can you tell us some classics of house music?
I have a gold record "Gy; sie Woman" a hit in New York and RuPaul Supermodel (his best work), which sold 5 million copies. But I loved the songs crazy as "Divas to the dancefloor" "Cunt", "" Shes Mary Tyler Moore "and" Whore in this house. "
How you had the idea to make the first festival of electroclash? - Well, in 2001 I was really into a lot of electro artists and I was afraid they came to disappear if not not give them a little help ... so I decided to put together a festival called electroclash, and now ehch is in the Oxford English Dictionary now jejejeje, and was one of the biggest shows, a week after 9-11 and we lost $ 80,000 doing this! but it was the best moment of my life! was Fischerspooner, ADULTS, Ladytron, Felix, 2 Many DJs, Erol Lakan, Scissor Sisters, Princess Superstar, Crossover and many more in the second year.
"You have other stage names? I heard that you helped other artists to produce and write songs and not just as Larry Tee accredited Well, I have produced a group of girls called electroclash WIT, which he did very well at that time as well as other songs like "Do I Look Like A Slut" to Avenue D, My Pussy Amanda Lapore and a song for Cazwell and many others ... it's fun, Sean Garrent but who wrote the hit of Usher "Yeah" and Beyoncé's last album, took my song "LICKY" Princess Superstar and made a new song for Rihanna, Shontelle that was all he touched on the radio here this year ... and I have 40% of the publsihing it!
"What new artist do you think will be the boom in the coming years? Oh, god, you can never predict what's coming ... Belgian electro-techo-rave, cosmic disco, indie dance everyone to stay, as well as the new P Diddy DJ ... as guetta, and the Swedish guys ...
is impossible not to ask him something about his big role in the early 90's in New York Club, which occupied a large place in modern clubs rave culture. Tell us about Larry Tee's Celebrity Club experience and Kids Club.
celebrtiy In the club we had a guest star, as Deee-Lite or Diamanda Galás as the host that he got drunk and then poured water on the naked people ... Sounds fun? We play a lot street house as Todd Terry, etc.
" Estaria others ask about how was your relationship with Michael Alig in those days of Kids Club?
When I started working with Michael Alig in the celebrity club, to my great night Love Machine, was nothing more than a big drug addict, but was always a little upset and very mad serving you piss in a bottle of champagne and other things ... but it was not a murderer. I was lucky to clean after Disco 2000, which ended with the help of Narcotics Anonymous, but when he went to jail did not seem to learn something about her experience when I read the letters he sent me so I'm not excited for when the exit ... but I like to go away now, as in London ... but he is lucky to be alive with all the drugs he was getting into ... since all were ...
We want to know the true story of the building and the inspiration behind the song "My Penis" and "My Pussy" with Perez Hilton and Amanda Lepore.
Perez Hilton wanted to post Amanda Lepore "My Pussy" on his blog in which I was contacted by the MP3 ... when you send the suggestion to do something together because you love electro! When it came to tax, he continued, "My Pussy my pussy", so I told him to do "My Penis." We did and everybody likes me ... or who have not yet done ... jejejeje
"Some artists you like now?
- god I love a lot of artists, Siriusmo, Hidden Cameras, Robyn, Kieth and Supabeats, Light Year, Rufus Wainright, In Flagranti, Jonte, Ab Soto, Creep, Alexander Techniue, and Lady Gaga ... ... or the idea of \u200b\u200bLady Gaga ...
and finally want to cite something more to tie the interview, Larry?
Bring me to CHILE! I love CHILE! How does that for a last word?
Larry Tee & Princess Superstar - Licky (Re-Edit Blogula feat. Santigold)