This is probably one of the more essential disco sets you can get. Larry Levan is one of the most famous DJs of all time. Together with Frankie Knuckles, with whom he used to spin at the Continental Baths, Levan is often seen as one of the progenitors of house music, creating a dub-influenced blend of disco, hip-hop, funk, and European synth pop during his infamous sets at the Paradise Garage. I’m not gonna wax nostalgic about Paradise Garage since I was never old enough to visit, safe to say that Levan’s tastes in music were eclectic enough to bring in crowds with a little more color than the superficial, sanitized Studio 54 set, keeping disco where it started: underground. Sadly, his profile waned after the Garage’s closure, though he still made contributions to the ever-evolving club culture, such as designing Ministry of Sound’s sound system in London.
Some of the best songs include “At Midnight” by T Connection, and “Get On The Funk Train,” by Munich Machine, which just sounds like sex (”OK, blow my whistle”).
