Fake Furs & Plastic Pearls: Andy Warhol of the electronic scene!

Friday 15 October 2010

Andy Warhol of the electronic scene!

Larrys Tee's B-day was all about dancing....and fuck everything! The celebration of the charismatic and irreverent NY's dj was a kind of meeting for many characters of the night as usual! The LFW's photographer Billa photostream was there registering all the weird and freak styles.. Same as me...lol

What we could see was a group of normal people in a normal London's sunday....hahahaha For sure Larry knows what to play to get the crowd shaking and smashing!

To get to know more about the NY Dj now living in London check http://www.myspace.com/nylarrytee.

Larry was called by the DJ magazine as the "Andy Warhol of the electronic music" in 2009. Maybe because of his attitude on stage and his relation to the fashion scene and people.

He promised to give me an interview for here and the Pura magazine which i am elaborating but for now....

A bit of Larry...

"One of NYC's most legendary DJs, Larry Tee, created the term 'ELECTROCLASH' for his historic festivals of the same name, started the party DISCO 2000 that was featured in the movie 'Party Monster", DJ'ed alongside Larry Levan, and has just been certified gold with his new single 'Licky' which features Princess Superstar, Santigold, and Top 40 pop star Shontelle. His Electroclash Festivals and his club nights in Brooklyn featured the Scissor Sisters, Felix Da Housecat, 2 Many DJs, Tiga, Peaches, and James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem.

Larry has also been on fire of late as a remixer, putting his go-to touch on smashes by La Roux, Crookers feat. Róisín Murphy, Lady Gaga, Kele, and Major Lazer. Touring his new album 'CLUB BADD' out worldwide on ULTRA, he has been supported by DJs like Justice, Erol Alkan, Crookers, Pete Tong, Jesse Rose, David Guetta, MSTRKRFT, and the songs have been remixed for an upcoming collection CLUB BADDER by Afrojack, Sébastien Léger, Hervé, Bart B More, Kris Menace, and Steve Aoki to name a few.

How everything started.....

But Tee's experience goes back further to the 80s when he lived in Atlanta and became friends friends with Athens' stars Michael Stipe from REM and the B-52's. In the 90s he wrote the Billboard Magazine #1 Dance song of 1992 by RuPaul (now a TV star in the USA), DJ'ed with Frankie Knuckles, David Morales and Danny Tenaglia at the Roxy, Palladium, and Love Machine, started the legendary Disco 2000 party at Limelight (which was the first club to feature techno on the main floor in the States), and launched Twilo Fridays which introduced Sasha & Digweed and Carl Cox to the big room clubs in NYC. In the 00s he launched Electroclash and put out 3 genre-defining albums that featured many of his own songs, and he helped launch the electro craze with his festivals in NYC and Europe. His debut album, Club Badd, has been embraced by clubbers around the world, and he is touring non-stop before his next album of collaborations comes out in 2011. His latest single "Lets Make Nasty," with its Afrojack remix, spent 5 weeks at #1 on Beatport earlier this year" via www.myspace.com/larrytee

And we had fun and i met so many interesting people....

Haha i always need to have pictures of shoes in my posts! I am getting a bit obsessed now! The truth is the shoes says a lot of a person and i love the different styles!

Let's show art....

Bellow my new NY friend the documenter Megan Mantia. She looked like she didn't just paint her face but that she was all painted by an artist. She was a great picture!

We talked and shared some interests and she promised sending me some more material of her work and she was telling me how is NY city lifestyle ...she said " come over anytime"...i loved it because of course the city "which never sleeps" it is on the top of my list...and i need to get it done soon!

NY people in London....that's what Larry brought to the town! and the punk are back!!

And the night was full of irreverence, boldness and flamboyant people...

Shoes again...Black and white...a classic!

The singer of the band Coolness, the shoreditch boy Chaz John Ross. Check their myspace for more information http://www.myspace.com/tenderlovingcoolness.

My friend Radek Dubinski . He is a must everywhere and have a night with him is a guarantee of fun, comic and dancing...lots! He is such a kinky guy...hahahaha and he is always surprising due his outfit's irreverence.