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The Larry Levan Birthday Bash comes to London
House | Thursday 25th June 2015 | Annalisa
On Sunday 19th July, the capital will play host to the Larry Levan Birthday Bash, a celebration of Levan’s life, legacy and music. This will be the first time the official birthday tribute event has come to London. Fittingly, this will take place at Ministry of Sound, his ‘home from home’ in London. The event will also be supporting GMHC, a charity that was born at the epicentre of the AIDS crisis in New York, and that is still committed to ending the epidemic.
The Birthday Bash begins during the day in the Courtyard, with the line up featuring his resident Garage DJ’s David DePino & Joey Llanos, and a special appearance from dance music pioneer Francois K. London’s nod to the great man comes in the form of an exclusive, daytime disco set from The 2 Bears, highlighting how Levan’s influence still holds sway over artists at the forefront of the dance music community.
With a 2pm start, and in keeping with the concept, NYC-style street food will be served in the Courtyard until 6pm. At sundown the party moves into The Box.103 hosts ‘Larry’s House’, with British house names who all have a connection to Levan, or have been heavily influenced by him in their work - Ministry of Sound’s co-founder Justin Berkmann and M & S’s (and formerly Catch a Groove’s) Ricky Morrison are joined by heroes of house Heller & Farley. Noel Watson and Jeremy Newall also join the bill.
The Baby Box will welcome champions of the rising nu disco/boogie scene, Midnight Riot. This collective pays homage to the DNA of popular dance music by both shifting it back and forward at the same time, with productions, and their slick, disco/funk laced DJ sets.
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