PBS

Larry Levan & the Paradise Garage

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, ...
Rolling Stone

DJ Larry Levan Remembered at Paradise Garage Reunion Block Party

Last week, former Paradise Garage DJ David DePino recalled how, back in the mid-Seventies, he visited a cavernous club on the west side of Manhattan and wanted to show it to his friend Lawrence ...
Pitchfork

The Larry Levan Bump: How the Legendary Paradise Garage DJ Ignited Some of the ‘80s Biggest Hits

In March 2013, followers of the Paradise Garage Bot were baffled. The Twitter account, which sends out links to singles that sainted DJ Larry Levan once spun at the hallowed New York City club, had ...
The Village Voice

Remembering Mel Cheren, the ‘Godfather of Disco’

Mel Cheren, the founder of the Paradise Garage and West End Records, died on Dec. 7. Some call him the Godfather of Disco. Others refer to him as Uncle Mel. Whichever name is used, both capture the ...
Mixmag

Ultra Naté: "I remember Paradise Garage closing – it was like the end of the world"

Lady of the House is a new crowdfunded book celebrating women in dance music, featuring more than 150 DJs, producers, artists, promoters and management icons from the early days of disco and soul ...
Mixmag

Photographs from Studio 54's heyday have been sold as NFTs for charity

A drop of unique NFTs of nightlife pictures from the heyday of the legendary Studio 54 and Paradise Garage are being sold as NFTs by SuperRare Labs and Bill Bernstein to raise money for charity. The ...
The Guardian

The best days of disco: New York nightlife by Bill Bernstein in pictures

The best days of disco: New York nightlife by Bill Bernstein in pictures From Studio 54 to Paradise Garage, Bernstein was there to document the euphoric late 70s peak of the New York City disco scene ...