Paradise Garage, New York
Definitely the most legendary venue that unifies all the lovers of electronic music. Paradise Garage was a club in New York City notable in the history of modern dance and pop music, as well as LGBT and nightclub cultures. It was founded by Michael Brody and was located at 84 King Street, in the Hudson Square neighborhood. It operated from 1977 to 1987 and was the base for resident DJ Larry Levan.
The unique and eclectic styles of disco and dance music played at the Garage gave rise to the descriptive terms “New York house”, “garage”, “garage style”, and “garage classic” to describe a record that was made famous at or is associated with the Paradise Garage. When the term “garage music” is used in reference to the Paradise Garage, it does not exclusively mean house music.
House music as a genre originated with the Paradise Garage’s house DJ Larry Levan and his contemporaries, Frankie Knuckles and Nicky Siano. These DJs played all kinds of music at the Paradise Garage so long as it was danceable; for example, The Clash and The Police, as well as traditional “disco” artists like Gwen Guthrie and Sylvester. Levan played music from different genres.