Melting Pot Easter Weekender @ The Admiral, 3 & 4 Apr

First up this weekend, fellow disco aficionados’ Dance Dance Dance! join the residents to help pay tribute to one of the most influential clubs and DJ’s on the disco and early house scene, The Paradise Garage, and its resident, Larry Levan with tracks from DJ History‘s Paradise Garage Top 100 as well as Levan’s own productions set to be aired.

Drawing legions of fans during its 1977-87 existence; Levan held the power to single-handedly break new records, his marathon sets proving inspirational to many other DJs, they’d often include his productions, which he’d tweak from week-to-week to ensure maximum dance-floor impact.

The following night, one of New York’s longest serving and much-loved DJs, Danny Krivit makes a welcome return. A DJ for nearly forty years, he’s played at such legendary night spots as The Loft, Danceteria, The Roxy and The Paradise Garage.

Starting out at his father’s ‘Ninth Circle’ venue, he developed a career throughout the ‘70’s, immersing himself in the scene while establishing close friendships with the likes of Larry Levan and François Kevorkian, eventually becoming resident at The Roxy, famous for breaking the then nascent hip-hop scene. In the ‘80s he gained a reputation for his edits, reworking artists such as James Brown and Gloria Gaynor, and producing what’s become the quintessential version of MFSB’s Love Is The Message.

However, the real defining moment in his career came in 1996 with his establishing of Body and Soul alongside Joe Claussell and François Kervorkian, the weekly Sunday party. Running for seven years, it became an international institution, with clubbers making the pilgrimage from all over the world. Still a busy man with dates across the globe, including occasional international Body and Soul events and New York residency at his own 718 Sessions, this is a rare opportunity to catch him on Scottish shores.