1987
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| - | *[[September 27]], the [[Paradise Garage]], the quintessential "Garage" club closes its doors forever. Famed DJ/producer Larry Levan is out of a job. | + | On the night of [[September 27]], the [[Paradise Garage]], the disco club closes its doors forever and famed DJ [[Larry Levan]] is out of a job. [[Todd Terry]] dispenses with vocal narrative altogether on Royal House's "[[Can You Party]]," and creates a dance classic out of a delirious, near chaotic collage of electronic samples. By releasing "[[Acid Tracks]]", [[Marshall Jefferson, DJ Pierre and Spanky]] invent [[acid house]] and in England Gilles Peterson coins [[acid jazz]] at [[Dingwalls]]. |
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| - | *[[Todd Terry]] dispenses with vocal narrative altogether on Royal House's "[[Can You Party]]," and created a dance classic out of a delirious, near chaotic collage of electronic samples. | + | |
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| - | *[[Acid house]] | + | |
| - | **When Marshall Jefferson, DJ Pierre and Spanky pissed about with a then defunct, cheap bass synthesiser and came up with this burbling, idiotic, weird sound, they thought it sounded like acid rock. Hence the title of the tape they handed to DJ Ron Hardy at The Music Box in Chicago. Within a couple of weeks they had the hottest record in Chicago. Within a year the sound they had created had become the rallying cry of a brand new youth movement - . - Mixmag | + | |
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| - | *[[Acid jazz]] at [[Dingwalls]] | + | |
| - | **In 1987 [[Gilles Peterson]], having done his apprenticeship at the Electric Ballroom and developed his own thing as part of Nicky Holloway's Special Branch, was setting up a new club at Dingwalls on a Sunday afternoon. He invited Patrick to join in and for the next 4 and a half years the club ran and pioneered that Acid Jazz thang. | + | |
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| ====Singles==== | ====Singles==== | ||
| *[[This Is Stranger Than Love]] by Mark Stewart and the Maffia | *[[This Is Stranger Than Love]] by Mark Stewart and the Maffia | ||
| *[[Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song)|Push It]] by Salt-n-Pepa | *[[Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song)|Push It]] by Salt-n-Pepa | ||
| *[[Disco Death]] by Arbeid Adelt! | *[[Disco Death]] by Arbeid Adelt! | ||
| - | *[[You Used To Hold Me]] by [[Ralphie Rosario]] | + | *[[You Used To Hold Me]] by Ralphie Rosario |
| - | *[[Strings of Life]] by [[Rythim is Rythim]] | + | *[[Strings of Life]] by Rythim is Rythim |
| - | *[[Pump Up the Volume (song)|Pump Up the Volume]] by [[Marrs]] | + | *[[Pump Up the Volume (song)|Pump Up the Volume]] by Marrs |
| *[[Party People]] by Todd Terry | *[[Party People]] by Todd Terry | ||
| *[[Wax the Van]] by Lola | *[[Wax the Van]] by Lola | ||
| - | *[[I Can't Turn Around]] by [[J. M. Silk]] | ||
| *[[Promised Land (Joe Smooth)|Promised Land]] by Joe Smooth | *[[Promised Land (Joe Smooth)|Promised Land]] by Joe Smooth | ||
| *[[Acid Tracks]] - Phuture | *[[Acid Tracks]] - Phuture | ||
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| *''[[The Way Things Go]]'' by Peter Fischli & David Weiss | *''[[The Way Things Go]]'' by Peter Fischli & David Weiss | ||
| ===Dance=== | ===Dance=== | ||
| - | *''[[What the Body Does Not Remember]]'' by [[Wim Vandekeybus]]. | + | *''[[What the Body Does Not Remember]]'' by Wim Vandekeybus |
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
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"I Shop, Therefore I Am" (1987) by Barbara Kruger "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"--Ronald Reagan to Mikhail Gorbachev, Friday, June 12, 1987 |
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1987 is the 987th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1980s decade.
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Art and culture
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Literature
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Non-fiction
- Cut 'n' Mix by Dick Hebdige
- The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
- The Secret Museum by Walter Kendrick
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Film
- Bagdad Cafe by Percy Adlon
- Bad Taste by Peter Jackson
- Amazon Women on the Moon by Carl Gottlieb and John Landis
- A Taxing Woman by Juzo Itami
- Raising Arizona by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Cherry 2000 by Steve De Jarnatt
- Tin Men by Barry Levinson
- Babette's Feast by Gabriel Axel
- Castaway by Nicolas Roeg
- Angel Heart by Alan Parker
- The Belly of an Architect by Peter Greenaway
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Music
On the night of September 27, the Paradise Garage, the disco club closes its doors forever and famed DJ Larry Levan is out of a job. Todd Terry dispenses with vocal narrative altogether on Royal House's "Can You Party," and creates a dance classic out of a delirious, near chaotic collage of electronic samples. By releasing "Acid Tracks", Marshall Jefferson, DJ Pierre and Spanky invent acid house and in England Gilles Peterson coins acid jazz at Dingwalls.
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Singles
- This Is Stranger Than Love by Mark Stewart and the Maffia
- Push It by Salt-n-Pepa
- Disco Death by Arbeid Adelt!
- You Used To Hold Me by Ralphie Rosario
- Strings of Life by Rythim is Rythim
- Pump Up the Volume by Marrs
- Party People by Todd Terry
- Wax the Van by Lola
- Promised Land by Joe Smooth
- Acid Tracks - Phuture
- This Is Acid - Maurice
- Sexuality by Blake Baxter
- The Sound by Reese & Santonio
- Work It To The Bone by LNR
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Albums
- New Jungle Fever by Charlie Feathers
- Paid in Full by Eric B. & Rakim
- Sign o' the Times by Prince
- Pieces for Bandoneon by Evan Lurie
- Time Boom X De Devil Dead by Lee 'Scratch' Perry + Dub Syndicate
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Classical
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Visual art
- Ends of Bamboo by Andy Goldsworthy
- Piss Christ by Andres Serrano
- The Way Things Go by Peter Fischli & David Weiss
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Dance
- What the Body Does Not Remember by Wim Vandekeybus
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Births
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Deaths
- Franju (1912 - 1987)
- Dalida (1933 - 1987)
- André Masson (1896 - 1987)
- Douglas Sirk (1897 - 1987)
- Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)
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