link: Arthur Russell & Nicky Siano

[Marcio**]

Visiting Nicky Siano's downtown club The Gallery, Russell had a dancefloor epiphany of the kind it seems you only read about anymore. He fell in love with disco, immediately drawn to the ways in which it seemed to mirror modern composition through repetition: disco vamps as Reichian pulses. Make no mistake though, Russell's love of disco wasn't born from some backwards progressivist notion of "intelligent dance." He loved the night life, had to boogie. He wanted to be a pop star in the worst way. But, crucially to his success, on his own terms.

In a fever of the new convert, he wrote and recorded a track with Siano entitled "Kiss Me Again" (featuring guitar work by David Byrne -- this ain't no disco, indeed) which eventually became the first disco 12" released on Sire records in 1979. His real fame as a dance producer, however, was cemented with "Is It All Over My Face?," co-written with Steve D'Aquisto and released as Loose Joints in 1980. One of the first mixes by proto-house legend Larry Levan, "Is It" became an anthem at Levan's equally legendary club the Paradise Garage. From these auspicious beginnings, Russell led two lives: avant performances downtown at the Kitchen and sublime disco singles, a singularly hospitable vision of dance music that's rarely been equaled.



http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/russell.html

:)

[QUINNY]

Oh! Marcio...do you really want to start WW3 around here?

[Marcio**]

Originally Posted by QUINNY

Oh! Marcio...do you really want to start WW3 around here?

:) Quinny, What's WW3? Is It All Over My Face Third World War ? I posted this topic because Arthur Russell visited Nick Siano's The Gallery and it surprised me :) .

[Anonymous]

Originally Posted by QUINNY

Oh! Marcio...do you really want to start WW3 around here?

why would he need to do that with you around :roll:

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by Marcio

I posted this topic because Arthur Russell visited Nick Siano's The Gallery and it surprised me :) .

Marcio,

The Gallery had a great rep and was visited often by those in 'the biz'. Remember, this was one of the first afterhours (especially a black, gay one) making a name for itself. Either you were at the Loft or you were at the Gallery. Some came in just to see it and say 'I've been', but others truly wanted to hang out and feel just what was going on with Nicky and his music. At around 5AM, a lot of DJs that worked the 9-4 bars came to party. I remember a plasterboard wall behind me at the front door for VIP signatures. It was full! :D I'm sure Joe Siano took it with him once the Gallery closed for good.