David Mancuso

David Mancuso

David Mancuso (born October 20, 1944) created the popular "by invitation only" parties in New York City later known as "The Loft". The first party "Love Saves The Day" was in 1970. Before this, he was playing records for his friends on a semi-regular basis as early as 1966, and these parties became so popular that by 1971 he and Steve Abramowitz, who worked the door, decided to do this on a weekly basis[citation needed]. His parties were similar to rent party or house party[citation needed].

Mancuso pioneered the "private party" as distinct from the more commercial nightclub business model. In the early '70s, Mancuso won a long administrative trial when the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs found that he was not selling food or beverages to the public and therefore did not need a NYC "Cabaret License".

Mancuso's success at keeping his parties "underground" and legal inspired others[citation needed], and many famous private discothèques of the 70s and 80s were modelled after The Loft, including the Paradise Garage, The Gallery, and The Saint. Mancuso also helped start the record pool system for facilitating the distribution of promotional records to the qualified disc jockey.

By the late '70s Mancuso abandoned audio mixing, beatmatching and pitch-shifting in favour of an "audiophile" approach to sound reproduction.

In 1999 and 2000 David Mancuso and Colleen Murphy produced the compilation series "David Mancuso Presents The Loft" Volumes One and Two on Nuphonic.

In 2003 Tim Lawrence's book "Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979" was published, comprising a comprehensive study of Mancuso's life. Mancuso and The Loft also appear in Josell Ramos' 2003 documentary Maestro about 70s underground club DJs.[1]

On September 19, 2005 Mancuso was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding achievement as a DJ.

On December 23, 2006 a nightclub named after Mancuso opened in Tübingen, southern Germany.

In May 2008, David Mancuso, with the help of Goshi Manabe, Colleen Murphy and Satoru Ogawa, launched his own audiophile record label The Loft Audiophile Library of Music. The music is mastered by Stan Ricker.

References

  1. ^ IMDB, Maestro (2003).

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