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House Great Vince Lawrence Recalls the Racism Fueling Disco Demolition Night in New Doc Clip


House pioneer Vince Lawrence recalls witnessing the infamous Disco Demolition Night as a teenager in a clip from Elegance Bratton's new documentary.

Directed by Elegance Bratton, Move Ya Body digs into the origins of house music on the South Side of Chicago, where Lawrence and his peers crafted a new sound with emerging synth technology and perfected it in underground clubs like the Warehouse. The birth of house music in the 1980s was also, in part, a response to the heyday, and unceremonious downfall, of disco, another genre that had distinctly Black origins before garnering more mainstream attention via white artists and culture. Along with Lawrence, the film features interviews with other house luminaries including Marshall Jefferson, “Screamin’” Rachael Cain, Byron Stingily, Lady D, Kevin Aviance, and Lori Branch.

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