Larry Tee

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Active: 2000s
Genres: Electronica
Instrument: Producer
Representative Albums: "The Electroclash Mix", "Club Badd

Biography

The man who trademarked Electroclash (tm) as a style of club music and a way of life in the early '00s, Larry Tee ran a nightclub (Brooklyn's Luxx) and threw highly publicized (for the dance underground, at least) events like Berliniamsburg and Club Badd, which aided the growth of groups that combined punkish performance attitude with electronics. Somewhat confusingly, Electroclash (tm) actually had little to do with '80s electro pioneers like Afrika Bambaataa and the Egyptian Lover, and had much more to do with a mutant version of synth-based new wave (rather than funk). As Tee curated the Electroclash (tm) scene in New York -- which included groups like W.I.T. and Fischerspooner -- he brought it to other cities via live shows and the release of a defining compilation. Electroclash (tm) was released on his own Mogul Electro in late 2001. Less than two years later, the double-disc The Electroclash Mix was mixed by Tee and issued on Moonshine. Tee's experience as a scenester goes back to the early '80s in Atlanta. He DJ'd and ran a club in his native town but eventually headed to New York in 1989 to help start a club night at the Tunnel. Throughout the '90s, he became a more prominent DJ by spinning at the Palladium, Twilo, and the Roxy. More significantly, he co-wrote "Supermodel (You Better Work)" with his friend RuPaul in 1993; the song hit the top of the dance charts. After several years of being a house DJ, Tee found himself burnt out on the style. However, he found himself re-energized after hearing neo-electro/electro-pop groups Adult. and Fischerspooner. This sent him on his way to curating a scene around several likeminded groups, many of which were based in New York. This spawned the compilation, the club nights, and the tours, and Tee soon became a bigger figure than most of the groups he was promoting. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

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Larry Tee
Larry Tee performs at The Warhol Museum in 2004.
Background information
Birth name	Lawrence Thom
Born	October 12, 1967 (1967-10-12) (age 42)
Origin	Seattle, Washington, USA
Genres	Electroclash house music pop music
Occupations	DJ, club promoter, music producer
Years active	1989 - Present
Labels	Ultra Records, Djs Are Not Rockstars,Mogul Electro, Whacked Records, Universal Records
Associated acts	RuPaul, Avenue D, The Scissor Sisters, Fischerspooner, Peaches, W.I.T., Blogula
Website	Larry Tee Official Website

Larry Tee (born Lawrence Thom on October 12, 1967) is a New York City-based DJ, club promoter, and music producer who coined the musical genre term Electroclash^[1] and helped launch the careers of such artists as RuPaul, Scissor Sisters, Fischerspooner, Peaches, W.I.T., and Avenue D, and has collaborated with Amanda Lepore and Princess Superstar.

Career

Tee was born to two Canadian-born citizens in Seattle, Washington. He grew up in Seattle and then Marietta, Georgia. He moved to Atlanta in the early eighties, where he became a part of the music scene and he hung out with drag personalities such as RuPaul, Lady Bunny, Amanda Lepore, and Lahoma Van Zandt at the Celebrity Club in Atlanta.^[2]

In 1989, Tee along with RuPaul and Lady Bunny and Lahoma Van Zandt moved to NYC and quickly took over the Club Kids scene with his epic party, Love Machine. He hosted the infamous DISCO 2000 seen in the movie Party Monster's hot body contest, and also DJ'ed at the ROXY on a weekly basis.^[3]

During the 1990s, he became a prominent DJ by playing at highly-regarded venues such as Palladium, Twilo, and the Roxy NYC.^[3] In 1992, Tee co-wrote the RuPaul's top 40-hit "Supermodel (You Better Work)".

In the early 2000s, Tee created and trademarked the term "electroclash" and it became well known enough that it started to appear in the Oxford Dictionary.^[4] He coordinated and managed the 2001 Electroclash Festival, which featured Scissor Sisters, Fischerspooner, Ladytron and Peaches, who all participated in the festival. He also created and managed the nouvea-music electro girl group, W.I.T.^[2]

References

^ "Larry Tee biography on Yahoo! Music", Andy Kellman, Allmusic, accessed April 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b Larry Tee Biography at Odeo.com
^ ^a ^b Larry Tee Biography on Yahoo! Music
^ http://www.fact-archive.com/encyclopedia/Electroclash

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NAME	Tee, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Thom, Lawrence (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	DJ, club promoter and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 12, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seattle, Washington
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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