*** Chinyorwa chemunyori: Wendy Carlos: Trans Woman, Kubrick Collaborator, uye Synth-Music Pioneer chikamu cheHorror's Unotyisa Mwedzi Unodada nhepfenyuro iyo inotsvaga kuzivisa, kudzidzisa, uye kupenya kutaridzika kune ve LGBTQ vagadziri avo vakabatsira kugadzira iyo genre.

Wendy Carlos akafanirwa kuve muimbi. Amai vake vaive mudzidzisi wepiyano, uye babamunini vake vairidza zviridzwa zvakasiyana siyana. Pakazosvika makore matanhatu, akange atanga kudzidza kuridza piyano uye pagumi akanyora rwiyo rwake rwekutanga, “A Trio for Clarinet, Accordion, uye Piano.”

Mumakore ake ekuyaruka, Wendy akabuda ndokutanga kufarira nyika iri kukura yemagetsi nemakomputa, kuhwina makwikwi ekomputa yakavakirwa pamba pachikoro chesekondari, asi mumhanzi wanga uchiri mumweya wake uye akaramba achiridza nekunyora.

Akapinda muBrown University uye akabuda aine madhigirii mumimhanzi nefizikiki uye akazowana Master's Degree muMusic Composition kubva kuColumbia University. Munguva yezvidzidzo zvake, anga atanga kudzidzisa zvidzidzo zvemumhanzi zvemagetsi, danho raizoita chinzvimbo mukuumba ramangwana rake basa uye nehupenyu hwake hwese.

Yakanga iri panguva yake kuColumbia, kuti Carlos akasangana naRobert Moog, piyona mumimhanzi yemagetsi aive achigadzira analog music synthesizer. Carlos ainakidzwa nebasa raMoog uye akamubatana naye muchirongwa chake, achigadzira yekutanga Moog synthesizer uye kuwanda kwakawanda kwaizotevera.

Carlos akatanga kushandisa imwe yeaya synthesizers kunyora kushambadzira jingles uye munguva pfupi akange ave kuzviitira zita mumunda paakasangana naRachel Elkind, aimbove muimbi aishanda semunyori wemusoro weColumbia Records.

Ivo vaviri vakava shamwari nekukurumidza uye vabatsiri uye muna 1968, yekutanga albha kubva iko kubatana yakaburitswa pasirese. Yakadaidzwa Inochinjika-Pane Bach, uye yakava kubudirira kusingatarisirwi munyika yemimhanzi. Iyo albam yakatengesa anopfuura mamirioni emakopi uye mazuva aCarlos ekusazivikanwa aive apera uye zvaive zvisingashamisi kuti iyo firimu nyika yakauya ichidana.

Zvinotaridza kuti Stanley Kubrick anga ari fan of basa raCarlos ndokumukumbira kuti anyore mimhanzi yefirimu rake riri kuuya, A Clockwork Orange. Carlos naElkind vakatanga kushanda uye munguva pfupi vakanga vaburitsa zvidimbu zvakati wandei zvakagadzirwa matragi nebasa revanyori vechinyakare. Zvikwereti zvakaziviswa sehunyanzvi uye zvaitaridza kuti mukurumbira waCarlos wakavimbiswa.

Pakarepo, zvakadaro, akawira zvachose mepu. Hapana aiziva kuti nei, asi nyaya uye runyerekupe zvakawandisa.

Chokwadi chaive chekuti Wendy anga achizivikanwa hupenyu hwake hwese saWalter, uye aisakwanisa kurarama manyepo ehunhu hwake hwekuzvarwa. Akange atotanga mushonga wekutsiva mahormone panguva yaaishanda A Clockwork Orange, uye chitarisiko chake chakange zvachinja. Kwaari, yaive nguva yekutora matanho ekushandura chimiro chake chekunze kumunhu waakange ave mukati mehupenyu hwake hwese.

Kutaura kuti maitiro aya aishamisa muma1970 kwaizove kuriisa zvinyoro. Kunyangwe nanhasi, nzanga huru inosundira kumashure zuva nezuva kunopesana nenharaunda ye transgender. Walter paakabuda zvakare saWendy, ndimi dzakadzungunuka uye vaimboziva nyanzvi vakazviparadzanisa.

Kugadzirisa zvinyorwa, Carlos akati wandei akapa zvakadzama nhevedzano yehurukuro ne Playboy magazini iyo yaizounganidzwa ikaburitswa muna 1979. Yaive nguva yekutanga Wendy kutaura zvizere uye pachena nyaya yake uye aive nezvakawanda zvekutaura.

“Hameno, ndiri kutya. Ndiri kutya kwazvo, ”Carlos akaudza mubvunzurudzo Arthur Bell. “Handizive kuti izvi zvichaita sei. Ndinotya shamwari dzangu; "Tichava nharidzano dzeavo vanotonga zvandakaita, maererano netsika, zvakaipa, uye nenzira dzekurapa, kurwara - kurwisa muviri wemunhu."

Carlos airatidzika kukunda kumwe kwekutya ikoko kunyangwe paaikurukura nezvake newaakabvunzurudza, zvakadaro. Akatsanangura dypshoria yake yekutanga nemuviri wake uyo wakatanga pamakore mashanu kana matanhatu, uye akataura kusafara kwake nezwi "transsexual," izwi rakajairika panguva yekuzivikanwa kwake.

"Ndinoshuva dai izwi rekuti transsexual dai risina kuve razvino," akatsanangura. "Transgender irondedzero irinani nekuti zvebonde pane yega chinhu chimwe chete mukuwanda kwemanzwiro uye zvido zvinondiregedza kuti ndikwire."

Izvo zvingangodaro zvichinyanya kutaurwa mubvunzurudzo iyi, zvisinei, ndeye apo Carlos anochera zvakadzika mune zvakavanzika izvo zvainge zvakafukidza hupenyu hwake zvisati zvaitika, kunyangwe paanga achishanda naKubrick pa A Clockwork Orange. Akanga atove paHRT kwemakore matatu panguva iyoyo uye anobvuma kuti akazova chakavanzika kumutungamiriri anonetsa uye anodzvinyirira.

"Yakanga isiri nyaya hombe pakutanga," akadaro. "Gare gare akatanga kuzviona zvishoma, uye aitaura nezvemumwe munhu waaiziva kuti ngochani, achiedza kunzwa kuti ndiri ngochani here." Ini ndaimupa in enmmatic mhinduro zvichiratidza kuti ndakanga ndisiri, uye angave akatonyanya kuvhiringidzika. Pamazuva mashoma apfuura akapfura mifananidzo yakawanda yangu aine yake diki Minox kamera. Anofanira kunge akandiwana ndiri munhu anonakidza kutaura zvishoma. ”

Zvisinei nezvaifunga Kubrick nezvaCarlos panguva iyoyo, akaonga mimhanzi yake. Mwedzi yakati wandei mushure mekunge kubvunzurudzwa kwaburitswa, Carlos akazviwana ave kushanda zvekare pane Kubrick kugadzirwa. Panguva ino, zvaive kupenya.

Kubrick akabatanidza pamwechete mimhanzi yevanyori vanoverengeka vefirimu, asi Carlos ndiye akanyora musoro wenyaya unosemesa wakanangana naBerlioz "Anofa Irae" kubva Symphonie Fantastique.

Chikamu chacho ndechimwe chezvinhu zvinonyanya kuzivikanwa uye zvinotyisa zvinotyisa kusvikira nhasi. Iwo ambient strains uye asinganzwisisike manzwi ari kutonhora uye anomutsa, kutinyengerera isu munzira inotonhorera yefirimu neacacity.

Nguva pfupi yapfuura, akazviwana achishandira mamaki eWalt Disney's Tron iyo yaitaridzika kunge yakakodzera tarenda rake rakasarudzika uye nziyo dzakauchikwa.

Mumakore makumi masere ese, aizoenderera nekunyora, achiburitsa matatu maalbum mukati memakore gumi asi rake firimu basa rakatanga kudzikira panguva ino. Akabatana naWeird Al Yankovic pane kufungidzira zvekare Peter uye Mhumhi iyo yakahwina Mubayiro weGrammy uye ikaramba ichisundira miganho yeyakagadziriswa mimhanzi.

Nema 90s, basa rake remufirimu rakange risisipo, uye iye achienderera nekunyora zvido zvake zvakawedzerwa kune humwe hunyanzvi. Akave wekudzingirira kuora uye ave kuzivikanwa nekuda kwekutora mifananidzo yezuva kuora pamwe nerimwe rebasa rake richionekwa pamawebhusaiti epamutemo eNASA.

Nhasi, angangoita makore makumi masere ekuberekwa, Carlos achiri kuzivikanwa seye mutsva waagara ari. Mumhanzi wake watitonhodza kumoyo wedu, kutora kwake mifananidzo kwakatarisa kumatenga, uye nyaya yake yekubuda uye shanduko kurudziro kunharaunda yeLBBTQ.