Inothi lombhali: UWendy Carlos: UTrans Woman, uKubrick Collaborator, noSynth-Music Pioneer bayingxenye yeHorror's Inyanga Yokuziqhenya Esabekayo series efuna ukwazisa, ukufundisa, nokukhanyisa ukugqama kwabasunguli be-LGBTQ abasizile ukwakha lolu hlobo. ***

UWendy Carlos wayemiselwe ukuba ngumculi. Unina wayenguthisha wepiyano, kanti omalume bakhe babedlala izinsimbi ezahlukahlukene. Lapho eseneminyaka eyisithupha, wayeseqale ukufundela upiyano futhi kwabayishumi waqamba iculo lakhe lokuqala lomculo elithi, “A Trio for Clarinet, Accordion, nePiano.”

Eminyakeni yakhe yobusha, uWendy wakhula waba nentshisekelo emhlabeni okhulayo we-elekthronikhi namakhompyutha, wawina umncintiswano wekhompyutha eyakhelwe ekhaya esikoleni samabanga aphakeme, kepha umculo wawusekhona emphefumulweni wakhe futhi waqhubeka nokudlala nokuqamba.

Ungene eBrown University futhi waphuma neziqu kwezomculo nakwi-physics kwathi kamuva wathola iziqu zeMasters kwi-Music Composition waseColumbia University. Ngesikhathi efunda, wayeqale izifundo zokufundisa ngomculo we-elekthronikhi, isinqumo esasizobamba iqhaza ekwakheni umsebenzi wakhe wesikhathi esizayo kanye nempilo yakhe yonke.

Kwakungesikhathi sakhe eseColumbia, lapho uCarlos ahlangana noRobert Moog, iphayona emculweni we-elekthronikhi owayesungula i-analog music synthesizer. UCarlos wawuthanda umsebenzi kaMoog futhi wamjoyina kuphrojekthi yakhe, wenza i-Moog synthesizer yokuqala kanye nokuphindaphindwa okuningi okwakuzolandela.

UCarlos waqala ukusebenzisa eyodwa yalezi zinto zokwenziwa ukubhala ama-jingles wokukhangisa futhi kungekudala wayezenzela igama emkhakheni lapho ehlangana noRachel Elkind, owayengumculi owayesebenza njengonobhala wenhloko yeColumbia Records.

Laba bobabili baba abangani abasheshayo nabahlanganyeli futhi ngo-1968, i-albhamu yokuqala evela kulokho kusebenzisana yakhishwa emhlabeni. Kwabizwa I-Swach-On Bach, futhi kwaba yimpumelelo engalindelekile emhlabeni womculo. I-albhamu ithengise amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi nezinsuku zikaCarlos zokungadalulwa seziphelile futhi akumangazanga ukuthi izwe lamafilimu laqala ukubiza.

Kubukeka sengathi uStanley Kubrick ubengumlandeli womsebenzi kaCarlos futhi wamcela ukuthi aqambe umculo wefilimu yakhe ezayo, I-Orange Clockwork. UCarlos no-Elkind baqala ukusebenza futhi kungekudala base bekhiqize izingcezu eziningi zokubhangqa amathrekhi ahlanganiswe nomsebenzi wabaqambi bakudala. Amaphuzu amenyezelwa njengobuciko futhi kubonakala sengathi idumela likaCarlos liqinisekisiwe.

Ngokungazelelwe, wawa ngokuphelele ebalazweni. Akekho owaziyo ukuthi kungani, yize izindaba namahemuhemu kwakugcwele.

Iqiniso ukuthi uWendy wayaziwa impilo yakhe yonke njengoWalter, futhi wayengasakwazi ukuwaqamba amanga ngobulili bakhe abunikezwe. Wayeseqalile ukwelashwa esikhundleni se-hormone ngesikhathi esebenza ngaso I-Orange Clockwork, nokubukeka kwakhe kwase kuqale ukushintsha. Kuyena, bekuyisikhathi sokuthatha izinyathelo zokuguqula isimo sakhe sangaphandle sibe ngumuntu abekade ephakathi kwempilo yakhe yonke.

Ukusho ukuthi le nqubo yayishaqisa ngeminyaka yama-1970s ngabe kuyibeka kancane. Nanamuhla, umphakathi wonkana ubuyela emuva nsuku zonke nomphakathi we-transgender. Ngenkathi uWalter eqala ukuvela njengoWendy, izilimi zathuthumela nababekade bejwayelene nomsebenzi baziqhelelanisa.

Ukusetha irekhodi liqonde, uCarlos othize oqokiwe wanikeza ukujula uchungechunge lwezingxoxo no Playboy umagazini eyayizohlanganiswa futhi ishicilelwe ngo-1979. Kwakungokokuqala ukuthi uWendy aluxoxe ngokugcwele futhi alubeke obala udaba lwakhe futhi kuningi ayezokusho.

“Hhayi, ngiyesaba. Ngiyesaba kakhulu, ”kusho uCarlos etshela u-Arthur Bell. “Angazi ukuthi lokhu kuzoba namuphi umphumela. Ngiyabesaba abangane bami; sizoba izisulu zalabo abahlulela lokho engikwenzile njengokuziphatha okubi, futhi ngokwezokwelapha, ukugula –ukuhlasela umzimba womuntu. ”

UCarlos ubonakale enqoba okunye kwalokhu kwesaba ngenkathi exoxa nalowo obexoxa naye, noma kunjalo. Wachaza i-dypshoria yakhe yokuqala ngomzimba wakhe owaqala eneminyaka emihlanu noma eyisithupha ubudala, futhi waveza ukungajabuli kwakhe ngegama elithi "transsexual," okuyigama elivamile ngaleso sikhathi lobunikazi bakhe.

“Ngifisa sengathi igama elithi transsexual ngabe alikho manje,” kuchaza yena. "I-Transgender iyincazelo engcono ngoba ubulili ngakunye kumane kuyisici esisodwa ebangeni lemizwa nezidingo ezingivumela ukuthi ngithathe lesi sinyathelo."

Okushiwo kakhulu kuleyo ngxoxo, noma kunjalo, kulapho uCarlos emba ngokujulile ekusithekeni okwakumboze impilo yakhe phambilini, noma esasebenza noKubrick ku I-Orange Clockwork. Wayesevele eku-HRT iminyaka emithathu ngaleso sikhathi futhi uyavuma ukuthi waba yimfihlakalo kumqondisi onzima futhi ofuna ngenkani.

“Bekungeyona into enkulu ekuqaleni,” kusho yena. “Kamuva waqala ukukubona kancane, futhi wayezokhuluma ngomuntu amaziyo owayengungqingili, azame ukuzizwa engathi ngiyisitabane. Ngangimnika impendulo eyindida ethi angiyena, futhi uzophazamiseka nakakhulu. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokugcina wadubula izithombe zami eziningi ngekhamera yakhe encane yeMinox. Kumele ukuthi wangithola ngingumuntu othakazelisayo ongasho okuncane. ”

Akunandaba ukuthi uKubrick wayecabangani ngoCarlos ngaleso sikhathi, wayewazisa umculo wakhe. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokushicilelwa kwengxoxo, uCarlos wazithola esebenza futhi kumkhiqizo weKubrick. Ngalesi sikhathi, bekuyiyo The Shining.

UKubrick uhlanganise umculo wabaqambi be-avant-garde abambalwa bale filimu, kepha nguCarlos owaqamba isihloko sayo esethusayo esuselwa ku-Berrioz's “Dies Irae” I-Symphonie Fantastique.

Ucezu lungenye yezingqikithi ezesabekayo nezisabekayo zesimanje kuze kube namuhla. Izinhlobo zama-ambient nemisindo engaqondakali iyabanda futhi ivusa inkanuko, isishukumisela ohambweni olubandayo lwefilimu ngokuzimisela.

Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, wazithola esebenza kumaphuzu kaWalt ​​Disney's Tron ebibukeka ilifanela kahle ithalente lakhe eliyingqayizivele nokwakhiwa kwe-hybrid.

Kuwo wonke ama-80s, uzoqhubeka nokuqamba, ekhipha ama-albhamu amathathu phakathi neminyaka eyishumi yize umsebenzi wakhe wefilimu waqala ukuncipha ngalesi sikhathi. Usebenze noWeird Al Yankovic ekucabangeni kabusha kwe UPeter noMpisi owawina umklomelo we-Grammy futhi waqhubeka nokuphoqa umkhawulo walokho umculo ongathuthukiswa ongakufinyelela.

Ngama-90s, umsebenzi wakhe wefilimu wawucishe ungabikho, kanti ngenkathi eqhubeka nokuqamba izintshisekelo zakhe zandiselwa kobunye ubuciko. Ube ngumsukeli wokusitheka kwelanga futhi usaziwa kakhulu ngokuthwebula kwakhe ukusithwa kwelanga ngomunye wemisebenzi yakhe ebonakala kumawebhusayithi asemthethweni eNASA.

Namuhla, cishe eminyakeni engama-80 ubudala, uCarlos usaziwa njengomsunguli obekulokhu ekhona. Umculo wakhe usenze sabanda kakhulu, izithombe zakhe zisibeke emazulwini, futhi indaba yakhe yokuphuma nokuguquka iyisikhuthazo emphakathini we-LGBTQ.