*** Ka leka a ka mea kākau: Wendy Carlos: Trans Woman, Kubrick Collaborator, a me Synth-Music Pioneer kahi ʻāpana o iHorror's Mahina Haʻaheo weliweli nā moʻo e ʻimi e hoʻomaopopo, aʻo, a hoʻomālamalama i kahi nānā i nā mea hana LGBTQ nāna i kōkua i ke ʻano o kēia ʻano. ***

Ua koho ʻia ʻo Wendy Carlos i mea hoʻokani pila. He kumu piano kona makuahine, a hoʻokani nā ʻanakala ona i nā mea kani like ʻole. I ka piha ʻana o nā makahiki ʻeono, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo i ka piano a ma ka ʻumi mau mele i haku i kāna ʻāpana mele mua loa, "He Trio no Clarinet, Accordion, a me Piano."

I kona mau makahiki ʻōpio, ua lālā ʻo Wendy a lilo i hoihoi i ka honua ulu o nā uila uila a me nā kamepiula, e lanakila ana i ka hoʻokūkū no kahi kamepiula kūkulu hale i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, akā aia nō ke mele i kona ʻuhane a hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka pāʻani a me ka haku mele.

Ua komo ʻo ia i ke Kulanui ʻo Brown a ua puka ʻo ia me nā kekelē ma ke mele a me ka physics a ma hope ua loaʻa iā ia kahi kekelē laeoʻo ma ka haku mele mai ke Kulanui ʻo Columbia. I loko o kāna mau aʻo ʻana, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo i nā haʻawina i nā mele uila, kahi hoʻoholo e hoʻokani i kāna hana i ka wā e hiki mai ana a me ke koena o kona ola.

I kona manawa ma Columbia, ua hui ʻo Carlos me Robert Moog, kahi paionia i nā mele uila e hoʻomohala nei i kahi synthesizer mele analog. Ua hoihoi ʻo Carlos i ka hana a Moog a hui pū me ia i kāna papahana, e hoʻomohala ana i ka Moog synthesizer mua a me nā hana hou he nui e ukali ana.

Hoʻomaka ʻo Carlos e hoʻohana i kekahi o kēia synthesizers e haku i nā jingles hoʻolaha a ke hana nei i kahi inoa nona iho ma ke kula i ka wā i hui ai ʻo ia me Rachel Elkind, he mea mele mua e hana ana ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo no ke poʻo o Columbia Records.

Ua lilo nā mea ʻelua i mau hoaaloha a me nā mea hana like a ma 1968, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album mua loa mai ia hana pū ʻana ma ka honua. Ua kāhea ʻia Pākuʻi ʻia-On Bach, a ua lilo i kūleʻa i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i ka honua o ke mele. Ua kūʻai aku ka album ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona kope a ua hala nā lā o Carlos o ka inoa inoa ʻole a kahaha iki i ke kāhea ʻana o ka honua ʻoniʻoni.

Me he mea lā ua makemake ʻo Stanley Kubrick i kā Carlos hana a noi iā ia e haku mele no kāna kiʻi e hiki mai ana. A Clockman Orange. Hoʻomaka ʻo Carlos lāua ʻo Elkind i ka hana a ua hana koke i kekahi mau ʻāpana e pālua ana i nā ala synthesize me ka hana a nā haku mele kahiko. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka helu ma ke ʻano he masterpiece a me he mea lā ua hōʻoia ʻia ka inoa o Carlos.

Akā naʻe, ua hina loa ʻo ia i ka palapala ʻāina. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i ke kumu, ʻoiai ua nui nā moʻolelo a me nā lono.

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Wendy i kona ola āpau ma ke ʻano ʻo Walter, a ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke noho hou i ka wahaheʻe o kāna kāne hānau. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka hōʻaihoʻi hōmona e ka manawa āna e hana nei A Clockman Orange, a ua hoʻomaka kona ʻano kino e loli. No ia, ua hiki i ka manawa e hana i nā ʻanuʻu e hoʻololi i kona ʻano i waho i ke kanaka āna i loko o kona ola holoʻokoʻa.

Ke ʻōlelo nei he mea weliweli kēia hana i ka makahiki 1970 e waiho mālie ana. ʻOiai i kēia lā, ke hoʻi nui ke kaiāulu i kēlā me kēia lā e kūʻē i ke kaiāulu transgender. I ka wā i kū hou aʻe ʻo Walter ma ke ʻano he Wendy, haʻalulu nā alelo a hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou nā makamaka ʻoihana mua.

E hoʻonohonoho pono i nā moʻolelo, ua hāʻawi ʻo Carlos e hoʻokali nei i kahi hohonu moʻo o nā nīnauele me Playboy puke e ʻākoakoa ʻia a paʻi ʻia i ka makahiki 1979. ʻO ia ka manawa mua a Wendy i haʻi piha aku ai i kāna moʻolelo a he nui kāna mau ʻōlelo.

“ʻĀ, makaʻu wau. Ua makaʻu loa wau, ”i haʻi aku ai ʻo Carlos iā Arthur Bell. “ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ka hopena o kēia. Makau wau no kaʻu mau hoaaloha; e lilo mākou i mau māka o ka poʻe e hoʻokolokolo i ka mea aʻu i hana ai ma ke ʻano he pono, ka ʻino, a ma nā ʻano olakino, maʻi - he hōʻeha i ke kino o ke kanaka. "

Me he mea lā ua lanakila ʻo Carlos i kekahi o kēlā mau makaʻu ʻoiai ʻo ia e kamaʻilio pū ana me lākou me kāna mea nīnauele. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i kāna dypshoria mua me kona kino i hoʻomaka ma ka ʻelima a ʻeono paha makahiki, a ua hōʻike i kona hauʻoli ʻole i ka huaʻōlelo "transsexual," ka terminology maʻamau i kēlā manawa no kona ʻike.

"Makemake wau ʻaʻole i lilo ka huaʻōlelo transsexual i kēia manawa," wehewehe ʻo ia. "ʻO Transgender kahi wehewehe maikaʻi aʻe no ka mea ʻo ka moekolohe ma kēlā me kēia mea wale nō i ke ʻano o nā manaʻo a me nā pono e ʻae iaʻu i kēia ʻanuʻu."

ʻO ka mea paha e haʻi nui nei i kēlā nīnauele, eia naʻe, ke ʻeli ʻo Carlos i loko o ka hūnā i uhi ʻia kona ola ma mua, ʻoiai ʻo ia e hana pū ana me Kubrick ma. A Clockman Orange. Ua noho ʻo ia ma HRT no ʻekolu mau makahiki i kēlā manawa a ua ʻae ʻo ia ua lilo ia i mea pohihihi i ka luna hoʻokele a me ka koi.

"ʻAʻole ia he mea nui i ka hoʻomaka," kuhikuhi ʻo ia. "Ma hope ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e ʻike hou aʻe, a e kamaʻilio ʻo ia e pili ana i kahi kanaka āna i ʻike ai he kāne kāne ia, e hoʻāʻo nei e ʻike inā he kāne aloha wau. Hāʻawi wau iā ia i kahi pane enigmatic e ʻōlelo ana ʻaʻole wau, a e ʻoi aku ka pīhoihoi o kāna. I nā lā ʻelua i hala aku nei ua kī ʻo ia i nā kiʻi he nui iaʻu me kāna kiʻi liʻiliʻi ʻo Minox. Ua loaʻa paha iaʻu he kanaka hoihoi e ʻōlelo iki. ”

Me ka nānā ʻole i ka manaʻo o Kubrick iā Carlos i kēlā manawa, mahalo nui ʻo ia i kāna mele. He mau mahina ma hope o ka paʻi ʻia ʻana o ka nīnauele, ua hana hou ʻo Carlos iā ia iho e hana hou ana i kahi hana Kubrick. Kēia manawa, ʻo ia nō ka Kealohilani.

Hoʻokani pū ʻo Kubrick i ke mele a kekahi mau mea haku mele avant-garde no ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, akā na Carlos ʻo ia i haku i kāna poʻomanaʻo inoa weliweli e pili ana i kā Berlioz "Dies Irae" mai ka ʻO Symphonie Fantastique.

ʻO ka ʻāpana kekahi o nā kumumanaʻo weliweli e ʻike nui ʻia a hiki i kēia lā. He mau ʻano kūlohelohe ia a ke kani nei nā leo pohihihi e hoʻoweliweli ana iā mākou i ka huakaʻi anuanu o ke kiʻi me ke alacrity.

Ma hope koke iho, ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia iho e hana ana i ka helu no Walt Disney's Tron he mea kūpono loa ia no kāna kālena kūʻokoʻa a me nā haku mele.

Ma loko o nā makahiki 80, e hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka haku mele ʻana, e hoʻokuʻu ana i ʻekolu mau mele i loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi akā ua hoʻomaka ka emi ʻana o kāna hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni i kēia manawa. Hana pū ʻo ia me Weird Al Yankovic ma ka noʻonoʻo hou ʻana i ʻO Petero a me ka ʻīlio hae ka mea i lanakila i ka makana Grammy a hoʻomau i ka paʻi ʻana i nā palena o nā mele synthesized e hiki ke hoʻokō.

Ma o nā 90s, ua aneane ʻole kāna hana kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, a ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻomau i ka haku ʻana i kāna mau hoihoi i hoʻonui ʻia i nā mea hana kiʻi ʻē aʻe. Ua lilo ʻo ia i mea alualu e ka lā a lilo i mea kaulana no kāna paʻi kiʻi ʻana o nā lā pōkā o ka lā me kekahi o kāna hana i hōʻike ʻia ma nā pūnaewele kūhelu o NASA.

I kēia lā, ma kahi o 80 mau makahiki, ua ʻike mau ʻia ʻo Carlos ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolaleʻa mau ʻo ia. ʻO kāna mele i hōʻoluʻolu iā mākou i kā mākou kumu nui, kāna kiʻi kiʻi i hoʻonohonoho i ko mākou mau maka i ka lani, a me kāna moʻolelo pilikino o ka puka ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana he mea ia e hoʻoulu ai i ke kaiāulu LGBTQ.