*** Wolemba wolemba: Wendy Carlos: Trans Woman, Kubrick Collaborator, ndi Synth-Music Pioneer ndi gawo la iHorror's Mwezi Wonyada Wowopsa mndandanda womwe umafuna kudziwitsa, kuphunzitsa, ndikuwunikira owunikira a LGBTQ omwe athandiza kupanga mtunduwo.

Wendy Carlos amayembekezeka kukhala woyimba. Amayi ake anali aphunzitsi a piyano, ndipo amalume awo amasewera zida zosiyanasiyana. Pofika zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi, anali atayamba kuphunzira kuimba piyano ndipo pa khumi analemba nyimbo yake yoyamba, “A Trio for Clarinet, Accordion, and Piano.”

Ali wachinyamata, Wendy adadzipangira yekha chidwi ndikukhala ndi chidwi ndi dziko lomwe likukula la zamagetsi ndi makompyuta, ndikupambana mpikisano wamakompyuta omangidwa kunyumba kusukulu yasekondale, koma nyimbo zidali mumtima mwake ndipo adapitiliza kusewera ndikulemba.

Adalowa Brown University ndipo adatuluka ndi madigiri munyimbo ndi fizikiya ndipo pambuyo pake adachita Master's Degree in Music Composition ku Columbia University. Munthawi yamaphunziro ake, adayamba kuphunzitsa zamankhwala zamagetsi, lingaliro lomwe lingathandize pakupanga ntchito yake yamtsogolo komanso moyo wake wonse.

Panali nthawi yake ku Columbia, pomwe Carlos adakumana ndi Robert Moog, mpainiya wanyimbo zamagetsi yemwe anali kupanga nyimbo zofananira za analog. Carlos anasangalatsidwa ndi ntchito ya Moog ndipo adalowa naye mu polojekiti yake, ndikupanga Moog synthesizer yoyamba ndi mayankho ambiri omwe angatsatire.

Carlos adayamba kugwiritsa ntchito imodzi mwazomwe amalemba kuti apange zotsatsa ndipo posakhalitsa adadzipangira dzina m'munda pomwe adakumana ndi a Rachel Elkind, woimba wakale yemwe anali mlembi wa wamkulu wa Columbia Records.

Onsewa adakhala abwenzi nthawi yomweyo ndipo adagwira nawo ntchito ndipo mu 1968, chimbale choyamba chothandizanacho chidatulutsidwa padziko lapansi. Idatchedwa Kusintha-Pa Bach, ndipo zidakhala zopambana mosayembekezeka mdziko la nyimbo. Chimbalecho chinagulitsa makope opitilila miliyoni ndipo masiku a Carlos osadziwika sanathe ndipo sizinadabwe kuti dziko la kanema lidayimba.

Zikuwoneka kuti Stanley Kubrick anali wokonda ntchito ya Carlos ndikumufunsa kuti apange nyimbo za kanema wake yemwe akubwera, A Clockwork Orange. Carlos ndi Elkind adayamba kugwira ntchito ndipo posakhalitsa adatulutsa zidutswa zingapo zophatikizika ndi ntchito zaopanga nyimbo zakale. Zolembazo zidalengezedwa kuti ndi luso ndipo zimawoneka kuti mbiri ya Carlos ndiyotsimikizika.

Mwadzidzidzi, komabe, adagwa pamapu. Palibe amene amadziwa chifukwa chake, ngakhale nkhani ndi mphekesera zinali zochuluka.

Chowonadi chinali chakuti Wendy adadziwika moyo wake wonse ngati Walter, ndipo sakanathanso kukhala ndi bodza loti adabadwa. Anali atayamba kale mankhwala obwezeretsa mahomoni panthawi yomwe anali kugwira ntchito A Clockwork Orange, ndipo mawonekedwe ake anali atayamba kusintha. Kwa iye, inali nthawi yoti atengepo mbali kuti asinthe mawonekedwe ake akunja kukhala munthu yemwe adakhala nawo m'moyo wake wonse.

Kunena kuti njirayi inali yodabwitsa m'ma 1970 ikadakhala kuyiyika modekha. Ngakhale lero, anthu ambiri amabwerera m'mbuyo tsiku lililonse motsutsana ndi gulu la transgender. Pamene Walter adatulukiranso ngati Wendy, malilime adagwedezeka ndipo anzawo omwe anali akatswiri adadzichotsa.

Kuti awongolere mbiriyo, Carlos yemwe anali wodziwika bwino adapereka zakuya mndandanda wa zokambirana ndi Playboy magazini yomwe ikanasonkhanitsidwa ndikufalitsidwa mu 1979. Inali nthawi yoyamba kuti Wendy afotokozere nkhani yake momveka bwino ndipo anali ndi zambiri zoti anene.

“Chabwino, ndili ndi mantha. Ndili ndi mantha kwambiri, ”Carlos adauza wofunsayo a Arthur Bell. “Sindikudziwa kuti izi zidzakhudza bwanji. Ndimawopa anzanga; tidzakhala chandamale cha omwe adzaweruza zomwe ndachita, malinga ndi chikhalidwe, zoyipa, komanso zamankhwala, kudwala - kuwononga thupi lathu. ”

Carlos akuwoneka kuti wathana ndi zina mwazi mantha izi pomwe amakambirana ndi wofunsayo, komabe. Adafotokozera za dypshoria woyambirira ndi thupi lake lomwe lidayamba zaka zisanu kapena zisanu ndi chimodzi, ndikuwonetsa kusasangalala kwake ndi mawu oti "transsexual," mawu omwe anali odziwika panthawiyo.

"Ndikulakalaka mawu oti transsexual akadakhala osamveka," adalongosola. "Transgender ndikulongosola kwabwino chifukwa zakugonana paokha ndichimodzi mwazinthu zomwe zimapangitsa chidwi ndi zosowa zomwe zimandilola kuchita izi."

Zomwe zikuwonekera kwambiri pamafunso amenewo, ndi pomwe Carlos amakumba chinsinsi chomwe chinali chobisa moyo wake m'mbuyomu, ngakhale akugwira ntchito ndi Kubrick pa A Clockwork Orange. Anali atakhala kale pa HRT kwa zaka zitatu panthawiyo ndipo amavomereza kuti adakhala wosamvetsetseka kwa wotsogolera wovuta komanso wovuta.

"Sizinali zazikulu pachiyambi," adatero. "Pambuyo pake adayamba kuzizindikira pang'ono, ndipo amalankhula za munthu amene amamudziwa yemwe anali gay, kuyesera kuti amve ngati ndine gay. Ndimamupatsa yankho lovuta kunena kuti sindinali, ndipo amasokonezeka kwambiri. Masiku angapo apitawo adawombera zithunzi zambiri za ine ndi kamera yake yaying'ono ya Minox. Ayenera kuti wandipeza ndili ndi munthu wosangalatsa kumuuza zochepa. ”

Mosasamala zomwe Kubrick amaganiza za Carlos panthawiyo, adayamika nyimbo zake. Miyezi ingapo kuyankhulana kudasindikizidwa, Carlos adadzipezanso akugwiranso ntchito yopanga Kubrick. Nthawi ino, zinali Kuwala.

Kubrick adalumikiza pamodzi nyimbo za opanga ma avant-garde angapo a kanema, koma ndi Carlos yemwe adalemba mutu wake wovuta potengera mutu wa Berlioz wa "Akufa Irae" kuchokera Symphonie Fantastic.

Chidutswacho ndiimodzi mwamitu yodziwika bwino kwambiri mpaka pano. Ndi mitundu yozungulira ndikumveka kwachisangalalo ndikumangirira komanso kopatsa chidwi, kutipangitsa kuti tiyambe ulendo wozizira wa filimuyi mwachangu.

Posakhalitsa, adapezeka kuti akugwira ntchito pa Walt Disney's Tron zomwe zimawoneka ngati zikumuyenerera bwino maluso ake apadera komanso nyimbo zosakanizidwa.

M'zaka zonse za m'ma 80, apitiliza kulemba, kutulutsa ma Albamu atatu mzaka khumi ngakhale kuti ntchito yake yamafilimu idayamba kuchepa panthawiyi. Adagwirizana ndi Weird Al Yankovic pa kulingaliranso za Peter ndi Nkhandwe yomwe idalandira Mphotho ya Grammy ndikupitiliza kukankhira malire nyimbo zomwe zingapange.

Pofika zaka za m'ma 90, ntchito yake yamafilimu idalibe, ndipo pomwe amapitilizabe kulemba zokonda zake zidakulirakulira zaluso zina. Anakhala wothamangitsa kadamsana ndipo wakhala wodziwika bwino chifukwa chojambula kadamsana ndi zina mwa ntchito zake zomwe zimapezeka pamawebusayiti ovomerezeka a NASA.

Masiku ano, ali ndi zaka pafupifupi 80, Carlos amadziwika kuti ndiwatsopano kumene wakhala akuchita. Nyimbo zake zatilimbikitsa kwambiri, kujambula kwake kwayang'ana kumwamba, ndipo nkhani yake yotuluka ndikusintha ndikulimbikitsa kwa gulu la LGBTQ.