Piper Generation

In July of 2015 while surfing the net, the director of the movie Corrado Rizza found what he considered to be an amazing video on YouTube. It was published by Hiroyuki Kajino, an active Japanese DJ in the 80's. It was an unpublished interview with Larry Levan from the Paradise Garage in New York City. The Paradise Garage opened in 1977 and it was a legendary club where Larry Levan showed his creative genius for ten years. He was so creative that he turned his club into a temple of music. Larry died prematurely in 1992, at the of age 38.

This documentary takes an in-depth look into the beginnings of clubbing in Rome and the evolution of the role of disc jockey as a profession. Currently, in present day DJs have stepped out of the shadows and have reached maximum media visibility, catapulting some to the level of actual pop stars. From the end of the 60's, after the opening of the mythical Piper Club, to the beginning of the 90's, the city of Rome became the capital of amusement. In the 70's legendary discos opened such as Much More and the infamous gay club, Easy Going. The 80's were also the years of Roman favorites Histeria and Gilda, as well as many other amazing clubs.