*** Bayanin Marubucin: Wendy Carlos: Trans Woman, Kubrick Collaborator, da Synth-Music Pioneer wani bangare ne na iHorror's Watan Girman kai na Firgici jerin wanda ke neman fadakarwa, ilimantarwa, da kuma haskaka haske ga masu kirkirar LGBTQ wadanda suka taimaka wajen tsara yanayin. ***

Wendy Carlos an ƙaddara ta zama mawaƙa. Mahaifiyarta malamin piano ce, kuma baffan nata suna kaɗa kayan kaɗe-kaɗe iri-iri. A lokacin da ta kai shekara shida, ta fara karatun piano kuma a goma ta fara kida na farko, "A Trio for Clarinet, Accordion, and Piano."

A shekarunta na samartaka, Wendy ta fara reshe kuma ta kasance tana da sha'awar ci gaban duniyar lantarki da na'uran komputa, inda ta lashe gasar cinikin kwamfuta a cikin makarantar sakandare, amma har yanzu waka tana cikin ranta kuma ta ci gaba da wasa da tsarawa.

Ta shiga Jami'ar Brown kuma ta sami digiri a fannin kide-kide da kimiyyar lissafi sannan daga baya ta sami Digiri na biyu a fannin kade-kade daga Jami'ar Columbia. A lokacin karatunta, ta fara koyar da darussa a cikin kiɗan lantarki, shawarar da za ta taka rawa wajen tsara aikinta na gaba da sauran rayuwarta.

A lokacin da take a Columbia ne, cewa Carlos ya haɗu da Robert Moog, wani majagaba a cikin kiɗa na lantarki wanda ke haɓaka maɓallin kiɗa na analog. Carlos ya yi sha'awar aikin Moog kuma ya kasance tare da shi a cikin aikinsa, yana haɓaka farkon Moog synthesizer da yawancin maganganun da za su biyo baya.

Carlos ya fara amfani da ɗayan waɗannan maƙarƙancin don ƙirƙirar jingles na talla kuma ba da daɗewa ba ta yi suna a fagen yayin da ta haɗu da Rachel Elkind, tsohuwar mawaƙa wacce ke aiki a matsayin sakatariya ga shugaban kamfanin Columbia Records.

Su biyun sun zama abokai nan take kuma masu haɗin gwiwa kuma a cikin 1968, an saki kundi na farko daga wannan haɗin kan duniya. Aka kira shi Sauya-On Bach, kuma ya zama ba zato ba tsammani a duniyar waƙa. Kundin da aka siyar sama da kofi miliyan daya kuma kwanakin rashin sunan Carlos sun ƙare kuma ba abin mamaki bane cewa duniyar fim ta zo tana kira.

Da alama Stanley Kubrick ya kasance mai son aikin Carlos kuma ya roƙe ta da ta tsara kiɗa don fim mai zuwa, Orange mai Clockwork. Carlos da Elkind sun fara aiki kuma ba da daɗewa ba suka samar da abubuwa da yawa waɗanda suka haɗu da waƙoƙin haɗi tare da aikin mawaƙan gargajiya. An bayyana nasarar a matsayin babbar kyauta kuma da alama an tabbatar da mutuncin Carlos.

Kwatsam, duk da haka, ta faɗi gaba ɗaya daga taswirar. Ba wanda ya san dalilin, duk da cewa labarai da jita-jita sun yawaita.

Gaskiyar magana ita ce, Wendy an san ta da rayuwarta duka a matsayin Walter, kuma ba za ta iya rayuwa da ƙaryar haihuwar da aka ɗora mata ba. Ta riga ta fara aikin maye gurbin hormone a lokacin da take aiki Orange mai Clockwork, kuma kamanninta na jiki ya fara canzawa. A gare ta, lokaci ya yi da za a dauki matakan don canza fasalin wajenta zuwa mutumin da ta kasance a cikin rayuwarta duka.

Idan aka ce wannan aikin ya kasance abin birgewa a cikin shekarun 1970 zai sanya shi a hankali. Ko da a yau, al'umma gabaɗaya tana turawa baya kowace rana akan al'ummar transgender. Lokacin da Walter ya sake fitowa a matsayin Wendy, harsuna suna ta kaɗawa kuma tsoffin ƙwararrun masaniya sun nisanta kansu.

Don saita rikodin rikodin, ɗan ɗan ƙaramin Carlos ya ba da zurfi jerin tattaunawa da Playboy mujallar wanda za'a tattara shi kuma a buga shi a shekara ta 1979. Wannan shine karo na farko da Wendy ta faɗi labarin nata a fili kuma a bainar jama'a kuma tana da abubuwa da yawa da zata faɗi.

“To, ina jin tsoro. Ina matukar fargaba, ”in ji Carlos ga mai tattaunawar Arthur Bell. “Ban san irin tasirin da wannan zai yi ba. Ina jin tsoron abokaina; za mu zama waɗanda waɗanda suka yanke hukunci game da abin da na aikata kamar, ta fuskar ɗabi'a, mugunta, da kuma a likitance, rashin lafiya - faɗa a jikin mutum. ”

Carlos kamar ya shawo kan wasu daga cikin waɗannan tsoran har ma yayin da ta tattauna da su tare da mai tambayoyinta, duk da haka. Ta bayyana farkon dypshoria tare da jikinta wanda ya fara daga shekara biyar zuwa shida, kuma ta nuna rashin jin dadin ta da kalmar “transsexual,” kalmomin gama gari a lokacin don asalin ta.

“Ina ma a ce kalmar transsexual ba ta zama ta yanzu ba,” in ji ta. "Transgender shine mafi kyaun kwatancen saboda jima'i a kowane yanayi yana daya daga cikin abubuwan dake haifar da jin dadi da kuma bukatun da zai bani damar wannan matakin."

Abin da ake iya fada a cikin wannan hira shine, lokacin da Carlos ya zurfafa cikin sirrin da ya ɓoye rayuwarta a da, koda lokacin da take aiki tare da Kubrick a Orange mai Clockwork. Ta riga ta kasance a cikin HRT tsawon shekaru uku a lokacin kuma ta yarda cewa ta zama sirri ga mai ba da shawara da neman buƙata.

Ta ce: "Ba wani abu bane babba a farkon." “Daga baya ya fara lura da hakan kadan, kuma zai yi magana game da wani wanda ya san shi ɗan luwadi ne, yana ƙoƙarin jin ko na kasance ɗan luwadi. Zan ba shi amsar enigmatic da ke nuna ban kasance ba, kuma zai fi damuwa. A kwana biyun da suka gabata ya zana min hotuna da yawa tare da ƙaramar ƙaramar Minox. Lallai ya same ni mutum mai sha'awa in faɗi komai. ”

Ba tare da la'akari da abin da Kubrick ya yi tunanin Carlos a lokacin ba, ya yaba da waƙarta. Watanni da yawa bayan an buga tattaunawar, Carlos ta sami kanta da sake yin aikin samar da Kubrick. Wannan lokacin, ya kasance The Shining.

Kubrick ya hada waka da mawaka da yawa wadanda suka hada fim din, amma shi Carlos ne ya kirkiro taken taken da yake damun shi ta hanyar “Dies Irae” na Berlioz. Fantastique na Symphonie.

Yankin ɗayan ɗayan sanannun abubuwa ne masu ban tsoro har zuwa yau. Matsalolin yanayi ne da sautuka masu ban mamaki suna da sanyi da motsa rai, suna kwadaitar da mu cikin tafiya mai sanyi ta fim ɗin tare da alacrity.

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, ta sami kanta tana aiki akan maki don Walt Disney's Tron wanda ya zama cikakke mai dacewa da ƙwarewarta ta musamman da kuma kayan haɗakarwa.

A cikin shekarun 80s, zata ci gaba da tsarawa, tana sakin faya-faya uku a cikin shekaru goma duk da cewa fim dinta ya fara raguwa a wannan lokacin. Ta haɗu tare da Weird Al Yankovic a kan sake yin tunanin Bitrus da Wolf wanda ya sami lambar yabo ta Grammy kuma ya ci gaba da tura iyakar abin da keɓaɓɓiyar kiɗa za ta iya cimma.

Zuwa 90s, aikin fim kusan babu shi, kuma yayin da ta ci gaba da tsara abubuwan da take sha'awa sun faɗaɗa zuwa wasu zane-zane. Ta zama mai farautar kallon kallo kuma ya zama sananne ga daukar hoto na kusufin rana tare da wasu ayyukanta da ke bayyana a gidajen yanar sadarwar NASA.

A yau, a kusan kusan shekaru 80, har yanzu ana san Carlos a matsayin mai ƙirar ƙirar da ta kasance koyaushe. Waƙarta ta sanyaya mu cikin zuciyarmu, hotonta ya sanya abubuwan hangen nesa a sama, kuma labarinta na sirri da ya fito da sauyi abun ƙarfafawa ne ga al'umar LGBTQ.