Luke and his girlfriend Kat made this new video in collaboration with their poet friend Sam Riviere…..

(Video: Tranny show @ Nostromondo 1994)

One of Sao Paulo’s most celebrated and important clubs of all times will soon be re-launched with very a promising atmosphere. After being shut down for many years, the old historical building, hidden in a corner of a gloomy street and which was once a slaughterhouse may soon become a meeting place again for clubbers and art freaks galore.

Madame Satã (“Madam Satan” in proper English) can be easily described as the birthplace of alternative music in Sao Paulo.

It was the first club that punks, goths, new wavers and freaks in general chose as their home. Some even say that everybody from the club’s most loyal clientele either formed a band, became a successful DJ, or got into the art world.

You may think about it as a mix of New York’s CGBG and London’s Batcave, but in a country which had just spent several long years living under a strict military dictatorial regime.

Claudia Wonder (R.I.P.) click for more

Some characters who used to parade around the club also became legendary. Like the glorious performance artist only known as “The Cabbage Lady”, a very large woman who used to sit inside a cage at the club’s entrance eating cabbage and drinking vodka. Or the late punk rock tranny Claudia Wonder, who performed Lou Reed’s songs naked, wearing nothing but a devilish mask, inside a bathtub filled with fake blood.

Accordingly to a message on Facebook, the new Madame Satã will celebrate alternative culture and become some sort of a place for theatre, music, concerts, parties, and lots of fun. There isn’t yet any confirmation about when it will be the (re)opening night, but the news has already started a huge buzz on the web, both from the old generation and the newcomers.

The new owners of Madame Satã, DJs Gé Rodriguez and Igor Calmona, are also the same ones who have revitalized the city’s longest running gay club, Nostromondo.

The club first opened its doors more than 40 years ago, and had its pinnacle in the late 70’s/early 80’s, with amazing performances by drags and trannies who now are recognized as “Mothers” for an entire generation of artists.

The new club now features a line-up of assorted parties,  covering musical styles from classic gay anthems to nu-disco and house music. The more hardcore clubbers may enjoy the after-hours party which usually goes on until 2pm on a Sunday afternoon.

This comes to show that maybe a new way for Sao Paulo’s non-stop chaotic and yet delightful nightlife to reinvent itself is to take back a look at its illustrious past and try to reinvent it for the future.”

Alisson Gothz

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