Disco

Disco is the music that will not die. Born in the late seventies, disco music briefly ruled the world, reaching a fever pitch (pardon the pun) with the movie Saturday Night Fever and its disco-fueled soundtrack by the Bee Gees.

Basically a hybrid of funk and R&B powered by faster, metronomic beats, the club-based music became a world-wide phenomenon, impacting everything from fashion to culture, with the DJs spinning the records becoming stars as big as the artists (who included Chic, Donna Summer, and the Village People) that recorded them.

The backlash, however, was equally explosive, for a time spawning public burnings of disco records (Disco Demolition 1979), and selling a ton of Disco Sucks T-shirts. By the early eighties, disco was on the wane — but some argue it has never really gone away. Today's club music, from techno to trance to house owes a considerable debt to disco. Even hip-hop's do-it-yourself mantra of "two turntables and a microphone" can be traced to New York's thriving seventies disco scene.

Today disco lives on in the form of both nostalgic movies and club nights, and through it's continuing influence on dance, R&B, and pop. After all, aren't they all the same thing these days? You'll find disco fans boogieing the night away at blogs like The Disco Blog, Disco Delivery, and Space Disco.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Disco”

• Valhalla

  
  Discobelle.net — Authority: 581
  Scottish producer Hostage just dropped one thunderous EP with “Valhalla” (released by Nightshifters that goes from strength to strength with their releases). Hostage keeps the single going with bass and adds some sprinkles of rave to keep the dancefloor in check, remix duties comes from Chicago house legend Angel ...
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• Manicured Noise – Metronome (Cousin Cole remix)

  
  Discobelle.net — Authority: 581
  This is the latest remix from Cousin Cole, which came out monday on Caroline True Records. Manicured Noise was a late 70s post-punk band from Manchester – it’s a remix of their song “Metronome” which was done for a remix EP along with mixes from Pocketknife, Jon Da Silva (resident at the legendary Hacienda ...
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• Sean Paul & Hard House Banton – Temperature vs Sirens (The Heatwave Refix)

  
  Discobelle.net — Authority: 581
  If you ever seen a dj set with the guys in Heatwave you know that these guys comes correct. Gabriel sent over one of his secret weapons so all of us can enjoy it.Sean Paul & Hard House Banton – Temperature vs Sirens (The Heatwave Refix) (mediafire)
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• Wednesday Intermezzo: Happy Birthday Phish

  
  Hidden Track — Authority: 510
  Back on December 2, 1983, Phish played their first gig for an unappreciative crowd at the Harris-Millis Cafeteria on the campus of the University of Vermont. Tonight, the band celebrates their 26th anniversary at Madison Square Garden. A few intrepid fans on Phantasy Tour are asking fans to sing Happy Birthday to ...
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• CHEW LiPS; new non-album track!

  
  electronic rumors — Authority: 133
  It’s that time again, for one of the greatest UK Electro acts around, CHEW LiPS , to kindly give away another free track to coincide with the last of their regular club nights. This time there’s a twist though, while previous giveaways have been taster of what to expect on their painfully anticipated for coming ...
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• Snapshots: Metric at La Zona

  
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• Splash Band - "The End (Disco)"

  
  the bomarr blog — Authority: 124
  the splash band - "the end (disco)" (download) Great cover of the the end theme from John Carpenters "Assault on Precinct 13" by German "disco" band The Splash Band. Released in 1984, this stuff is more 80s electro than disco. The Music of John Carpenter features some pretty impressive covers of themes from ...
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• Photo Gallery: Six Six Sick & Disco Down @ Happy Ending on December 1, 2009

  
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• Goody! Goody! Pt. 2 (Mixtape Download)

  
  Frank151 — Authority: 437
  Countless mixtapes flood the internet every day. Its not hard to get your hands on them, and we find ourselves hesitant to grab a lot of them, for fear they will just take up space on our hard drives. Here and there, certain mixes stand out and rise to the top of the heap. DJ JayCeeOh and PQs Goodie Goodie mix ...
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• Have a Happy Disco Bigfoot Christmas

  
  Nerd Approved - Gadgets and Gizmos — Authority: 645
  Etsy user hooligan777 has the best collection of disco nerdy Christmas stockings you will see anywhere. Don’t be fooled by imitations. Other designs include: zombie, Fantastic Four, WOW, X-Men, Mario, Green Lantern, Anarchy Online and Pac-Man. Product Page ($5)
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• Claude Vonstroke Tour blog week 4

  
  Discobelle.net — Authority: 581
  Week 4 – Los AngelesTrack of the night – Los AngelesA lot of big stuff was goin down in LA but this one had the room reachin for it.Hickup Theme – Hickup – dirtybird (mp3 clip)LA – Friday after ThanksgivingTons of people came out to dance off the stuffing and turkey fat they chowed down [...]
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• aUtOdiDakT& John Disco get reMixed by Mmmatthias

  
  electronic rumors — Authority: 133
  Traktor Record’s   aUtOdiDakT & John Disco teemed up a while ago to drop their ‘aUtODisco‘ EP and now the tracks get a second outing witht he release of the ‘aUtODisco RMX Edition EP’ featuring reworks by the likes of Stereo Killaz, Dub Frequency, Super Super, Acid Jacks and Mmmatthias , whose reMix ...
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• Watch Now: Damon Packard’s SpaceDisco One

  
  Bad Lit — Authority: 131
  Ladies and gentleman, presenting the grooviest sci-fi movie ever made! It’s SpaceDisco One , a Bob Ellis Production of a Damon Packard film. What do you get when you cross a remake of 1984 — ‘84 John Hurt edition — with a sequel to Logan’s Run and toss in references to the original Battlestar ...
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• Tableau is DESTROYED by evil virus!

  
  Shopping Cart Disco — Authority: 134
  Image captured by Arabella Steadham As is the tradition with Tableau, Monday night it was destroyed in an epic drama of gigantic proportions. Coincidentally, you will see Tableau OBVIOUSLY being eaten by a giant Shopping Cart Disco ball at the 1:32 mark. The Shopping Cart Disco ball is only seen on rare occasions ...
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• Dan Ene – Gravity’s Groove (unmixed) 2009

  
  Minimal Freaks — Authority: 163
  Artists: VA Album: Gravity’s Groove (compiled by Dan Ene) Genre: Minimal / Deep / Tech-House / Groovy Release Date: 01-12-2009 Ripper: MF (Minimal Freaks) Quality: 320kbps Size: 193MB Source: Web Tracks: 01. Sllash & Doppe – Reach Out 02. Raoul Russu – Unde Esti (2009 Remix) 03. Olivian Nour – Autumn in ...
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• Wrong One

  
  radiomagnetic.com — Authority: 137
  Welcome to the first Wrong Island Live podcast. Over the next wee while, we’ll be recording the full night’s musical selection at our basement party in Glasgow and sending you a little snippet via our good pals at Radio Magnetic Towers as part of their Homeclubbing series, showcasing the very best in Scotland’s ...
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• Lagos Disco Inferno & A Room Full Of Vinyl

  
  NYLVI: Your Place for Vinyl: Blog — Authority: 416
  Somewhere in Africa, there’s a room full of vinyl records… Discovered of course by none other than Voodoo Frank , the legendary DJ and record collector who sold off everything and spent three years in Africa hunting down rare funk records. We talked to Voodoo Frank about his trip a while back, you can read the ...
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