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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• The Original Masters - Afro Mania (2012)

  
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  The Original Masters - Afro Mania (2012) Artist: VA Album: The Original Masters - Afro Mania Release: 2012-05-24 Label: Milestone Cat#: MSHA 1020 Genre: Disco/Nu-Disco Quality: V0 Kbps Time: 75:14 Min Size: 126 MB Tracklist: 01.The Original Masters - Afro Mania - konk - your life (do what you want) (dub version) ...
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• Simian Mobile Disco // Unpatterns // Wichita Recordings // Out Now

  
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• Doctor Dru – The Voice Of Dru (video)

  
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• The Summer Mixtape Dump w/ SlothBoogie, Social Disco Club, The Revenge & Greg Wilson

  
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• Lissi Dancefloor Disaster – Singing My Heart Out (Le Prix remix)

  
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• Funky Fridays: Timewarp Music Radioshow

  
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• Hello Friday

  
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  A nice little number for the weekend by Simian Mobile Disco . Taken from the album “Unpatterns”.
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• Sirius XM – Blow Your Head #12: Moombahton Summer 2k12 Mix

  
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• The Magician – Magic Tape Twenty-Three

  
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  Friday mix courtesy of The Magician who delivers a splendid weekend mix of house/disco tunes that includes a brand new track from our girl Anna Lunoe.
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• Italo Dance Fitness Music (2011)

  
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• Aerobic Disco Vol.2 (2011)

  
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• Bracelet Mens Ladies Unisex Hip Hop Style Pave Seven Crystal Gold with White Crystal 11mm Disco Ball Faceted Bead Unisex Adjustable

  
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• Discofied Vol.2 (Disco House Party) (2012)

  
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• Onra – L.O.V.E.

  
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• RAC feat. PENGUIN PRISON – Hollywood (The Magician Remix)

  
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  Belgium’s The Magician, and surprisingly so.. returns with yet another BOOM-drop provided by the ever sociable Green Label Sound and the collective pairing of RAC & Penguin Prison making a strong alliance. Blazin’ … RAC feat. PENGUIN PRISON – Hollywood (The Magician Remix)
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