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”

• Photo Gallery: Six Six Sick & Disco Down @ Happy Ending on December 1, 2009

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

  
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  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

  
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  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

  
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  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

  
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  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

  
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  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!

  
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  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

  
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  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

  
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  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

  
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  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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• Funky Retro_V.A

  
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• Livin It Up

  
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  Anyone recognize the break? Bell & James - Livin It Up (Friday Night) Disco Versio n Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps
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• Play The Record Again

  
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  Boom! New tune from AC Slater, there’s really no need for an introduction here so just grab this.AC Slater – Play The Record Again (YSI)AC Slater – Play The Record Again (zShare)
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• 55DSL Presents Studio55 | Pic + Mix with Chu & Disco Teck

  
  Unequalled Magazine | Beta v3.4 — Authority: 425
  Studio55 will be playing host to the second Pic+Mix show with a private preview happening this Thursday on the 3rd of December from 6:30 – 9pm. This show will be running at Studio55, located at 55DSL’s London Flagship store on 10A Newburgh street, from December 4 – 24, 2009 and sponsored by Tiger Beer.Pic + [...]
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• Strange Things

  
  Discobelle.net — Authority: 580
  We just got a brand new remix of the single “Strange Things” from The Count & Sinden. The remix comes from London production duo R1 Ryders and it’s a driving funky house affair.The pending release “Strange Things/Elephant 1234″ will be out on Domino Records as a special edition 12″ on December 7th (but ...
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• Steed Lord; ‘Royal Ruffian’ reMix

  
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  Iceland’s crazy bassheads Steed Lord have dropped their own reMix of ‘Royal Ruffian’ taken from their album ‘Truth Serum’. It’s a hell of a lot heavier than the original (now that the original was lightweight!), the lead synths and vocoders remain but the beats and bass hammer through the speakers. ♫ ...
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