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The origins of disco in the Black and Brown gay clubs of New York City is commonplace knowledge, but Disco sets the story in the social, political, economic, and musical context of the time. As ...
Nu-disco is a 21st-century dance music genre associated with the renewed interest in 1970s and early 1980s disco, [132] mid-1980s Italo disco, and the synthesizer-heavy Euro disco aesthetics. [133] The moniker appeared in print as early as 2002, and by mid-2008 was used by record shops such as the online retailers Juno and Beatport. [ 134 ]
A disco record and its rollicking world tour is an unprecedented celebration of queer Black life by the biggest pop star in America, ... livin’ like we ain’t got time: How Renaissance became ...
The series documented the impact that disco music had on popular culture in the 1970s. The show featured several disco innovators and people related to the culture including: Marty Angelo - Producer, Disco Step-by-Step; Charlie Anzalone - Club DJ; Maurice Brahms - Club owner, Infinity; Harry Wayne Casey - Lead singer of KC and the Sunshine Band
Lynch was often called a "visionary" over the course of his career. [5] [6] [7] In 2007, a panel of critics convened by The Guardian announced that "after all the discussion, no one could fault the conclusion that David Lynch is the most important film-maker of the current era", [8] and AllMovie called him "the Renaissance man of modern American filmmaking". [9]
Also known as smooth rock, the tunes of this time frame between the late 70s and early 80s combined several genres: Smooth soul, smooth jazz, R&B, funk, rock, and disco all in one.
The story of Casablanca Records has been told by many — in books, articles and by the larger-than-life characters who lived through the salad days of mid- to late-1970s rock and disco music. Its ...
Hip-hop music was influenced by disco music, as disco also emphasized the key role of the DJ in creating tracks and mixes for dancers, and old school hip-hop often used disco tracks as beats. At the same time however, hip-hop music was also a backlash against certain subgenres of late 1970s disco.