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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 ]
In music, the terms Afro/cosmic disco, [1] [2] the cosmic sound, [3] free-style sound, [4] and combinations thereof (Afro, cosmic Afro, [5] Afro-cosmic, [6] Afro-freestyle, [7] etc., as well as Afro-funky [8] and later Afro house) are used somewhat interchangeably to describe various forms of synthesizer-heavy and/or African-influenced dance music and methods of DJing that were originally ...
Makossa is a music genre originating in Douala, Littoral Region, Cameroon in the late 20th century. [1] Like much other music of Sub-Saharan Africa, it uses strong electric bass rhythms and prominent brass.
In the early 1970s, disco spawned a succession of dance fads including the Bump, the Hustle, and the Y.M.C.A. This continued in the 1980s with the popular song " Walk like an Egyptian " [ 2 ] , [ clarification needed ] in the 1990s with the " Macarena ", in the 2000s with " The Ketchup Song " and in the 2010s with " Gangnam Style ".
In the middle of the 1970s, American disco was imported to South Africa, and disco beats were added to soul music, which helped bring a halt to popular mbaqanga bands such as the Mahotella Queens. In 1976, South African children rebelled en masse against apartheid and governmental authority, and a vibrant, youthful counterculture was created ...
The Rough Guide to African Disco is a world music compilation album originally released in 2013 featuring mainly 1970s and '80s African disco.Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the album contains two discs: an overview of the genre on Disc One, and a "bonus" Disc Two highlighting Cameroonian artist Maloko.
Lyrics, instruments, and even melodies often have connections to African culture and even influence culture and music in other countries today. It is strongly influenced by African rhythms. The most well known sub-genres of Afro-Brazilian musical genres are samba, marabaixo, maracatu, ijexá, coco, jongo, carimbó, lambada, maxixe, and maculelê.
The Cuban contradanza, which became also known as the Habanera, the first written music to be rhythmically based on an African rhythm pattern, gained international fame in the 19th century. The habanera "El Arreglito" composed by the Spanish musician Sebastian Yradier , was adapted to become one of the most famous arias in Georges Bizet 's 1875 ...