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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 ]
Regine began playing on two turntables there in 1953. Discos began appearing across Europe and the United States. [5] In the 1950s, American radio DJs appeared live at sock hops and "platter parties" and assumed the role of a human jukebox. They typically played 45-rpm records, featuring hit singles on one turntable while talking between songs.
Disco: A Decade of Saturday Nights, organized by Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington, [1] was the first major museum exhibition to explore the rich, complex world of disco. [2] Pulsating with light and sound, the exhibit followed disco from its beginnings in New York club culture to the fad created by Saturday Night Fever , the ...
By John Dorn It was a night that brought one of the most destructive revolutions in professional sports history, but one that has been largely forgotten as the decades have blown by. July 12, 1979 ...
The 1980s began with new wave dominating the charts, and continued through a new form of silky smooth soul, and ended with a popular glam metal trend dominating mainstream America. Meanwhile, the first glimmer of punk rock's popularity began, and new alternative rock and hardcore found niche markets.
Young’s signature beat did not live and die with disco’s ascent and ultimate decline in the mainstream. ... Young began playing gigs at nightclubs like The Stinger on Broad St., Scotty’s on ...
By the mid-to-late 1990s this began to change as the American music industry made efforts to market a range of dance genres as "electronica". [124] At the time, a wave of electronic music bands from the United Kingdom, including The Prodigy , The Chemical Brothers , Fatboy Slim and Underworld , had been prematurely associated with an "American ...
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