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Disco Music
Disco emerged in the late 1960s from genres like soul and funk. It became popular in dance clubs in the mid-1970s and was characterized by a dance-oriented pop sound. Key elements included vocals, a four-beat rhythm, and orchestral instruments. Popular performers included Donna Summer, Bee Gees, and Chic. Producers played an important role in developing the disco sound through techniques like remixing. Disco peaked in popularity in the late 1970s but then declined in the early 1980s, though it influenced later genres like house and techno.
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- 2. MUSIC & SOCIETYDISCO Roots in late 1960âs Soul, Philly and New York Soul & Motown A genre of dance-oriented pop music that was popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970âs The term disco was first used in 1973 Rolling Stone Magazine Disco sound-urban American phenomenon
- 3. DISCO BACKGROUND ⢠DiscothèqueClubs where no live music played a.k.a. disk-only events ⢠Occupied France, Jazz and Bebop music & Jitterbug were banned by the Nazis as decadent American influences ⢠Resistance met at hidden underground dance clubs called discotheques ⢠Danced to American Swing music ⢠Played on a turntable when a jukebox was not available
- 4. DISCO BACKGROUND CONT. â˘Sexual revolution United States 1960âs ⢠Homosexuals were left out ⢠Homosexual sex acts were illegal in several states ⢠Gay bars were frequently raided by police ⢠Police raided Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village, New York, June 1969
- 5. DISCO BACKGROUND CONT. â˘Patrons fought back, leading to Stonewall Riots ⢠Riot led to a feeling that the time had come when they could be themselves ⢠Due to the sexual revolution, feminism, female sexual desire -not discussed or understood, became a topic for discussion
- 6. DISCO BACKGROUND CONT. â˘Atmosphere in which New York City musicians and audiences from the female, homosexual, black, and Latino communities adopted several traits from hippies and psychedelia ⢠Included free-form dancing, "trippy" lighting, colorful costumes, and hallucinogens ⢠Lack of irony, and earnestness of the hippies influenced pre- Disco music
- 7. MUSIC & SOCIETYDISCO Characteristics ď§ Reverberated vocals ď§ Steady four-on-the-floor beat ď§ Open hi-hat on the off- beat ď§ Syncopated electric bass line Orchestration ď§ Strings, horns ď§ Electric pianos ď§ Lush background sound ď§ Orchestral instruments ď§ flute for solo melodies ď§ Lead guitar rarely used
- 8. DISCO PERFORMERS &PRODUCERS Performers Evelyn "Champagne" King, Tavares, Chic, Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Grace Jones, Gloria Gaynor, Diana Ross, The Village People, Sylvester, The Jackson 5, Stylistics and Barry White Producers Important role in Disco, wrote the songs, created sounds production techniques of the "disco soundâ Nile Rogers, Bernard Edwards-CHIC, Giorgio Moroeder-Donna Summer
- 9. DISCO RISE &FALL Disco Copyists Non-Disco artists recorded Disco songs at the height of Disco's popularity, and films such as Saturday Night Fever and Thank God It's Friday increased itâs popularity Decline of Disco Disco declined in popularity in the early to mid 1980âs, influence on hip-hop, electric dance, house, techno, new wave and hip hop
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- 11. 1970âS DISCO &1920âS JAZZ COMPARISM ⢠Early 1920âs a popularized Jazz ⢠Jazz dance popular at nightclubs in major cities ⢠Many similarities dance music of the 1920âs and Disco music from the 1970âs ⢠Lavish orchestrations ⢠Period of social liberalism ⢠Popularized through black nightclubs ⢠Disco popularized through gay nightclubs
- 12. 1970âS DISCO &1920âS JAZZ COMPARISM CONT. ⢠1920âs Glitter ball first appeared ⢠Nightclub sequence of Berlin: die sinfonie der groĂstadt ⢠The Great Depression ⢠Socially conservative period ⢠Gay nightclubs shut down ⢠Relations between whites and minorities strained ⢠1935 Swing music had replace Dance music of the 1920âs
- 13. DISCO PRODUCERS &LABELS ⢠SalSoul Records Joe and Stanley Cayre ⢠Westend Records Mel Cheren ⢠Casablanca Records Neil Bogart ⢠Prelude Records Marvin Schlachter
- 14. DISCO PRODUCTION &SOUND ⢠Shaped legendary Tom Moulton ⢠Creating the "Remixâ influenced Rap, Hip-Hop and Pop ⢠Extend the enjoyment ⢠DJs and Remixers would remix (re-edit) existing songs using reel to reel tape machines ⢠Remixed versions would add percussion breaks, new sections & new sounds
- 15. PRODUCTION & SOUNDREMIX Disco Remixers David Mancuso, Tom Moulton, Nicky Siano, Shep Pettibone, Larry Levan, Walter Gibbons, and Frankie Knuckles ⢠Sound shaped by nightclub DJ's ⢠Use multiple record players to seamlessly mix tracks from genres Soul, Funk and Pop music at discoteques ⢠Forerunner to later styles such as hip-hop and house
- 16. INTERNATIONAL DISCO TRACKS1 ⢠The Hues Corporation 1974 "Rock The Boat" a U.S. #1 single and million-seller ⢠"Walking in Rhythm" by The Blackbyrds 1974, ⢠Gloria Gaynor remake of The Jackson 5 "Never Can Say Goodbye" ⢠The Bee Gees "You Should Be Dancingâ 1975 ⢠Barry White "You're the First, the Last, My Everythingâ 1974 ⢠LaBelle "Lady Marmaladeâ 1974
- 17. INTERNATIONAL DISCO TRACKS 2 â˘The Bee Gees "Jive Talkinâ 1975 ⢠Chic's "Le Freakâ 1978 &"Good Timesâ 1979 ⢠Boney M a group of four West Indian singers and dancers masterminded by West German record producer Frank Farian, charted worldwide hits with such songs as "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker" and "Rivers of Babylon" ⢠All three charted in the U.S.
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