Everything You Need to Know About Disco
Gamble and Huff’s Philadelphia International productions, Barry White’s string-drenched mini-operas, Donna Summer’s epic “Love To Love You Baby,” Chic and the infectious camp of Boney M are just five calling cards of disco. The genre is about four-on-the-floor, hi-hats, percussion, bass lines, and extended dance grooves. Lyrically, Disco can be about love, heartbreak, kung fu, or that mad Russian mythic Rasputin . Disco tracks can be extended and mixed into a seamless continuum in clubs across the world. In recent years, disco has come back with a vengeance, stimulating interest in classic, obscure, and Nnu-disco artists who all gyrate to the beat. Disco History The word “disco” is derived from the French word “discotheque,” but the genre’s cradle was rocked in early-’70s United States. There were no disco records, just soul and funk platters by artists like James Brown , Wilson Picket...