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Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric pianos, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars.

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Cultural origins
Late 1960s – early 1970s, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York City
Derivative forms
Europop · dance-pop · house · post-disco · post-punk
Stylistic origins
Philadelphia soul · funk · psychedelic soul · pop

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Musical characteristics

Production

Club culture

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related to Further reading · 122
Disco → Alan, Alice, American Culture, American Dance Music Culture, An Upside Down Story, Andrea Angeli Bufalini, Andy, Angelo, Anniversary Special Collector's Edition, Antigay Prejudice, Arcana, Archived February, Backlash, Beta, Blogcritics, Campion, Can, Cappella Books, Charting, Chicago
related to 2010s resurgence · 43
Disco → Album, Arcade Fire's Reflektor, As Frenéticas, Beyoncé, Birthday, Blow, Blurred Lines, Boogie Oogie, Brazilian, Brazilian Globo TV, Bruno Mars, By Karmin, Daft Punk, Disco Era, EP John Travolta Wannabe, Gaon Digital Chart, Get Lucky, Grammys, In, Its
related to 2020s resurgence · 42
Disco → Adam Lambert's Velvet, Aphrodite, At, Australian, BBC Radio, Billboard, Both, BTS, By, Doja Cat's, Don't Start Now, Dua Lipa's, Dynamite, English, Fever, Future Nostalgia, In, In July, Jessie Ware's What's Your, July
related to 2000s resurgence · 41
Disco → ABBA's, Can't Get You Out, Confessions, Confessions Tour, Daft Punk's, Dance Floor, Dancefloor, First Sight, Gimme, Groovejet, Hear Me Tonight, Hung Up, If This Ain't Love, In, Jamiroquai's, Jessica Simpson, Know Your Enemy, Kylie Minogue's, Lady, Little
related to Works cited · 29
Disco → Beat Around, Bill, Brewster, Broughton, Disc Jockey, DJ Saved My Life, Faber And Faber, Frank, Headline Book Publishing, History, ISBN, Kelefa, Last Night, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Major Labels, New York, Paperback, Penguin Press
related to Dance · 28
Disco → At, Boogaloo, Brooklyn Hustle, Bump, By October, Chinese, Disco Dancing, During, French, German, Her, Hustle, In, It, Karen Lustgarten, Later, Latin Hustle, New York Hustle, New York Times, Penguin
related to Post-punk · 28
Disco → Blacks, British, Certain Ratio, Coconuts, East Village Eye, ESG, For, His, In, James Chance, James White, John Lydon, Kid Creole, Liquid Liquid, Metal Box, Mutant, New Order, New York City, No, Off White
related to DJs · 27
Disco → Because, Benitez, Chicago Warehouse, David Mancuso, Disco-era, DJ, DJs, Francis Grasso, Frankie Knuckles, Jellybean, Jim Burgess, John, Karen Mixon Cook, Larry Levan, Nicky Siano, Notable, Other, Paradise Garage, Richie Kulala, Rick Salsalini
related to Early hip-hop · 27
Disco → Afrika Bambaataa, C-Bank's, Cerrone's, Chaka Khan's, Chic's, Club Underworld, Feel For You, Freak-a-Zoid, Freeez's, Good Times, Krautrock, Let, MC, Midnight Star's, Most, Music Play, One More Shot, Planet Patrol's, Planet Rock, Play
related to DJ culture · 25
Disco → Burgess, DJ, DJing, DJs, Francis Grasso, Grasso, He, In, Instead, It, Jim Burgess, Larry Levan, Levan, Once, Paradise Garage, Saturday Mass, Scott, Some DJs, Technics SL-1200 MK, Ted Currier

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music dance new 1970s early also sound popular club songs dancing would late york house isbn rock djs dj one

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DiscoCultural originsLate 1960s – early 1970s, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York City1.00infobox
DiscoDerivative formsEuropop1.00infobox
DiscoDerivative formsdance-pop1.00infobox
DiscoDerivative formshouse1.00infobox
DiscoDerivative formspost-disco1.00infobox
DiscoDerivative formspost-punk1.00infobox
DiscoDerivative formship-hop1.00infobox
DiscoDerivative formsnew wave1.00infobox
DiscoDerivative formssynth-pop1.00infobox
DiscoDerivative formsacid jazz1.00infobox
DiscoStylistic originsPhiladelphia soul1.00infobox
DiscoStylistic originsfunk1.00infobox
DiscoStylistic originspsychedelic soul1.00infobox
DiscoStylistic originspop1.00infobox
Discois agenre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene0.90text
Discois a21st-century dance music genre associated with the renewed interest in 1970s and early 1980s disco0.90text

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