Is Disco making a comeback?
2020 threw us many curveballs and resulted in a wild (and disappointing) year, but it allowed artists to explore their musical roots and gift us great soundtracks to begin the decade. The disco-revival, a trend in music that many are excited for, has begun and has yet to reach its peak.
What makes Disco Disco?
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States’ urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars.
Why is disco important?
Disco helped to develop sound system technology, mixers, loudspeakers, lighting… all the club kit, while on record it brought the synthesiser to the fore in popular music. So disco actually provided the foundations for contemporary dance music culture.
What did disco influence?
As disco evolved into its own genre in the United States, its range of influences included upbeat tracks from Motown, the choppy syncopation of funk, the sweet melodies and polite rhythmic pulse of Philadelphia soft soul, and even the most compelling polyrhythms of nascent Latin American salsa.
Did disco come from black culture?
The vocals of disco music was largely derived from African American music. Disco vocals could be seen as a mix of African American gospel combined with soul and R&B.
Where did disco originate from?
Disco music itself evolved from different subcultures, with origins in Philadelphia’s R&B scene in the late ’60s/early ’70s, featuring African-American and Latino musicians and audiences, and in private dance parties thrown in the underground gay community of New York
What was the first disco record?
Soul Makossa
Who did Donna Summer marry?
Bruce Sudanom. 1980–2012
How old is Amanda from Johnnyswim?
38 years (August 11, 1982)
What age is Donna Summer?
63 years (1948–2012)