disco

Also known as disco music

Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene, particularly in African-American, Italian-American, Latino and queer communities. 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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Disco is a dance music genre and cultural movement that emerged in the late 1960s from urban nightlife scenes, particularly within African-American, Italian-American, Latino, and queer communities. The music is characterized by a steady four-on-the-floor beat combined with syncopated basslines, strings, brass, horns, electric pianos, synthesizers, and electric guitars.

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Music genre.name: Disco
Music genre.image: File:Disco TGI Bar by John Vance.jpg
Music genre.caption: Ceiling of a discothèque
Music genre.stylistic_origins: Philadelphia soul funk psychedelic soul pop
Music genre.cultural_origins: Late 1960s early 1970s, Philadelphia and New York City
Music genre.other_topics: Discothèques list of artists old-school hip hop

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inception: 1972-00-00
Commons category: Disco
native label: Disco

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Contents

Etymology
Musical characteristics
Production
Club culture
Nightclubs
Sound and light equipment
DJs
Dance
Fashion
Drug subculture
Eroticism and sexual liberation
History
1940s–1960s: First discotheques
1960s–1974: Precursors and early disco music
Early disco culture in the United States
Early disco culture in the United Kingdom
1974–1977: Rise to mainstream
Motown turning disco
Euro disco
1977–1979: Pop preeminence
''Saturday Night Fever'' (John Badham, 1977)
Disco goes mainstream
Parodies
1979–1981: Controversy and decline in popularity
Impact on the music industry
Factors contributing to disco's decline
1981–1989: Aftermath
Birth of electronic dance music
Legacy
DJ culture
Post-disco
Early hip-hop
House music and rave culture
Post-punk
Nu-disco
Revivals and return to mainstream success
1990s resurgence
2000s resurgence
2010s resurgence
2020s resurgence
See also
References
Works cited
Citations
Further reading
External links

Discothèques as a venue were mostly a French invention, imported to the United States with the opening of Le Club, a members-only restaurant and nightclub located at 416 East 55th Street in Manhattan, by French expatriate Olivier Coquelin, on New Year's Eve 1960.