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Also known as neo disco, neo-disco, neu-disco, new disco, nouveau disco, nu disco, nü-disco

Nu-disco is a 21st-century dance music genre associated with a renewed interest in the late 1970s disco, synthesizer-heavy 1980s European dance music styles, and early 1990s electronic dance music. The genre was popular in the early 2000s, and experienced a mild resurgence in the 2010s.

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Music genre.name
Nu-disco
Music genre.cultural_origins
Mid-1990s, United Kingdom

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Contents
  • History
  • Disco edits: 1970s–early 1990s
  • Emergence of nu-disco: mid-1990s–late 1990s
  • Mainstream success, French house and disco house synonym: late 1990s–mid-2000s
  • Decline in popularity and development: mid-2000s–late 2000s
  • Back to mainstream: early 2010s–present
  • Characteristics
  • Drum groove
  • Live instrumentation
  • Synthesizers
  • Arrangement
  • Notable labels
  • Notable artists
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Nu-disco is a 21st-century dance music genre associated with a renewed interest in the late 1970s disco, synthesizer-heavy 1980s European dance music styles, and early 1990s electronic dance music. The genre was popular in the early 2000s, and experienced a mild resurgence in the 2010s.

There are several scenes associated with the nu-disco term. The original scene is characterized as house music fused with disco elements (sometimes incorrectly referred to as disco house), and disco-influenced balearic music, also known as balearic beat revival or balearica.

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