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disco

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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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Key facts

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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Encyclopedic overview

46 sections
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

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.

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.

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