| What is Disco?
...Disco
is not only music-it's a lifestyle, a cult, a mood. The disco
scene has set everyone dancing again, dancing in the old-new
way, with a partner, following planned steps. Doing the hustle,
doing the bus stop, doing the bump - As for disco music, it's
characterized by a steady rhythm, a driving beat reminiscent
of the old Motown sound.
According
to research by producer Carl Maults-By, all disco music fits
into a metronomic range of 108 to 126 cycles per minute. It
has its base in R&B, but it's heightened by Latin and symphonic
sounds as well. Probably the key element in disco sound is rhythm
The sound's
tinselly-strings, horns and cymbals are a vital part of it.
Disco, however,
is much more than congas, strings and metronomic ranges. Van
McCoy has described discomusic as a "flashback". The
sound's a reflection of what was happening ten years ago in
Detroit.
The costumes
tend to be nostalgic; many of the songs are old songs, slightly
altered. It is happy, lightweight sound.
What is
disco? Disco is the sound of the Sixties, changed and adorned,
to provide the escapism of the Seventies.*
Keepin'
Disco Alive!
Note:
This site will be moving to WeGotDisco.com
soon.
Yeah! Boogie! |
