Reply With QuoteI gotta agree with you...disco is alive and living well in various musiques. Check out "Move Your Feet" by Junior & Senior, for a bit of novelty disco that makes you wanna boogie down.
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Well unbelievable as it may seem, disco music seems to be back in a big way!
There is so much good stuff around these days that it's hard to keep track of it all!
I never ever thought the disco sound would ever come back again after it's hey day in the 70's & 80's and i thought it was gone for good, but after hearing alot of the soulful disco/house music that is around and what is coming out of the USA & the U.K on the underground scenes in both countries-i really am stunned and long may this revival continue!
Has any one been buying those "Head Kandi" and "Stereo Sushi" compilations albums that have been around recently? such fab soulful/house/disco type stuff on them which is a joy to listen to!
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I gotta agree with you...disco is alive and living well in various musiques. Check out "Move Your Feet" by Junior & Senior, for a bit of novelty disco that makes you wanna boogie down.
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Disco has hardly made a comeback, it never went away!
Anyway, enjoy your new discoveries.... :D
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To those of you who were infants during the 1970's or weren't even conceived yet....it may seem like DISCO is back---but, if you were alive and dancing then.....it's NOT!!!!!!!!
It was, for a brief period, THEE POPULAR music of the day. Played everywhere.....not just in clubs. It was the N-Sync/Backstreet Boys/Britney/J-Lo/Christina stuff back then.
"Lost inside adorable illusion...."
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Youre right Marky, disco was so mainstream in the 70's. Village People were the boyband of the day!I love that 70's stuff more than anything as you know, but I must admit that I liked it in the 80's & 90's when it went more 'underground' 'cos people treated it with more respect then. I wonder why people hate popularity so much?
...ya gotta beat the street......
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methinks marky is a bit of a purist.... :roll: :P
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Not really....just old and cranky!!!!Originally Written by born2disco
Rave on, kidz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! :D
"Lost inside adorable illusion...."
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I am a disco purist as you all know by now. But, the topic title is "2003 disco sounds" and I can agree that there are some disco-like sounds out now. You won't find them in the boy-band crap though or Christina or J. Lo.
Heck, I just got to the point where I could admit there were some disco-like sounds after 1979, but I won't go so far as to call it disco, which was a once in a lifetime feeling that appeared every week until December 31, 1979.
Nicky mentioned 1986's "Fascinated" by Company B. Yes, YES YEEESSS!!!! Now THAT had a disco sound. So did Sylvester's 1982 hit "Do You Wanna Funk."
So tell me, what is the name of a new song that sounds like either of those, hmmmmm? Is there anything?
When I posed the question on another thread asking for more songs from the 1980s that had a similar sound to Kelly Marie's "Feels Like I'm in Love" did anyone answer with Brainstorm's "Lovin Is Really My Game," which is in that same disco-vein? No, someone said "Slow Hand" by the Pointer Sisters, which is not what I meant at all. That one's too slow. Please give us some more examples of 2003 disco-like cuts -- really disco-like, not just because you enjoy it - but because it really sounds like disco did.
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Well, I just discovered this group named Next Evidence. Don't know much about them but their track "Morning Breeze" is really something. Real strings and drums (a real rarity these days) and a early Chaka khan feel to it.Please give us some more examples of 2003 disco-like cuts -- really disco-like, not just because you enjoy it - but because it really sounds like disco did.
Also, DJ Tonka's "Keep Climbing" should be mentioned here allthough it's more electro-funk sounding. Could have been made in 1983.
Last but not least, check out "Takes A Little Time" by Les Rhytmes Digitales. it features Shannon and sounds just like "Do Yoy Wanna Get away"
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I've mentioned this before but check out Silver Ocean - Lonesome Echo Production on V2 Japan. Real musicians, Byron Stingly guesting on vocals and a lush production. Hey I think even Quinny would like it :-)
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Phyllis: So now I'm the bad boy who dislikes all new stuff?
How have I earned this reputation?
I remember writing " I might like 5% of what I hear today as opposed to maybe 30% -40% back in the day". Heck, I've even listened to 1Xtra and liked some of the tunes (but couldn't tell you any of their titles or artists).
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"The Game of Love" by Carlos Santana featuring Michelle Branch :oops: :oops: :oops:
At least this pop song is very happy :P :P :P
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The last 2 years have seen a rather impressive disco revival (especially in Europe) with "filter disco," which is true to it's 70's roots in many ways. Kylie Minogue's "Love At First Sight," Daft Punk's "One More Time," Roger Sanchez' "Another Chance," Alcatraz "Crying At The Discoteque," Modjo "Lady" and MANY others are prime examples. Even mainstream artists like Gloria Estefan (Metro Remix of "Out of Nowhere") and Jennifer Lopez (Full Intention Remix of "Love Don't Cost A Thing") have had some fine disco flavored outings within the past 2 years. The compilation Global Hits 2002 had quite a few modern disco gems.
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On May 20, 2003 John Scofield's new album "Up All Night" is getting released in the USA on the Verve label. It includes a song titled "Freakin' Disco" which is a jazzy disco song. Here's what Scofield said in a press release: "I didn't know how much I liked disco, because I'm from the generation that believed disco killed funk and jazz. Then I started to realize that I loved disco grooves! And the guys play a mean disco beat. We had to do a piece that really had that feel to it." You can find a 30-second sample at FYE.com, and it can be bought with this link -- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...rniesdiscomusi
I look forward to hearing that Ricky Martin "Relight My Fire" remake sometime, but I don't know where. (Where can it be bought or heard? Maybe it's too early.) Now it's at #19 on the May 24, 2003 Billboard Dance/Club Play chart and since that's an uptrend from past weeks I assume it can get higher.
Marcio, you have good taste; I like that song "The Game of Love" also. Since you are in Brazil, can you tell us if there are any contemporary Brazilian disco groups other than BsB Disco Club?
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Good vocal house in 2003:
Whiplash & Turner:"Don't Go Lose Your Pride" (Purple music)
Groove Junkies feat. Dianne Carter:"Don't You Give Up"(MoreHouse Rec.)
Significant Others:"Ain't No Stoppin" (Look At You Rec.)
Audiowhores feat. Blu:" After The Party" (Soulfuric Deep)
Soultreat feat. Mel O: "All For The Best" (Suburban Rec.)
Blackbyrds:"Mysterious Vibes" (Z-Records, Joey Negro production)
Louie Vega feat. Raul Midon: "Cerca De Mi" (Vega Rec.)
Dj Disciple: "This Time" (Catch 22 Rec., Joey Negro Style).
Shithouse:
Fuel: "Let Yourself Go" :Get Down Saturday Night from Oliver Cheatham under a new name.
Bustin\' lights all around me ..
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soulsearcher - Feeling Love
Hed Kandi Disco Heaven 2.03
The Pounding Drums, The Flashing Lights...
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Grant Nelson: "Feel The Music/The Sound", good remix of the Dayton track"The Sound Of Music" with additional vocals. Nelson did a good job. It is on Swing City Rec.
Bustin\' lights all around me ..
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Some great newish releases:
Groove Junkies - Gonna Get By
Nathan G pr. Lucky Charm ft. Chance - Better Way (Nathan G is based in my hometown, Melbourne, Australia, and yes, that's US vocalist Chance on this release - it rocks!)
I also found a white label called 'Disco Deluxe Vol 1' with no other information on it - fantastic funky disco house.... try get ya hands on it!
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-DJ Gregory:"Elle" (Faya combo rec.), MAW style
-Greg Gaultier & Tony L. pres. Sabrinaah Pope (Kif rec.)
-Paul Simpson pres. Colonel Abrahams: "Could It Be" (Yellorange rec.)
-Dj Spinna feat. Shaun Escoffery: "Music In Me" the Paul Simpson remix (BBE rec.)
Bustin\' lights all around me ..
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It just became less popular. It's an apt comparison - the Village People and the Backstreet Boys! It seems at first anyway, that "disco" was just a deep funk sound, that slowly became more lush and very strings-oriented. And while there aren't as many people making disco music with full orchestras and a lot of session musicians anymore....I think there is TONS of new electronic music that's influenced by the more electronic sounding disco and italo of the 70s/80s....new artists like I-f, Parallax Corp, Metro Area, Danny Wang, Catnip, Macho Cat Garage, etc owe a huge debt to the Moroders and Cowleys and Robotnicks....
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This might be the appropiate thread for me to mention this outstanding soulful house track I just got a hold of:
Barbara Mendes - Got To Be In Love (Main Mix).
I advise all lovers of good contemporary dance music to check out this cut. It really doesn't get better than this :)
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Missed this thread earlier but it's never too late for an opinion.I might be irking a few fans of the genre but I attribute the demise of the 70's style of disco with the lush orchestration being hastened by the prevalence of electropop and europop.I got my fix from the lush orchestration and arrangements and the melodys that just gave you that good inside feeling.We all could be lifted and moved by the dynamics of the production.And yes there was some commendable electropop/disco but on the whole I found it to be rather uninspiring and devoid of feeling.Rather sterile if you know what I mean.I think initially we marvelled at the sound because it was so clean and it was digital and sounded rather pure. The mega systems of the day could do it justice but for me the novelty wore off as it did with others.I really miss the Phiily sound ,Salsoul Orchestra,Barry White,Motown,the various disco acts of the 70's.Just ask yourself if there were two concerts being performed on the same day and same time One was The Trammps and the other Giorgio Moroder.Which one would you cough up the money for?
Creativity and artistry died when computers started generating songs.
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originalbigm
I couldn't agree with you more in your assessment.
Give me Barry White, Vince Montana Jr., Alec Costandinos,
Maurice White, Nile Rodgers, etc. etc. any day!!!
I miss 'em terribly and I guess that's one reason why I own so much of their music. Going out dancing tonight, I contribute to the playlist and tonight it will contain some
Tavares, Costandinos (Romeo & Juliet :D ) and KC and The Sunshine Band :D
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Well as a newbie I'm going to be replaying to many older post here :P
I agree that some new songs are very discofied. Why would'n they be? Most house songs are built from samples from killer disco dance hits. And the the house music itself ows everything to disco.
Yet there is something good around. I'm gratefull for the songs mentioned earlier in this thread. I will check those asap.
And though not at all a lover of house music I mentioned few songs that in me coused similiar good feelings as those seventies gemms.
Stereopol: Dancing Tonight (does this contain samples?)
Bootsy Collins: Come play with Bootsy
The Supermen Lovers: Starlight (2002)
David Quetta: It's Allright
Bob Sinclar: The Beat Goes On
And the new album from Cerrone
But of course you can't fake the feeling - the beat goes on and the decades pass, but it's good that all that joy de vivre of disco is not all gone. And yes, I also think it is coming back more strongly than five years ago or so.
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Bootsy Collins as a disco house artists :o :-?
Hmmm.....that's a first. I haven't heard the song in question but I suppose he has to do something in order for people to keep on buying his stuff! :lol:
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