DISCO HOUSE

[Bobbybass]

This style of music seemed to be the fad a few years back with no recent continuity.

For me Discohouse was the true evolution of disco. My favorite artists for this genre are phats & small (September/Turn around/Feels good), Junior Jack(My feeling), Spiller-groovejet, PJ-Happy Days, Bob Sinclair, etc. One of the few artists still maintaining the groove is jamiroquai (Little L, Love foolosophy). Anyone have a list of their top disco/funky house sets? Maybe I'm just missing out on a lot.

[nrgbeat]

Actually disco house is still quite common.

Recent examples would be:

"Murder On The Dance Floor" Sophie Ellis Baxter
"Get The Party Started" Pink (Pink Noize Disco Mix)
"No More Drama" Mary J. Blige (Twin Disco Experience Mix)

[Bobbybass]

NRG,

Some good examples as well...I usually play Get this party started, and murder on the dancefloor and works quite well.

I attribute some of the credit of introducing discohouse to groups like Bucketheads. Remember "The bomb, and Got myself together"?

[nrgbeat]

I just thought of another one. "Flawless" by The Ones

[nonkel808]

On 2002-06-03 08:33, nrgbeat wrote:
I just thought of another one. "Flawless" by The Ones

Yeah, "Flawless" thats a super disco stylee house song!
and perfect to mix with this current discohouse bomb: AT NIGHT by SHAKEDOWN!

Another one that fits in this row is ON UP by TIEFSCHWARZ. (well just everything on there album RAL9000 is fantastic)

[disco1999]

nobody mentioned Kylie Minogue ?

[discosavvy]

Someone mentioned "Murder on the Dancefloor" by Sophie Ellis Bextor already. It's a great song with real strings and the video for it is cool, too. It happens to have been the first single I ever bought.

As for other recent examples of disco and disco-house songs:

* "Orchestral Manouvres" by Ray Mang (2002) - real strings on the sample - pure heaven
* "Like A Butterfly (You Send Me)" by Masters At Work featuring Patti Austin (2002)
* "It Feels Good" by Team Factor featuring Kenny Bobien (2002)
* "Love Don't Cost A Thing (Full Intention Club Mix)" by Jennifer Lopez (2001) - much better than the boring original version of the song
* "Don't Stop the Music" by Lionel Richie (2001)
* "They Dance!" by Barry Manilow (2001)
* "I Don't Understand It" by Ultra Nate (2001) - uses real strings

It was good to see some other examples in the earlier posts. Now I have some more songs to explore. Thanks!

[Bobbybass]

Savy,

That is quite a selection. Also going back to previous post of "Kylie", I was quite impressed with "In your eyes" especially with the fazing techniques used mid-instrumental. I classify her more as Euro-dance, but this one sure has a bit of a disco/house element to it IMHO.

Cheers

[DotBomb]

May be going out of style though, or perhaps deeper underground.... several for the list...

Supermen Lovers- Starlight (2001). When I first heard this on Radio FG (out of Paris) I thought they were playing some ancient disco track that nobody had heard of... which they do, occasionally. GREAT track

Fantastic Plastic Machine- Take Me To The Disco (2001)... EXCELLENT piece...

Fantastic Plastic Machine- Love Is Psychedelic.

Sophie Ellis Bextor is excellent, but I can't stand the original mix. Opt for the Phunk Investigation remix.

Black Science Orchestra- Ladyland (1996). Ancient track, look for the whole Ladyland EP- 3 mixes on it, 2 of which are hardcore disco, real strings- real everything. I was able to pass this one off to a friend as a track from 1977

Benjamin Diamond- Fit Your Heart (2001). Excellent piece... worth tracking down the 12"

Glasgow Underground- It's A Disco Night. (1999). It's a cover, but excellent regardless.

Mistura- Running (1999). Sounds like very early 80s disco. One of the few true pieces of disco to be released in the 90s.

Os Dois Irmaos- Space Odyssey (2000). No fake instruments here. On Malek Records... track it down if you can... this one is one of my favorites.

Super Discount- Le Patron Est Devenu Fou (2002) Worth getting. Not really disco house, but... strange conceptual piece... hard to classify, but pretty close to disco-house. Great track