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An underground movement of disco music, which was simultaneously "stripped-down" and featured "radically different sounds," took place on the East Coast that "was neither disco and neither R&B." This scene, known as post-disco, catering to the New York metropolitan area, was initially led by urban contemporary artists partially in response to ...
- Late 1970s — early 1980s
Of course, the grim reaper alluded to in Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980–1983 is not a homophobic terrorist but a disease, AIDS, which scythed a deadly swath through the cast of characters in this absorbing history: performers and artists such as Klaus Nomi, Keith Haring, and Arthur Russell, to name only a few casualties. But ...
- Simon Reynolds
Mar 8, 2017 · I watched it happen, I watched the music, people change. You can’t stop a river from flowing, and that’s how I felt about Disco.” After learning the history of disco, take a look at these stunning photos of Paris in the 1920s. Or check out these exclusive photos of post-prohibition NYC gang wars.
- All That's Interesting
Oct 11, 2016 · The book profiles DJs, party hosts, producers, musicians, artists and dancers to talk about these "post-disco, post-punk, and hip hop scenes," that were happening at clubs like the Roxy, the...
Feb 23, 2017 · Three scenes – the post-disco dance scene, the art-punk scene and the nascent hip-hop scene – underpinned the renaissance, with once staunchly divided revellers increasingly open to interacting with one another.
Feb 19, 2020 · Meanwhile, two books — Lawrence's 2003 Love Saves The Day: a History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979, an essential deep dive into David's story and New York's early disco era; and, to ...
Jun 4, 2018 · Stripped-back and full of attitude, 'Moody' gave disco the punk injection it needed in early-80s New York when the city was falling apart and rent was at its lowest. It used aspects of dub to create a tune that was intended to hypnotically capture a dancefloor, whether that was at CBGB s or later on The Haçienda , 'Moody' taught producers less ...
