Disco
Disco is a genre. Defining acts include Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, ABBA, Valery Leontiev and Cher, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. Disco grew out of Funk, club/dance music, Rhythm and blues, Motown and jazz blues. It sits close to electronic dance music, boogaloo, Dance-pop, Burban and Soul, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into House, Nu-disco, Italo disco, Post-disco and disco-pop, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 30 connections around Disco. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Disco came from and where it led.
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Disco connections
Disco grew out of Funk, club/dance music, Rhythm and blues and Motown, shares an orbit with electronic dance music, boogaloo, Dance-pop and Burban, went on to shape House, Nu-disco, Italo disco and Post-disco. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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