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'''Disco''' is a soulful and melodic genre of [[electronic dance music]] typically using four-on-the-floor beats, prominent [[Syncopation|syncopated]] [[bass]]lines, [[String instrument|strings]], [[Brass instrument|brass]], [[piano]]s, [[synthesizer]]s, and [[electric guitar]]s. After a few years of prominence in the late [[1970s]], its popularity was overtaken by other EDM genres, as well as [[new wave]], [[dance-pop]], and [[glam metal]]. This led to people attempting to [[Death|kill]] disco. However, disco never actually died—it was only on [[vacation]]. The highly anticipated release of ''[[Discoholics Anonymous]]'' (2022) by up and coming [[nu-disco]] group [[Discoholic]] boosted disco's popularity, and in 2023, disco is still seeing a slow and steady revival, and maybe, just maybe, it will make its comeback as the biggest music genre in the world.
+'''Disco''' is a soulful and melodic genre of [[electronic dance music]] typically using four-on-the-floor [[beat]]s, prominent [[Syncopation|syncopated]] [[bass]]lines, [[String instrument|strings]], [[Brass instrument|brass]], [[piano]]s, [[synthesizer]]s, and [[electric guitar]]s. After a few years of prominence in the late [[1970s]], its popularity was overtaken by other EDM genres, as well as [[new wave]], [[dance-pop]], and [[glam metal]]. This led to people attempting to [[Death|kill]] disco. However, disco never actually died—it was only on [[vacation]]. The highly anticipated release of ''[[Discoholics Anonymous]]'' (2022) by up and coming [[nu-disco]] group [[Discoholic]] boosted disco's popularity, and in 2023, disco is still seeing a slow and steady revival, and maybe, just maybe, it will make its comeback as the biggest music genre in the world.
−==Beginnings and first surge==
+==Beginnings, first surge, and decline==
−Disco comes from the word ''discothèque'', meaning a room in a nightclub that played recorded music rather than live music. By the 1960s, [[funk]] was among the most popular genres to be used in these nightclubs. Also by that time, [[Motown]] developed its own approach to making hit songs, which would eventually turn it to an iconic record label. Meanwhile, as dance culture went upscale, funk was replaced by [[Philadelphia soul]]. Even [[salsa]] had some elements incorporated into disco.
−It was in underground clubs where disco as a genre traces its origins to. [[DJ]]s were influential, establishing hits and extending them to a new format—12" 45-rpm extended mixes. Among the first disco songs, along with the first to be mixed specifically for use in these nightclubs, was a cover of "Never Can Say Goodbye" by the Jackson 5 sung by Gloria Gaynor, who would go on to break the charts with "I Will Survive". Though it had Black roots, disco eventually transcended ethnic borders, being adopted by interracial groups and ensembles whose repertoire includes other genres.
+In [[Europe]], disco had its first exposure with the release of concept albums by the likes of Cerrone and Alec Constandinos, who collaborated with the former on ''Love In C Minor'' (1976) and would go on to make his own disco band, Love & Kisses. Giorgio Moroder's work with [[synthesizer]]s also made a huge impact on disco's arrivals in Europe, as well as [[Europop]]. Despite the continental differences, collaborations between European and American disco artists would occur, such as Moroder working with Donna Summer. Even artists from other continents ushered in the disco era, such as [[Cameroon]]ian artist Manu Dibango.
+By 1976, disco dominated the [[radio]], with the help of independent labels. Disco would go even further by going mainstream with the help of the Bee Gees upon the release of ''Saturday Night Fever'' (1977). This even inspired rock artists to give disco a shot. However, commercialization would eventually be met with fierce criticism and discrimination, downgrading its popularity to nightclubs again. Similarly, other genes of EDM, such as [[hi-NRG]], [[House music|house]], and [[techno]], overtook disco in popularity.
==Revival==
==Revival==
−[[Nu-disco]] is assciated with a renewed interest in disco, experiencing mild resurgence in the 1990s and 2000s. Despite this, it became more dormant in the 2010s. That would only change with the release of ''Discoholics Anonymous'' (2022) by [[Discoholic]], which could give disco its long-awaited return to the music scene.
[[Category:Music genres]]
[[Category:Music genres]]