Disco (19-12-03)

DDEX Data Dictionary, 19-12-03

Disco

Dance music style that originated in the United States in the early to late 1970s that fuses R&B, Funk & Soul music. Unlike the simpler four-piece band sound of the funk & soul of the late 1960s, disco music often included vocalists, with several chordal instruments (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer), several drum or percussion instruments (drumkit, Latin percussion, electronic drums), a horn section, a string orchestra, and a variety of 'classical' solo instruments. Not coincidentally Disco was generally a producer led genre rather than as centered as much around the artists as other genres. As a genre that introduced dj's, dance clubs, extended mixes and remixes, Disco is the true beginning and basis for all dance music

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Parents	RAndB	Originally a marketing term for popular African-American music with a strong beat, R&B has since come to define a few specific styles that are perhaps as much sonic as racial categories. The term has several distinct associated sounds, depending on the era. In the early 50s, R&B described popular blues records, and in the mid-50s, the term came to denote gospel and soul music, as well as popular styles with elements of electric blues, acoustically similar to contemporary rock and roll (which itself grew out of early R&B). In the 70s, it largely referred to soul and funk, and in the 80s, the term began to refer to a sonic hybrid of earlier R&B, pop, soul, funk, rap, and electronic music. It has morphed and evolved while maintaining this hybrid identity to the present day, taking on newer production and performance styles as time passes.
Belongs to AVS	avs:RhythmStyle	A rhythm style.
	avs:SubGenre	A Type of SubGenre.