disco music

Boogie with basslines

Disco music is dance music that emerged in the 1970s, characterized by steady four-on-the-floor beats, lush orchestration, and pulsing bass lines.

The genre dominated nightclub culture and radio through the late seventies: Saturday Night Fever made disco music inescapable.

Often shortened to disco: They played disco all night.

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staying alive · hustle · rhythm · boogie · funk · nightclub · Donna Summer · Gloria Gaynor · platform shoes · seventies · sequins · ABBA · beat · Saturday Night Fever · mirror ball · strobe lights · groove · get down

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Opposites
musical genre/aesthetic ideology

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Raw, fast rock genre

punk rock · hardcore punk · post-punk · grunge · heavy metal

musical texture and production

disco musiclo-fi

Imperfect audio quality, informally

acoustic music · unplugged · folk · minimalist music · a cappella

social/cultural function

disco musicfuneral music

Compositions for mourning ceremonies

dirges · requiem · laments · meditation music · ambient music

Family

music, musical, musician, disc, disco, musically, musicals, discos, musicology

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G