post-disco
After-disco electronic music
Post-disco is dance music that emerged in the early 1980s as disco's mainstream popularity waned.
It retained disco's rhythmic foundation—four-on-the-floor beats, synthesizers, bass-heavy grooves—while incorporating electronic production and often darker, more experimental textures.
The genre bridges disco and later electronic dance styles like house and hi-NRG: Post-disco kept the clubs alive after the backlash.
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- sequencerOrders signals chronologically
- vocoderSpeech analysis synthesizer
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
four-on-the-floor · hi-hat · handclaps · strings · production · mixing · reverb · synth-pop
Residential building
- technoElectronic dance genre
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- electroSynth-heavy dance music
- boogieRhythmic blues music
garage · new-wave · synth-pop · dance-pop · twelve-inch · sampling
Evening entertainment venue
- dancefloorSurface for rhythmic movement
- glitterballRotating reflective dance sphere
- neonInert illuminating element
- voguingStylized pose-based dancing
underground · LGBTQ · ballroom · urban · Chicago · strobe · VIP · nightlife
Small reflective fabric ornaments
- spandexElastic synthetic fiber
- leg-warmersKnitted tubes for lower limbs
- headbandForehead-worn fabric strip
- metallicResembling ore-based elements
synthesizer
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- sequencerOrders signals chronologically
- vocoderSpeech analysis synthesizer
- electronicRelating to circuitry devices
bassline · four-on-the-floor · hi-hat · handclaps · strings · production · mixing · reverb · synth-pop · boogie
house
Residential building
boogie · garage · new-wave · synth-pop · dance-pop · twelve-inch · sampling
nightclub
Evening entertainment venue
- dancefloorSurface for rhythmic movement
- glitterballRotating reflective dance sphere
- neonInert illuminating element
voguing · underground · LGBTQ · ballroom · urban · Chicago · strobe · VIP · nightlife
sequins
Small reflective fabric ornaments
- spandexElastic synthetic fiber
- leg-warmersKnitted tubes for lower limbs
- headbandForehead-worn fabric strip
metallic · glitter · lycra · unitard · sweatband · high-tops
Madonna
Christ's mother, or pop icon
- Pop Musicpop, pop rock, pop star, indie pop, Taylor Swift
post-discopunk rock
Stripped-down aggressive rock genre
garage rock · lo-fi · hardcore punk · unplugged · grunge
post-discoarena rock
Large-venue music genre
stadium rock · Southern rock · heavy metal · hair metal · country rock