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6 – Modern Dance Music
A – Disco
Disco morphed out of the psychedelic soul and funk music of the late sixties and early-seventies. Due to the new tech audio upgrades, the beat was simpler yet louder, just “four on the floor” with the bass reverberating to the snare snap back best.
The music was now even more conducive to dancing. Disco had a lot of hits and took a lot of hits over its existence. It was the last baby-boomer music genre and the beginning of modern dance music.
1 – Soul and funk influences – Groups like late-60s Temptations, the Supremes, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Sly & the Family Stone, Billy Preston. Aretha Franklin.
a – Disco Pioneers – Eddie Kendrick, Jerry Butler, Barry White, Manu Dibango, Barrabas, Jimmy Castor Bunch, Isley Brothers, the Staples Singers, Babe Ruth. Barry White, Love Unlimited
b – Philly Soul from the O’Jays, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the Trammps, Teddy Pendergast, the Spinners, the Delfonics. MFSB
2 – Mainstream Disco –
1974/75 – Hues Incorporated, Redbone, Commodores, AWB, BT Express, Jackson 5, Carl Douglas, Three Degrees, Jimmy Ruffin, KC & the Sunshine Band, Gloria Gaynor, Labelle, Van McCoy, Tavares, Silver Connection, Four Tops, Kool and the Gang.
1976-77 – Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, the Miracles, EW&F, Johnie Taylor, Maxine Nightingale, the Sylvers, Diana Ross, Vicki Sue Robinson, Elton John, Ohio Players, Leo Sayer, Rose Royce, Brick, Thelma Houston, Marvin Gaye, Parliament, Heatwave, Giorgio Moroder’s with Donna Summer “I Feel Love” in July of 1977
3 – Saturday Night Fever – Bee Gees, David Shire, Ralph MacDonald, Chic, Yvonne Elliman, Ashford & Simpson, A Taste Of Honey, Prince, Sylvester, Alicia Bridges, Musique, Dan Hartman, The Village People, Peaches & Herb, Amii Stewart the Jacksons, Sister Sledge, Anita Ward, Lipps Inc and so much more!
4 – Rock turns disco – The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, the Doobie Brothers, Blondie, Paul McCartney, the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd.
5 – Disco Sucks! – The decline of disco was unfortunate, yet did it really even die at all or did it just progress – Kool & the Gang, the Whispers, Con Funk Shun, Frankie Smith, Tom Tom Club, D-Train, Bar-Kays, Michael Jackson, Herbie Hancock.
B – 80s Popular Dance Music
1 – Synth Pop – Early Electronica
a – Synth Pop – Brian Eno, The Bugles, Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, OCD, Yazoo, Depeche Mode, Erasure, A-Ha, Pet Shop Boys, the Eurythmics, Human League, INXS, Flock of Seagulls
b – New Romantic – Duran Duran, ABC, Culture Club, Ultravox, Visage, the Blitz, Spandau Ballet
c – Nueu Deutsche Welle – Nina Hagen, Trio “Da Da Da”, Falco “Rock Me Amadeus”,
d – Other Waves – No Wave, Dark Wave, Cold Wave.
2- 80s Pop Music – Michael Jackson, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Prince, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Human League, Wham! Men at Work, Phil Collins, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Olivia Newton-John, Laura Branigan, Terrence Trent D’Arby, Fine Young Cannibals, Sinead O’Connor,
a – Paisley Park – Prince, Vanity 6, Morris Day & the Time, Sheila E, Apollonia, Sheena Easton
b – Teen Pop – Expose, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, New Edition, Stacy Q, New Kids on the Block, Wham!, George Michael, Rick Astley
c – Boy Bands –
3 – 80s Blue-Eyed-Soul – Hall & Oates, Annie Lenox, Simply Red, Boy George & Culture Club, George Michael, Tom Jones, Melissa Morgan, Alison Moyet
4- 80s R&B Crossover – Whitney Houston, The Jacksons, Tina Turner, Lionel Ritchie, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Kahn, The Pointer Sisters, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson,
a – New Jack Swing – Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat, Boyz II Men, Guy, Jodeci, BellBiv DeVoe
b – New Artists – Jeffery Osbourne, Billy Ocean, Evelyn King DeBarge, Midnight Star, Club Nouveau, Stephanie Mills, Jody Watley, Luther Vandross, Freddie Jackson, Sade, Anita Baker, Teddy Pendergrass, Peabo Bryson.
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5 – MTV – MTV started in 1981 and gave many artists exposure that they might not have had without the new media.
The Bugles “Video Killed the Radio Star”, Elvis Costello, M, Squeeze, Devo, The B-52s, Talking Heads, Huey Lewis & the News The Pretenders, The Cars, Blondie, The Police, Adam Ant, Loverboy, Kim Karnes, Madness, Rick Springfield, Tommy Tutone, Duran Duran, Men at Work, Flock of Seagulls mixed with Pat Benatar, Pete Townshend, Billy Joel, Phil Collins and much, much more.
6 – Hi-NRG – Inspired by Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder’s “I Feel Love” and Kraftwerk’s “Trans-Europe Express” came artists like Shannon, Cerrone, C Bank, Planet Patrol, Freeez, Midnight Star, Chaka Khan, Bananarama, Dead or Alive, Divine,
7 – Hip Hop/ Electro – Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force, Malcolm McLaren, World Famous Supreme Team, Steinski, Double Dee, Newkleus, Strafe.
C – House Music
D – Techno
Ambient Techno – The Orb, KLF
E – Electronica – EDM
1 – IDM – Intelligent Dance Music – Aphex Twins, the Black Dog, the Orb, Autechre, B12, Luke Vibert, Squarepusher and Boards of Canada
2 – Trip Hop – Bristol’s Wild Bunk: MC Adrian, Acid Jazz, Acid House, Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead, Dollar, Shara Nelson, Tackhead, DJ Shadow, Bjork, Howie B, Earthling.
Ninja Tune record label – Cold Cut Duo, DJ Food, 9 Lazy 9, Up, Bustle & Out, Funki Porcini
3 – Post Trip-Hop – Bowery Electric, Esthero, Morcheeba, Sneaker Pimps, Anomie Belle, Alpha, Jaianto, Mudville and Cibo Matto, Lamb, Second Person, Antimatter, Gotye, Lana Del Rey
4 – Dubstep – Nightclub called “Plastic People” at “Forward” (FWD>>) night. Distance, Digital Mystikz, Plastician
5 – Progressive Dance – Progressive House