Katana (Virginia Castañeda)
DJ
Tw. @DJANEKATANA
MÚSICA DISCO:
• Género derivado del R&B (rhythm & blues); éste era una mezcla de soul y el funk, con toques latinos en muchos casos
• Se popularizó en las salas de baile (discotecas) a finales de los años 1970.
• tiene su etapa de mayor proyección en un periodo de 8 años comprendido entre1974 y 1982, aproximadamente, con un revival en los años 1990.
• Películas como Fiebre del sábado noche y ¡Por fin es Viernes!, contribuyeron al despegue de la música disco entre el público.
ORIGEN:
Si hay que ubicarla en un lugar, sería en la discoteca neoyorquina «Studio 54»
• Popular dances included The Hustle, a sexually suggestive dance
• Discotheque-goers often wore expensive, extravagant and sexy fashions.
• There was also a thriving drug subculture in the disco scene, particularly for drugs that would enhance the experience of dancing to the loud music and the flashing lights, such as cocaine. Disco clubs were also associated with promiscuity.
Otras salas de baila famosas: otras salas de baile también obtuvieron prestigio:The Limelight, Magique, L’amour, Sanctuary, Paradise Garage
EL SURGIMIENTO DE LOS DJs
• The rising popularity of disco came in tandem with developments in the role of the DJ.
• DJing developed from the use of multiple record turntables and DJ mixers to create a continuous, seamless mix of songs, with one song transitioning to another with no break in the music to interrupt the dancing.
• The resulting DJ mix differed from previous forms of dance music in the 1960s, which were oriented towards live performances by musicians.
• This in turn affected the arrangement of dance music, since songs in the disco era typically contained beginnings and endings marked by a simple beat or riff that could be easily used to transition to a new song.
• The development of DJing was also influenced by new turntablism techniques, such as beatmatching, a process facilitated by the introduction of new turntable technologies such as the Technics SL-1200 MK 2, first sold in 1978, which had a precise variable pitch control and a direct drive motor. DJs were often avid record collectors, who would hunt through used record stores for obscure soul records and vintage funk recordings. DJs helped to introduce rare records and new artists to club audiences.
LAS 35 MEJORES CANCIONES DE MÚSICA DISCO DE LA HISTORIA
(SEGÚN BILLBOARD: BEST DISCO SONGS)
1. Donna Summer, I Feel Love
2. Donna Summer, Love To Love You Baby
3. Donna Summer, Last Dance
4. Sonna Summer, Hot Stuff
5. Donna Summer, Bad Girls
6. Donna Summer, On The Radio
7. Earth, wind And fire ft The Emotions, Boogie Wonderland
8. Silver Convention, Fly Robin fly
9. Chic: Dance, dance, dance
10. Supermax, Love Machine
11. Van McCoy, The Hustle
12. Boney M. Daddy Cool
13. Silver Convention, Get Up And Boogie That’s Right
14. Gloria Gaynor, I will Survive
15. Chic, Le freak
16. Andrea True Connection: More, more, more
17. The O’Jays, Love Train
18. Sister Sledge, We Are Family
19. Barry White, Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
20. Gloria Gaynor, Never Can say Goodbye
21. Tavares, Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel
22. The Trampps, disco Inferno
23. Lipps Inc., Funky Town
24. Bee Gees, Staying alive
25. Bee Gees, Night Fever
26. Pointer Sisters, I’m So excited
27. KC & The Sunshine Band, That’s The Way I Like It
28. Amii Stewart, Knock on Wood
29. Thelma Houston, Don’t Leave Me This Way
30. Diana Ross, Love Hangover
31. Michael Jackson, Billie Jean
32. Blondie, Heart of Glass
33. Prince, 1999
34. Car Wash, rose Royce
35. Super Freak, Rick James
