迪斯科Disco

迪斯科（英文：Disco)，来自法语的discothèque，意指那些播放录制好的跳舞音乐的舞厅。舞蹈是来源于美国黑人民间舞蹈和爵士舞。近几年在世界，特别是欧洲风靡一时的伴舞音乐，节奏是混合了爵士乐、摇滚乐以及拉丁美洲音乐的某些节奏特点。

与摇滚相比，它的特点是强劲的、不分轻重的、像节拍器一样作响的4/4拍子，歌词和曲调简单。

1977年，因澳大利亚流行音乐小组“比吉斯”（Bee Gees）的电影录音《周末狂热》在美国掀起迪斯科热。迪斯科经常在录音室进行音响合成，制成唱片，但终因节奏单调、风格雷同，于80年代初逐渐被其他节奏不那么显著、速度稍慢的流行舞曲所代替。

迪斯科标志着基于舞蹈的流行音乐现代时代的来临。迪斯科舞曲从70年代初逐渐趋于凹槽化的声音和放克音乐中成长而来，强调了节拍高于其他任何东西，甚至包括歌手和歌曲。迪斯科舞厅以迪斯科舞厅的名字命名，俱乐部只演奏跳舞音乐。大部分的迪斯科舞厅都是纽约的同性恋俱乐部，这些俱乐部的DJ专门挑选具有强烈沉重凹槽的灵魂和放克唱片。

在迪斯科中播放后，唱片开始受到广播播放和可观的销售。很快，唱片公司和制作人削减了专门为迪斯科舞厅创建的唱片。当然，这些记录也具有很强的流行性，因此它们可以实现交叉成功。迪斯科专辑经常没有很多曲目-他们只有几首长长的歌曲使节奏继续前进。同样，单曲发行于12英寸的唱片上，可以进行更长的混音。D Js可以将这些音轨混合在一起，使每首歌曲的节拍匹配，因为它们被标记为以每分钟的节拍为单位的速度。

紧随其后的是，强劲而持久的迪斯科节奏在流行音乐榜上占据了主导地位，并且所有人都创造了迪斯科唱片的记录，从摇滚乐队如滚石乐队和罗德·斯图尔特到流行乐队如Bee Gees和新潮歌手如Blondie。有迪斯科艺术家成为明星-Donna Summer，Chic，The Village People和KC和Sunshine Band是品牌名称-但音乐主要是制作人的媒介，因为他们创建了曲目并写了歌。上世纪70年代到80年代，迪斯科失去了发展势头，但它并没有消亡-它演变成各种不同的基于舞蹈的流派，从舞蹈-流行和嘻哈-到房子和电子舞。

Disco marked the dawn of the modern era of dance-based popular music. Growing out of the increasingly groove-oriented sound of early '70s and funk, disco emphasized the beat above anything else, even the singer and the song.

Disco was named after discotheques, clubs that played nothing but music for dancing. Most of the discotheques were gay clubs in New York, and the DJs in these clubs specifically picked soul and funk records that had a strong, heavy groove. After being played in the disco, the records began receiving radio play and respectable sales. Soon, record companies and producers were cutting records created specifically for discos. Naturally, these records also had strong pop hooks, so they could have crossover success.

Disco albums frequently didn't have many tracks — they had a handful of long songs that kept the beat going. Similarly, the singles were issued on 12-inch records, which allowed for extended remixes. DJs could mix these tracks together, matching the beats on each song since they were marked with how fast they were in terms of beats per minute. In no time, the insistent, pounding disco beat dominated the pop chart, and everyone cut a disco record, from rockers like the Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart to pop acts like the Bee Geesand new wave artists like Blondie.

There were disco artists that became stars — Donna Summer, Chic, the Village People, and KC & the Sunshine Band were brand names — but the music was primarily a producer's medium, since they created the tracks and wrote the songs. Disco lost momentum as the '70s became the '80s, but it didn't die — it mutated into a variety of different dance-based genres, ranging from dance-pop and hip-hop to house and techno.