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.Euro disco (or Eurodisco) is the variety of forms of that evolved from in the later 1970s; incorporating elements of and into a disco-like continuous dance atmosphere. Many Euro disco compositions feature lyrics sung in, although the singers often share a different.Euro disco derivatives generally include and, with the most prominent subgenres being of the late 1970s and of the early 1980s.
The genre has declined in popularity after 1985 in preference to and, with a small revival of Italo disco in the late 1990s. Contents.History Euro disco is largely an offshoot of contemporary American music trends going far back to the early times of, rock, and disco. In the 1950s and 1960s, besides the big American influence, the French/Italian-created pop music offshoots with a dance-oriented sound, became prevalent in Europe. 1950s and 1960s Europop hits spread around France, Italy and Germany, because of the French and the Italian Cinebox/Coilorama Video-jukebox machines.
Another root is the song contest, especially in the 1970s.The song ' by Swedish pop group, which won the 1974 song contest, is a typical example of a 1970s European pop/disco song , with a dance manner. The success was huge and many European producers instantly produced many pop hits that did not necessary sound the same, but kept that dance manner. With that created, in a very short period of time, a whole new commercial music industry in Europe was met in the demand for music. The dancing style was a result of this.The American music journalist used the term 'Euro disco' in his late 1970s articles for newspaper.The term 'disco' in Europe existed long before the Euro disco and U.S. Music styles but had a different meaning.
It was used in Europe during the 1960s as a short alternative to '. Discotheques existed in France from the early 1950s and spread around Europe during the 1960s. In Europe (and partly Canada), 'discotheques' and 'disco' were at the time called 'clubs' in the UK. Even today, the term disco-club exists as an alternative name for the mainstream clubs in many European countries. In Italy and Spain, the term 'discoteca' or 'discotheque' means mainstream clubs.
In Greece, 'discotheque' describes the retro-clubs. In Germany, Poland and Romania, the term 'disco' is still used to refer to 'dance clubs'.An example of the term 'disco' with no relation to a specific music style (and dance music in general), is the series that aired in Germany on the network from 1971 to 1982. This show proved that the term 'disco' was widespread enough at the time, and that the second national TV network of Germany used it for a general music TV show in 1971. Another later example is the show on Italy's RAI channel (first aired in February 1977).1970s The term 'Euro-disco' was first used during the mid-1970s to describe the non-UK based disco productions and artists such as DD Sound, Swedish group, German groups, and, the West Germany-based (from USA), the Italian singer, French artists, Hot Blood, Banzai(single 'Viva America'), Dutch groups, and Eurovision song contest winners. In Spain Disco took off after the death of in 1975, with artist.1970s Euro disco soon had spinoffs and variations. The most notable spinoff is, a crossover of Euro disco and US disco. Another popular variation, with no specific name, appeared in the late 1970s: a 'Latin'-like sound added to the genre, which can be heard in Italy's, and France's.1980s One of the early representatives of the 1980s genre was the group and with their series of hits throughout 1981 and 1982.
The term 'Euro disco' quickly faded in the 1980s and was replaced by the very wide term of ' for more than a decade. Notably, there was also some Canadian disco productions (, ), that at the time was called 'Italo disco' in Europe, but not in America (the term disco was used there instead).Italo disco was the first successful 1980s Euro disco variation. Probably because of this, all the later 1980s Euro disco variations were called 'Italo disco' by the Europeans (with the exception of ). Italo disco began to develop in in the late 1970s and early 1980s, by groups like, and 'Lectric Workers. 1980s Euro disco variations soon appeared later in France, Germany, Spain and Greece. The Italian and German Euro disco productions were the most popular.
German pop duo was an icon of Euro disco between 1985–1987 and became the most successful Euro disco project ever. Was another very successful project.That style became very popular in Eastern Europe and remained popular until the early 1990s. In Poland, a local music genre relying heavily on Euro disco was developed at the verge of the 80s and 90s.1990s During the late 1980s, Euro disco hits were produced in Spain and Greece and much later in Poland and Russia. Meanwhile, a sped-up version of Euro disco with dance-pop elements became successful in the US, under the term '. Even today for many Americans, 'Hi-NRG' means and the.
Those hits (and a few others, like 's ' from 1991) were the last hits called 'Euro disco' in Europe.By the early 1990s, Euro disco was influenced by the emergence of genres such as, and the electro (pop/dance/synth) music styles, and replaced (or evolved) by other music styles. And Italo-NRG are the most notable and connected directly with the Italo disco music scene. In America, especially for the Eurohouse style, they use the earlier term of ' to describe this 1990s evolution of Euro disco.Technically speaking, the last form of Euro disco is, a music style that appeared in France during the mid-1990s and slowly became widespread in Europe. French house is more of a 'back to the roots' music style with 1970s Euro disco influences far before the Italo disco explosion (more specifically, disco, Canadian disco and ).2000s By the mid to late 2000s, Euro disco saw renewed interest. Artists such as, and the late saw a surge in popularity, especially in places where it was not commercially successful after 1984, such as.
A notable Euro disco artist to rise during this decade is Mark Ashley. His single 'Give Me a Chance' became his most successful single yet, making the Top 40 of the Austrian chart.Influence in the United States The influence of Euro disco had infiltrated dance and pop in the U.S.
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By 1983, as European producers and songwriters inspired a new generation of American performers. While disco had been declared 'dead' due to a backlash there in 1979, subsequent Euro-flavored successes crossing the boundaries of rock, pop and dance, such as ' by and ' by, ushered in a new era of American-fronted dance music.Branigan (produced by German producer ) moved deeper into the Euro disco style for further hits, alongside -produced U.S. By 1984, musicians from many countries had begun to produce Euro disco songs. In, notable practitioners of the sound included, and Austrian, although he was also heavily influenced by and rock music.A Euro disco revival was also contributed by northern European record labels such as Iventi D'azzurro (The Netherlands) and Flashback Records (Finland), with rearranged releases of the old hits and unreleased demos resung by the original Italo singers, also including new songs. Recording artists like Joey Mauro, Karl Otto, Diva, Mark Fruttero, Fred Ventura and George Aaron have recently been releasing new albums. Joey Mauro was able to recreate the sound of 1980s Italo disco with his synthesizers and keyboard collections, and a special place within the scene is occupied by Peter Aresti, formerly known as Peter Arcade, who officially started his career in the '90s, and is one of the most popular Italo artists in South America (Mexico among all), where a huge, growing Italo disco and Hi-NRG community dwells.
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