Excellent, long-overdue article from a WFMU Program Director kicking back against the whole myth that disco was doing great and was widely beloved, until a nefarious racist/homophobe conspiracy killed it.
The safe for work version
Can some explain this to me? New to disco so forgive my ignorance. What was the point of these? Always seems like the 12" is just a single they made 3-4x the original length.
Edit: I now know it's mainly for DJs, please stop telling me how vinyl works. I understood that. What I didn't understand was why they were so much longer than the standard single
I thought I had posted this before but can’t find it. Anyway, deserves a second posting even so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I\_Feel\_Love?wprov=sfti1#Recording:
“For Summer's fifth album, I Remember Yesterday(1977), the production team wanted each track to evoke a different musical decade, such as '40s swing, '60s girl groups, and '70s funk and disco. For the final track, "I Feel Love", the team wanted to create a futuristic mood.[12] Whereas most disco recordings had been backed by orchestras,[13] the team produced "I Feel Love" with a Moog synthesizer borrowed from the classical composer Eberhard Schoener, aided by Schoener's assistant, Robby Wedel. Wedel demonstrated how to synchronize the elements using a click track, a feat Moroder described as "a revelation".[12] Wedel's help with the technically complex synthesizer proved essential and Moroder described him as the "unsung hero" of the project.[12]
"I Feel Love" was recorded on a 16-track tape recorder, with the various parts programmed on a sequencer.[14][15] As the Moog went out of tune quickly, it had to be recorded in bursts of 20 or 30 seconds before being retuned.[12] To create the hi-hat sound, the team took white noise generated by the Moog and processed it with an envelope.[16] As the Moog could not create a satisfactory kick drum sound, the kick was played on a drum kit by the drummer Keith Forsey.[12] Aside from the vocals, the kick is the only element not played by a machine.[12]
The lyrics were written by Bellotte.[12] Summer recorded her vocal in one take.[12] In contrast to the deeper chest voice of most disco vocals, Summer sang in head voice.[16]
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Looking to get into disco and would like to start with 5 albums (1 per artist) to act as a launching board. Thank you.
Essential disco from 1977. Donna Summer delivers the double album “Once Upon A Time.” Still sounds fresh today. Timeless. 🪩🌈
Hi all, I’ve recently been listening to a lot of the late 70s/early 80s from Prelude Records and I was wondering if anyone had any artists from this label they recommend. So far I’ve listened to Lemon, France Joli, Musique, Inner Life, and Nightlife Unlimited, but I know they had a large catalog of disco and some really great remixes (I’ve heard a lot of the François K. remixes already) but I was just curious to see if anyone had any recommendations :)
A very early dance tune, 1971.
💃🏻🔥🕺🏻 …more cowbell 😎