The print celebrates the greats from the classic era of disco in the 70s including Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Gloria Gaynor, Diana Ross, Nile Rodgers and Chic, Cerrone, Sylvester and the Bee Gees and influential producers including Tom Moulton, Patrick Cowley and François Kevorkian. And recognises disco’s influence on the emergence of house music via the likes of Frankie Knuckles, Masters at Work and Danny Krivit.
The print takes a voyage (yes ABBA are on too) through the distinct sounds from the late 70s and early 80s of Eurodisco, Italo disco, cosmic disco, boogie, Hi-NRG and post-disco and celebrates regional scenes in Canada, Brazil, India, Japan and Nigeria that took the disco sound and made it their own.
Moving through the decades to the present day the print maps disco's enduring influence on electronic and dance music and the individuals keeping the spirit of disco alive including DJs and producers like Greg Wilson, DJ Harvey and Colleen ‘Cosmo' Murphy, pop musicians like Madonna, Kylie Minogue and the Pet Shop Boys and Nu-Disco’s Daft Punk, Dimitri from Paris and Todd Terje.
Along the way, the print celebrates key moments in popular culture including the Stonewall Riots in 1969 and the release of Saturday Night Fever in 1977 and the many record labels who shared their love of disco with the world including Salsoul, Casablanca, Prelude, P&P, ZYX and T.K. Records.
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