All Blog Posts Tagged 'Disco' (3)

Donna Summer: The Original Dance-Punk

From 1974's Love To Love You Baby until 1983's She Works Hard For The Money Donna Summer was an unstoppable force on the pop landscape. Spawning 14 Top 10 singles in her decade long collaboration with producer Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer's soulful coo has had a profound influence on nearly every female pop vocalist from the last 3 decades. In memory of her tragic death from lung cancer last week, we're looking at her slightly less celebrated legacy as the…

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Added by Sound Check on May 25, 2012 at 10:15am — 3 Comments

Black History Month: Nile Rodgers, Behind the Mixing Desk

We talk a lot about the artists behind the microphone. But for every word written about the artists working on one side of the recording studio, tragically few words are written about the artists on the other side of the sound-proof glass. In his 40 year career, Nile Rodgers has worked with everyone from Bowie to Madonna, from Sister Sledge to Master Chief. His music unwittingly formed the backbone of hip-hop with the Sugar Hill Gang basing their breakthrough Rapper's…

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Added by Sound Check on February 17, 2012 at 6:18am — 3 Comments

AP Quickie: Mysterious Masked Producer Tyson Buzzing With His 80's-Style Funky Disco

Here's the skinny: Tyson is a mysterious masked producer based in London who makes electro-disco-funky-licious music, 80's-style. His track 'Out Of My Mind' is setting the blogosphere on fire. Even those who say it's cheesy mean that in a good way. Major DJs are picking it up too, so we thought we'd share. Watchu think? Is he the second coming or are people just being too nostalgic here? :-P - L… Continue

Added by Afro-Punk on March 25, 2011 at 3:00pm — 7 Comments