DISCO

Disco was a key influence in the later development of electronic dance music and house music.The term disco is derived from discothèque,Many disco songs use electronic synthesizers.The [disco] DJ was central to the ritual of 1970's dance culture, but the dancing crowd was no less important, and it was the combination of these two elements that created the conditions for the dance floor dynamic.Mobile Discos referred to Disc Jockeys for hire that brought their own equipment to office parties, weddings.In 1974 there were an estimated 25,000 mobile discos and 40,000 professional disc jockeys in the United Kingdom.Disco is a musical style originating in the early 1970s that remained urban and largely underground until the middle of the decade.The disco sound often has several components, a "four-on-the-floor" beat, an eighth note (quaver) or 16th note (semi-quaver) hi-hat pattern with an open hi-hat on the off-beat, and a prominent, syncopated electric bass line