Disco legend Cerrone revisits a career of classic tracks on ‘Cerrone by Cerrone’
With tracks like Love in C Minor, Supernature, Give Me Love and Je Suis Music…
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From disco to D.I.S.C.O. – how Thomas Bangalter’s dad helped set the Daft Punk template
Few tracks are as synonymous with early-80s disco as Ottowan’s D.I.S.C.O – a pop smash…
Purple Disco Machine drops remix of Patrick Cowley’s Hi-NRG classic ‘Menergy’
As many of you already know, we’re huge fans of Patrick Cowley here at 909originals…
In search of the soul of disco [February 1977]
For the layperson, the word ‘disco’ instantly conjures up images of Saturday Night Fever, Studio…
How Patrick Hernandez’ Born To Be Alive soundtracked the last days of disco…
Having dominated the 70s, the summer of 1979 was largely seen as the last days…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa [1972]
Often described as the first disco record, Soul Makossa, by Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango (who…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Marvin Hamlisch – Bond 77 [July 1977]
A quirky Throwback Thursday this week – it is Christmas after all! – as we look back…
Donna Summer’s I Feel Love was released on this day in 1977… [July 1977]
Legend has it that when electronic pioneer Brian Eno first heard Donna Summer’s I Feel…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Patrick Cowley – Menergy [October 1981]
With LGBT Pride Month in full swing, this week’s Throwback Thursday goes back to 1981,…
Check out this awesome Italo Disco playlist from Green Velvet…
We’re big fans of Green Velvet (aka Cajmere, aka Curtis Jones) here at 909originals – just…
David Mancuso: “It was like the civil rights movement… the more people you had marching, the better it was.”
David Mancuso, whose The Loft parties in 1970’s New York helped pave the way for…
Daft Punk’s Discovery, 17 years later… [February 2001]
Daft Punk released their second album, Discovery, on 26 February 2001, and while 17 years…
Add some Halloween Horror to your DJ set with Vincent Price’s isolated ‘Thriller’ rap…
Nothing screams Halloween like Michael Jackson’s Thriller, released in November 1982, and while Quincy Jones’…
Get ready for an Italo Disco revival…
It was only a matter of time before Italo Disco made a comeback, and a…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: Larry Levan, last night at the Paradise Garage [September 1987]
This past week has seen the 30th anniversary of the closing of one of the…
Nothing says ‘solar eclipse’ like Cher on rollerskates [February 1979]…
With most of the US looking to the skies today for a ‘once in a…
Giorgio Moroder toasts 40 years of ‘I Feel Love’…
Now THIS was a good idea… Brooklyn, New York-based Schimanski pulled a jewel out of…