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 that soundtracked many a summer…
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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 HQ, and the late hi-NRG…
In search of the soul of disco [February 1977]
For the layperson, the word ‘disco’ instantly conjures up images of Saturday Night Fever, Studio 54, multicoloured dancefloors and cavernous…
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 of disco. July of that…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa [1972]
Often described as the first disco record, Soul Makossa, by Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango (who passed away this week), is…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Marvin Hamlisch – Bond 77 [July 1977]
A quirky Throwback Thursday this week – it is Christmas after all! – as we look back on perhaps the one and…
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 Love, he burst into David…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Patrick Cowley – Menergy [October 1981]
With LGBT Pride Month in full swing, this week’s Throwback Thursday goes back to 1981, and one of the tracks…
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 the right blend of insanity…
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 clubbing as we know it,…