Disco 2.0

Description

Disco is making its big comeback. From Paris to Melbourne, via Berlin and Athens, a new generation of artists is reinterpreting the genre’s codes and taking over the dancefloors. A new scene whose most promising names include Monika, No Zu, L'Impératrice and LeonxLeon. Far from getting trapped in the genre’s clichés, they are taking hold of disco’s standards and updating its message, for a hybrid, rhythmic music in the digital age... It all started with a few New Yorkers in love with Philly Soul and hypnotic grooves. In the 70s, they literally invented club culture: DJs David Mancuso, Nicky Siano, Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles, label managers Mel Sheren and Neil Bogart, and the extraordinary remixer Tom Moulton. They were all cornerstones of a new sound that changed music forever and would pave the way for house and all its derivatives. Today, a new scene is emerging and updating the sound of classic Disco. Young artists like the Greek Monika, L'Impératrice and LeonxLeon in France, or No Zu in Australia, are producing a new disco-inspired form that never copies the glorious past, and also does not fall within the lineage of nu-Disco that has mainly sprung up in Northern Europe. The WEWANTSOUNDS collective has carefully selected the cream of this new-wave Disco, bringing together the most notable tracks and adding a nod to the golden age, with a rare 1976 instrumental by Sounds of Inner City, mixed by the legendary Tom Moulton on the cult label West End Records. This fine selection is the dream invitation to the rebirth of Disco, with a clever blend of sensuality, rhythm and an irresistible thirst for love... Here is Disco 2.0!