Dance-punk

Dance-punk
Stylistic origins	Dance - Punk rock - Disco - No Wave - New Wave - Indie rock - Post-punk - Funk rock
Cultural origins	1970s, New York and London
Typical instruments	Guitar, bass, drums, drum machine, synthesizer
Mainstream popularity	Underground most of its history, more mainstream in the 2000s
Derivative forms	New rave
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Dance-punk (also known as disco-punk or punk-funk) is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the post-punk and No Wave movements.^[1]

Predecessors

Many groups in the post-punk era adopted a more rhythmic tempo, conducive to dancing. These bands were influenced by disco, funk, and other dance music popular at the time as well as being anticipated by some of the 1970s work of David Bowie,^[2] Brian Eno, and Iggy Pop, and some recordings by the German groups referred to as Krautrock. Groups of influence from the 1980s included Public Image Ltd.,^[3][4] Gang of Four,^[1][4][5] New Order,^[6] Killing Joke,^[7] The Cure,^[8] and Siouxsie and the Banshees.^[9] New York City dance-punk included Material,^[10] James Chance and the Contortions,^[1] Cristina Monet, ESG, and Liquid Liquid.^[11] German punk singer Nina Hagen had an underground dance hit in 1983 with "New York / N.Y.", which mixed her searing punk (and opera) vocals with disco beats.^[1]

Contemporary dance-punk

Dance-punk was revived among some bands of the garage rock/post-punk revival in the early years of the new millennium, particularly among New York acts such as LCD Soundsystem (and their label, DFA Records in general), Clinic, Death From Above 1979, Liars, The Rapture and Radio 4, joined by dance-oriented acts who adopted rock sounds such as Out Hud.^[12], or Californian acts like !!!. In Britain the combination of indie with dance-punk was dubbed new rave in publicity for Klaxons and the term was picked up and applied by the NME to bands^[13] including Trash Fashion,^[14] New Young Pony Club,^[15] Hadouken!, Late of the Pier, Test Icicles,^[16] and Shitdisco^[13] forming a scene with a similar visual aesthetic to earlier rave music.^[13][17]

See also

• Art punk
• Synth punk
• Electronic rock

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984.Simon Reynolds.Faber and Faber Ltd, April 2005, ISBN 0-571-21569-6 (U.S. Edition: Penguin, February 2006, ISBN 0-14-303672-6)
2. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Young Americans review, Allmusic. [1] Access date: September 8, 2008.
3. ^ Andy Kellman, Metal Box review, Allmusic. [2] Access date: September 8, 2008.
4. ^ ^{a b} Swaminathan, Nikhil (2003-12-25) - Dance-punk ends scenester dormancy
5. ^ John Dougan, Gang of Four bio, Allmusic. [3] Access date: September 8, 2008.
6. ^ Jason Ankeny, New Order bio, Allmusic. [4] Access date: September 8, 2008.
7. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine & John Dougan, Killing Joke bio, Allmusic. [5] Access date: September 8, 2008.
8. ^ Tim Sendra, The Head On the Door review, Allmusic. [6] Access date: September 8, 2008.
9. ^ David Cleary, Tinderbox review, Allmusic. [7] Access date: September 8, 2008.
10. ^ Jason Ankeny, Material bio, Allmusic. [8] Access date: September 8, 2008.
11. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Talking Heads bio, Allmusic. [9] Access date: September 8, 2008.
12. ^ M. Wood, "Review: Out Hud: S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.", New Music, 107, November 2002, p. 70.
13. ^ ^{a b c} K. Empire, "Rousing rave from the grave" The Observer, 5 October 2006, retrieved 9 January 2008.
14. ^ P. Flynn, "Here We Glo Again", Times Online, 12 November 2006, retrieved 13 February 2009.
15. ^ J. Harris, "New Rave? Old Rubbish", The Guardian, 13 October 2006, retrieved 31 March 2007.
16. ^ O. Adams, "Music: Rave On, Just Don't Call It 'New Rave'", The Guardian, 5 January 2007, retrieved 2 September 2008.
17. ^ P. Robinson, "The future's bright...", The Guardian, 3 February 2007, retrieved 31 March 2007.

Bibliography

• Reynolds, Simon. "Mutant Disco and Punk-Funk: Crosstown Traffic in Early Eighties New York (and Beyond ...)." Rip It Up and Start Again: Post-punk 1978-84. London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 2005.

External links

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