Editing Disco (section)

===1981–1989: Aftermath===
====Birth of electronic dance music====
Disco was instrumental in the development of [[electronic dance music]] genres like [[house music|house]], [[techno]], and [[Eurodance]]. The Eurodisco song ''[[I Feel Love]]'', produced by Giorgio Moroder for Donna Summer in 1976, has been described as a milestone and blueprint for electronic dance music because it was the first to combine repetitive synthesizer loops with a continuous [[Four on the floor (music)|four-on-the-floor]] bass drum and an [[Beat (music)#On-beat and off-beat|off-beat]] [[Hi-hat (instrument)|hi-hat]], which would become a main feature of techno and house ten years later.<ref name="munichsound"/><ref name="mixmag_moroder"/><ref name="ZPKM">{{cite web |url=https://songlexikon.de/songs/ifeellove/ |title=Donna Summer: I Feel Love |date=8 May 2017 |publisher=Zentrum für Populäre Kultur und Musik |language=de |access-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524182438/https://songlexikon.de/songs/ifeellove/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the first years of the 1980s, the traditional disco sound characterized by complex arrangements performed by [[big band|large ensembles]] of studio session musicians (including a [[horn section]] and an orchestral string section) began to be phased out, and faster tempos and synthesized effects, accompanied by guitar and simplified backgrounds, moved dance music toward electronic and pop genres, starting with [[hi-NRG]]. Despite its decline in popularity, so-called club music and European-style disco remained relatively successful in the early-to-mid 1980s with songs like [[Aneka]]'s "[[Japanese Boy]]", [[The Weather Girls]]'s "[[It's Raining Men]]", [[Stacey Q]]'s "[[Two of Hearts (song)|Two of Hearts]]", [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]]'s "[[You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)]]", [[Laura Branigan]]'s "[[Self Control (Raf song)|Self Control]]", and [[Baltimora]]'s "[[Tarzan Boy]]". However, a revival of the traditional-style disco called [[nu-disco]] has been popular since the 1990s.

House music displayed a strong disco influence, which is why house music, regarding its enormous success in shaping electronic dance music and contemporary club culture, is often described being "disco's revenge."<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/house-music-is-discos-revenge-a-look-at-the-early-days-of-american-house/ "House Music is Disco's Revenge: A Look at the Early Days of American House"] , in: [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] magazine, September 9, 2014, accessed on March 26, 2020.</ref> Early house music was generally dance-based music characterized by repetitive four-on-the-floor beats, rhythms mainly provided by [[drum machine]]s,<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/house-ma0000002651 |title=House : Significant Albums, Artists and Songs, Most Viewed |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006233620/http://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/house-ma0000002651 |archive-date=October 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> off-beat hi-hat cymbals, and synthesized basslines. While house displayed several characteristics similar to disco music, it was more electronic and minimalist,<ref name="allmusic"/> and the repetitive rhythm of house was more important than the song itself. As well, house did not use the lush string sections that were a key part of the disco sound.