Dance-punk

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Dance-punk or dancepunk, also known as disco-punk or discopunk, punk-funk or dance-rock, is a musical genre that combines the rhythms of electronic dance music with punk rock aesthetics and instrumentation. It is closely related to New Wave, Electro rock, Electroclash, Electropop, Synthpop and Synth rock.

Contents 1 Origins 2 Modern dance-punk 3 List of modern dance-punk bands 4 Major post-punk/no-wave influences 5 Bands influenced by dance-punk 6 See also 7 Sources 8 References

[edit] Origins

The origin of dance-punk dates back to the late 1970s in New York and England, where guitar-based bands started to experiment with more dance-friendly rhythms. During this time, disco and funk also crossed over into many rock clubs – for example, it seems that some of the funky guitar work and solid basslines from the CHIC records made it to the rock scene. At the time, this musical style was most closely associated with the post-punk and no wave movements: famous progenitors of this sound include Gang of Four from Leeds, Liquid Liquid from New York, and Medium Medium from Nottingham. The Original Disco-Punk Fusion came with no wave icon James Chance, who under the name of James White and The Blacks, released Off White(album) in 1979. German punk chanteuse Nina Hagen had a massive underground dance hit in 1983 with "New York New York", which mixed her searing punk (and opera) vocals with disco, funk, and hip hop beats. Pos

In the 1980s the dance-punk scene in New York was dominated by bands such as the Fleshtones, Raybeats, and most noteably the Bush Tetras, whose success was almost totally dependent on word-of-mouth promotion.

As hip-hop, techno, and other forms of dance music emerged during the 1980s, the "punk-funk" style faded away. The extended 12" mix, synthesizers, drum machines, and other new technologies also pushed the jagged guitar-based dance sound out of the spotlight during the later part of the 1980s and much of the 1990s.

[edit] Modern dance-punk

The genre reemerged as "dance-punk" at the turn of the century. The style was championed by rock- and punk-oriented groups such as Liars and Radio 4, as well as dance-oriented acts such as Out Hud, with others such as !!! and The Rapture falling somewhere in the middle. There has since been a crystalization of musical forms within dance-punk, as with LCD Soundsystem's strongly dance- and production-obsessed soundcraft or Q and Not U's creation of new kinds of rock-based yet danceable rhythms within the scope of lyrical punk and post-hardcore.

At the same time, however, the concept of the dance-punk genre has become somewhat diluted, partly merging with the more straightforwardly disco-influenced post-punk/garage rock revival sounds from the late 1990s to the present. As with most musical genres, dance-punk began as a fluid extension of several other genres and is in the process of both being defined from within and at the same time being co-opted by other musical forms.

Currently in 2006, a lot of dance and electronic music from Europe is increasingly incorporating elements of 80s style rock and modern so called dance-punk.

[edit] List of modern dance-punk bands

• !!!
• Action Action
• Awaken
• Beep Beep
• Black Eyes
• Bloc Party
• Cansei de Ser Sexy
• Controller.controller
• Clor
• Cut Copy
• Death from Above 1979
• Ebon
• Ex Models
• The Faint
• Fake Shark - Real Zombie!
• The Fever
• The Firebird Band
• Franz Ferdinand
• Head Automatica
• Hot Chip
• Infadels
• Le Tigre
• Les Georges Leningrad
• LCD Soundsystem
• Liars
• The Juan MacLean
• Mellow
• The Mission Veo
• Moving Units
• Neon Blonde
• The Organ
• Out Hud
• Planet Uranus
• Q and Not U
• Radio 4
• Robots In Disguise
• Seizures
• Shitdisco
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik
• Simian (band)
• The Sounds
• Supersystem
• The Presets
• Test Icicles
• The Rapture
• Thunderbirds Are Now!
• UltraNoir
• VCR
• VHS or Beta
• The Walkmen
• Whirlwind Heat
• You Say Party! We Say Die!
• Zoot Woman

[edit] Major post-punk/no-wave influences

Gang of Four Devo Kraftwerk Liquid Liquid Medium Medium Wire The Raincoats

Public Image Ltd. Talking Heads New Order Joy Division The Cure The Birthday Party

[edit] Bands influenced by dance-punk

¡Forward, Russia! Bloc Party The Firebird Band Franz Ferdinand Head Automatica Ima Robot Interpol Klaxons

Les Savy Fav Mistakemistake Ratatat She Wants Revenge The Automatic The Bravery The Young Knives

[edit] See also

• DFA Records

[edit] Sources

[edit] References

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