It turns out that the 70's are dead.. in fact it seems they died over 30 years ago... people have mourned, they have said their goodbyes and moved on.
But the 70's havn't fully departed, parts of it have hidden away, lay dormant, waiting, changing, adapting...
Disco is not dead.
Gone are the mirror balls, the platform shoes, the Travolta, Disco or Nu-Disco as it likes to be called is a totally different beast, its punchier, more electronic and most of the time you don't even know you're listening to it.
Disco has hidden itself in the world of Dance, it is disguised as being Electro, Trance, House...etc. But it is Disco my friend, and it is awesome.
Jamiroquai, Daft Punk, Armand Van Heldon, Bob Sinclair, Lady Ga Ga, Datarock, Justice...etc. all these artists are disco... and in amongst this re-emergence is Cavin Harris.
Hailing from Scotalnd Calvin Harris is a producer as well as a recording artist, he has produced two albums, I Created Disco and Ready for the Weekend. He has recorded alongside Kylie Minogue and Dizzee Rascal and has only been in the industry for 3 years.
Anyone who has any interest in Dance music probably already knows all they need to know about Cavin and in turn they have already decided if the like him or not... but if you are new to the scene and for some reason that i cannot think of, havn't heard of calvin harris then i really reccomend you check him out. He is very easy to listen to, and even easier to dance to, and he is popular enough to make his stuff easy to find and try out.
When you listen to his music (mostly the stuff not on the radio) you can definatly hear the Disco elements, the beat, the synths... Calvin is definatly making disco.
Get out your shoes with fish in them, that rhinestone gun and the plain white flares and burn them, because disco is back but not the way you know it.
Now lets work on getting over the 80's...
Reccomended Tracks: Acceptible in the 80's, Merrymaking at My Place, I'm Not Alone
Website: http://www.myspace.com/calvinharristv
Also check out this remix of I'm Not Alone by my mates Three Fingers, awesome!
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=a747b5158e2d538f1bee9a6e9edd9c7685aa1592b5cbabe3a9a26c4ed87536eb
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