Disco 2.0 (1976-1982)
Related: disco - proto-house
Disco 2.0 started in New York in the late seventies. The times change, the drugs change, new clubs like the Paradise Garage open up, the disco twelve inch was invented. For the first time in musical history, music was made with "discotheques" in mind. The disco years ended with its gay audience decimated by a deadly disease called AIDS. My preferred disco labels of this era are Salsoul, Prelude and West end.
While in the early seventies, the influence on disco was funk and soul, in the second half of the seventies and the early eighties, disco music was influenced by dub and heavy bass sounds, which was typified in UK's flavour coined jazz-funk, a sound directly influenced by Roy Ayers. Disco like house, can have a diva-ish and sleazy style, with wailing vocals and jealous lyrics of Sylvester and Loleatta Holloway
CD compilations discography: Club Classics & House Foundations (1995) - Various
Selected Discography
- Double Exposure 'Ten Percent' Walter Gibbons
- Funkanova
Wood Brass and Steel
- Aquarian Dream - Phoenix
- Loleatta Holloway - Dreamin'
- Bumble Bee Unlimited - Love Bug
- Juggy Jones - Inside America
- Nature Zone - Porcupine
- Atmosphere - Atmosphere Strutt
- Disco Dub Band - For the Love of Money
- The Universal Robot Band "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine".
- Dexter Wansel "Life On Mars"
- Side Effect - Always There
- Blackbyrds - Happy Music | Donald Byrd
- Brass Construction - Changin' -->Randy Muller
- Ecstacy, Passion & Pain - Touch And Go
- Roy Ayers - Running Away
- Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
- Francine McGee - Delirium (RCA)
- Alfredo De La Fe - Hot To Trot
- First Choice - Doctor Love
- Loleatta Holloway - Hit & Run
- Aquarian Dream - Phoenix
- Salsoul Orchestra - Magic Bird Of Fire
- Universal Robot Band - Dance & Shake Your Tambourine
- Stevie Wonder - As
- Norman Connors - Once I've Been There
- Minnie Riperton - Stick Together (Ext. Mix)
- Moment Of Truth - Chained To Your Love
- Silvetti - Spring Rain
- Salsoul Orchestra - Run Away
- Teddy Pendergrass - You Can't Hide From Yourself
- Teddy Pendergrass - The More I Get, The More I Want
- Thelma Houston - I'm Here Again
- Double Exposure - My Love Is Free
- War - Galaxy
- Musique - Keep On Jumpin' 1978
- Phreek - Weekend
- Third World - Now That We Found Love
- Carl Bean - I Was Born This Way
- Don Ray - Standing In The Rain
- Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
- Goody Goody - It Looks Like Love
- First Choice - Love Thang
- Kraftwerk - The Robots
- Loleatta Holloway - Catch Me On The Rebound
- Martin Circus - Disco Circus
- Kebekelektrik - War Dance
- Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance
- Loleatta Holloway - I May Not Be There When You Want Me
- Freda Payne - I'll Do Anything For You
- Grace Jones - My Jamaican Guy
- Lenny Williams - You Got Me Running
- Linda Clifford - Runaway Love
- Lorraine Johnson - Feed The Flame
- Tasha Thomas - Shoot Me (With Your Love)
- Dan Hartman - Relight My Fire
- Cory Daye - Pow Wow
- Eddy Grant - Living On The Frontline
- Ripple - The Beat Goes On
- Kleeer - Keep Your Body Workin'
- Black Ivory - Mainline (12")
- Chicago - Street Player (12" Mix)
- Risco Connection - Ain't no Stoppin' Us Now
- Machine - There but for the Grace of God
- Dee Dee Bridgewater - Bad For Me (Ext. 12" Mix)
- First Choice - Double Cross (Levan Remix)
- Taana Gardner - When You Touch Me (Levan Mix)
- Jean Carn - Was That All It Was (Ext. 12" Mix)
- Giorgio Moroder - I Wanna Rock You
- Harvey Mason - Groovin' You
- Candido - Thousand Fingerman
- Inner Life - I'm Caught Up
- Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love
- Patti Labelle - Music Is My Way Of Life
- Candido - Dancin' & Prancin'
- Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
- Sergio Mendes - I'll Tell You (Ext. 12" Mix)
- Eddy Grant - Walking On Sunshine (Ext. 12" Mix)
- Chantal Curtis - Get Another Love
- Positive Force - We Got The Funk
- Donna McGhee - It Ain't No Big Thing
- Salsoul Orchestra - How High (Levan Remix)
- Roy Ayers - Don't Stop The Feeling
- Candido - Jingo
- George Duke - I Want You For Myself
- Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (Levan Remix)
- Skyy - First Time Around (Levan Remix)
- Loleatta Holloway - Greatest Performance Of My Life (Levan Remix)
- Billy Nichols - Give Your Body Up To The Music
- Five Special - Why Leave Us Alone
- Bruce Johnson - Pipeline
- Jackie Moore - How's Your Love Life Baby
- Giorgio - I Wanna Rock You
- Double Exposure - I Got The Hots For You
- Alfredo de la Fe - Hot to Trot
- Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face
- Ramona Brooks - I Don't Want You Back
- Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation
- Taana Gardner - Work That Body (Levan Remix)
- Sylvester - I Need You
- Eddy Grant - Nobody's Got Time
- Sylvia Striplin - Give Me Your Love
- First Choice - Breakaway
- Gayle Adams - Stretchin' Out
- Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake The Feeling
- Trussel - Love Injection
- Invisible Man's Band - All Night Thing
- Exodus - Together Forever
- Raw Silk - Do It To The Music
- Gwen McCrae - Funky Sensation
- Logg - I Know You Will (Levan 12" Remix)
- Inner Life - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
- Chemise - She Can't Love You
- Class Action - Weekend
- Taana Gardner - Heartbeat (12" Levan Mix)
- Secret Weapon - Must Be The Music [Prelude records]
- ESG - Moody
- Stone - Time
- Esther Williams - I'll Be Your Pleasure (Levan Remix 12" or LP)
- Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
- Hi-Gloss - You'll Never Know
- Patti Labelle - The Spirit's In It
- D Train - You're The One For Me
- Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit Of Jazz
- Jamaica Girls - Need Somebody New (12" Levan Remix)
- Empress - Dyin' To Be Dancin'
- Strikers - Body Music (12" Levan Remix)
- Unlimited Touch - Searching To Find The One
- Donald Byrd - Love Has Come Around
- Jimmy Ross - First True Love Affair (Levan 12" Mix)
- Tom Tom Club - Le Elephant
- Powerline - Journey
- Inner LIfe - Make It Last Forever (Levan Remix)
- Syreeta - Can't Shake Your Love (Levan Remix)
- MFSB - Love Is The Message (14 min. Tom Moulton Remix Vers.)
- Ednah Holt - Serious, Serious Space Party (Levan 12" Mix)
- Mona Rae - Do Me
- 80's Ladies - Turned On To You
- Logg - You've Got That Something
- Frontline Orchestra - Don't Turn Your Back On Me
- North End - Happy Days
- Conversion - Let's Do It
- Salsoul Orchestra - 212 North Street
- Rainbow Brown - Til You Surrender
- Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock [Arthur Baker]
- Michelle Wallace 'Jazzy Rhythm' Tee Scott
- Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait
- Dinosaur L - Go Bang [Arthur Russell]
- Klein & MBO - Dirty Talk [Italy]
- Debbie Trusty - Searchin' for Some Lovin' [Nick Martinelli]
- Chemise / She Can't Love You
- Raw Silk 'Do It To The Music' [Nick Martinelli]
- Montana Sextet Heavy Vibes [Montana]
- Fonda Rae 'Over Like A Fat Rat' [Fonda Rae]
- Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
- Bo Kool - Love Money [Jazz-Funk]
- Carly Simon - Why Atlantic WEA [ Niles and Rogers ]
- Denroy Morgan - Happy Feeling
- Funk Fusion Band - Can You Feel It [Nick Martinelli]
- Rockers Revenge - Walking On Sunshine
- Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know + Whatnauts [Philadelphia]
- Salsoul Orchestra
- 'Nice 'n' Nasty'