Club Dance

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area of study 3 - dance music related to disco
Rosa Brookes
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Club Dance
  1. Musical characteristics
    1. electronic sounds
      1. 4/4 time
        1. steady tempo
          1. drum and bass
          2. links to the club scene
            1. extensive use of samples and loops/ostinatos
              1. Music technology ALWAYS used
                1. reverb
                  1. digital FX
                    1. reverb, vocoder(human voice sounds synthesised)
                    2. CLUB DANCE USES A LOT OF SAMPLES
                      1. snippets of other music.
                        1. distrortion
                        2. mix in samples
                          1. collage over repeating drum and bass loop
                          2. introduce breaks
                            1. change texture
                              1. ONE INSTURMENT
                            2. scratching
                              1. Quantising
                                1. perfect time (shift to nearest semi-quaver)
                                  1. robotic
                            3. Background
                              1. Chicago
                                1. tightly-packed clubs
                                  1. illegal warehouses
                                    1. all night rave
                                  2. 1980s
                                    1. disco 4/4 stronger. Bub, jazz and synthpop motifs layered over the bass.
                                      1. 1920s
                                        1. Jazz clubs - Charleston, carolina
                                  3. Different styles
                                    1. house
                                      1. drum machine
                                        1. repetition esp. in bass line
                                      2. techno
                                        1. fast, rarely voices/live sounds. mechanical/electronic.
                                        2. drum 'n' bass/jungle
                                          1. mega fast tempo. 'backbeats' short notes between main beats - disjointed.
                                          2. UK Garage
                                            1. like jungle, drum and bass. vocals used like percussion
                                            2. Trance
                                              1. slow chord changes over fast beat make you feel in a trance
                                              2. Ambient
                                                1. 'out of this world', jazzy/slow
                                                2. Rave
                                                  1. fast electronic using samples from different songs
                                                  2. new styles due to technology developed and to internet dist.
                                                  3. Dance steps
                                                    1. similar to disco

                                                      Attachments:

                                                      1. improvised
                                                        1. Christmas tree
                                                          1. Big fish little fish cardboard box
                                                            1. jumping to fast
                                                          2. DJ Tiesto
                                                            1. Calvin Harris
                                                              1. Chemical brothers
                                                              2. Fatboy slim
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