space disco

At least one modern history of “space disco” traces the genre’s origins to science fiction themes (outer space, robots, and the future) in the titles, lyrics and cover artwork of dance music in the late 1970s. Plausible associations are drawn between the popularity of Star Wars (released mid-1977), the subsequent surge of interest in science fiction themes in popular culture, and the release of a number of science fiction themed and “futuristic”-sounding (synthesizer and arpeggiator-infused) disco music worldwide. The most commercially successful space disco tracks were “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” (1977) by Meco, and “Automatic Lover” (1978) by Dee D. Jackson, with each song reaching the top ten in a number of countries, including the United Kingdom.thumb|Didier Marouani, founder of Space, a pioneering space disco band|left Additional examples of space disco usually include the compositions “Just Blue” and “Symphony” (both 1978) of French band Space, the same for the track Magic Fly; additional tracks by Dee D. Jackson during the 1970s and 1980s, and “I Feel Space” by Lindstrøm. Labels producing this type of music include * Whatever We Want Records (Brooklyn, NY, US) * Feedelity (run by Lindstrøm) (Europe) * Eskimo , Bear Entertainment/Bear Funk, Prins Thomas’ Full Pupp (Belgium) * Tirk (UK) and D. C. Recordings (UK).

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