dis·co
ˈdi-(ˌ)skō 
plural discos
1
: a nightclub for dancing to live and recorded music
2
: popular dance music characterized by hypnotic rhythm, repetitive lyrics, and electronically produced sounds
see disc-
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2024
Inspired by Nile Rodgers and Anita Ward, the track stays true to the group’s signature sound — a swirling concoction of vibrant disco energy, Eighties Turkish psych-rock, and pure funk.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2024
Its centerpiece is a sculpted eye bedecked in lights with a disco ball iris.
—Dan Piepenbring, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
The mystery behind Mission Ballroom’s disco ball Lustig, an attorney who turned to art as a profession, made the piece after an open call to artists from the work’s two nonprofit sponsors, Metro West Housing Solutions and the 40 West Arts District.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 22 Apr. 2024
Peso Pluma wraps his arms around the elasto-funk production, turning the voice that has powered so many regional Mexican crossover hits into a disco ball with ease.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 19 Apr. 2024
There will be roller-skating, ‘70s costumes, 41 dancers onstage and audience members are encouraged to dress up as their favorite disco stars.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
At the time, Warkentin worked with a group of scientists researching a novel way of projecting the eclipse for large groups: disco balls.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 Apr. 2024
During that span of time, the world was upended by a global pandemic and social strife; Martin Scorsese grappled with the blood on the hands of American history with Killers of the Flower Moon; and Beyoncé brought diamonds and disco to the dance floor on Renaissance.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2024
Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2024
Marlena Shaw, who cultivated a sultry stage presence and husky voice from the final echoes of the big-band era, to the go-go Playboy Clubs of the 1960s, to the rise of funk, to disco and finally to the modern cabaret circuit, died on Jan. 19.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
In his work at Norby Walters Associates, Walters continued booking talented musicians across a variety of genres from soul to disco to R&B such as Marvin Gaye, Patti LaBelle and, for a short time, Michael Jackson.
—Valerie Wu, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
Leftover Halloween decorations hung overhead as people rocked and swayed on the Gossip Grill dance floor to a range of music genres, from Afrobeats to disco.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
Here, the soundtrack is just as important—and eclectic—as the drinks, switching seamlessly from funk to disco to jazz.
—Sophie Prideaux, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2023
Early on, Gerwig used the Bee Gees and ’70s discos as a reference point for Ronson.
—Maria Sherman, Fortune, 18 July 2023
For those who want to disco the night away, a Pride edition of Silent Disco starts at 8 p.m. in Klyde Warren Park.
—Norma Cavazos, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
The duo recorded seven stylistically varied studio albums that drifted from trip-hop to glam rock to disco to indie to folk, sometimes crossing back, with a common thread: the airy-yet-hearty multi-octave voice of its namesake.
—Rich Juzwiak, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
Noun
The disco kids weren’t going to afford, or even want, the stodgiest of solid gold Rolexes.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2024
Inspired by Nile Rodgers and Anita Ward, the track stays true to the group’s signature sound — a swirling concoction of vibrant disco energy, Eighties Turkish psych-rock, and pure funk.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2024
Its centerpiece is a sculpted eye bedecked in lights with a disco ball iris.
—Dan Piepenbring, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
The mystery behind Mission Ballroom’s disco ball Lustig, an attorney who turned to art as a profession, made the piece after an open call to artists from the work’s two nonprofit sponsors, Metro West Housing Solutions and the 40 West Arts District.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 22 Apr. 2024
Peso Pluma wraps his arms around the elasto-funk production, turning the voice that has powered so many regional Mexican crossover hits into a disco ball with ease.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 19 Apr. 2024
There will be roller-skating, ‘70s costumes, 41 dancers onstage and audience members are encouraged to dress up as their favorite disco stars.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
At the time, Warkentin worked with a group of scientists researching a novel way of projecting the eclipse for large groups: disco balls.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 Apr. 2024
During that span of time, the world was upended by a global pandemic and social strife; Martin Scorsese grappled with the blood on the hands of American history with Killers of the Flower Moon; and Beyoncé brought diamonds and disco to the dance floor on Renaissance.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2024
Verb
In the Village People disco musical Can’t Stop the Music (1980), directed by Nancy Walker of Rhoda fame, Rush played the mother of Bruce Jenner’s character.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2024
Marlena Shaw, who cultivated a sultry stage presence and husky voice from the final echoes of the big-band era, to the go-go Playboy Clubs of the 1960s, to the rise of funk, to disco and finally to the modern cabaret circuit, died on Jan. 19.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
In his work at Norby Walters Associates, Walters continued booking talented musicians across a variety of genres from soul to disco to R&B such as Marvin Gaye, Patti LaBelle and, for a short time, Michael Jackson.
—Valerie Wu, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
Leftover Halloween decorations hung overhead as people rocked and swayed on the Gossip Grill dance floor to a range of music genres, from Afrobeats to disco.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
Here, the soundtrack is just as important—and eclectic—as the drinks, switching seamlessly from funk to disco to jazz.
—Sophie Prideaux, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2023
Early on, Gerwig used the Bee Gees and ’70s discos as a reference point for Ronson.
—Maria Sherman, Fortune, 18 July 2023
For those who want to disco the night away, a Pride edition of Silent Disco starts at 8 p.m. in Klyde Warren Park.
—Norma Cavazos, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
The duo recorded seven stylistically varied studio albums that drifted from trip-hop to glam rock to disco to indie to folk, sometimes crossing back, with a common thread: the airy-yet-hearty multi-octave voice of its namesake.
—Rich Juzwiak, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
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