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The Disco Handbook reveals the secrets of disco lingo, secrets of non-verbal communication, how to do the box step, disco dance rules and more.
You gotta wonder how much of what we’re doing today will look this stupid in 30 years!

 

Official Video for I Love To Move In Here‘by Moby - from the album Last Night. Features Grandmaster Caz.
Think you could do better? See Moby’s video contest.

 

Here’s the official blurb on Moby’s latest, Last Night:
After the meditative electronica of 2002’s 18 and the singer-songwriter moves of 2005’s Hotel, moby returns to the dance floor with a vengeance on his new album Last Night, released on 31st March 2008. Spanning hands-in-the-air, Smiley-faced rave anthems, cosmic Giorgio Moroder-styled Euro-disco, hip-hop both old school [...]

 

As Moby would say:
the video for disco lies taken from the album ‘last night’

 

March 08: It’s free electronic music month at Synthtopia.
Every day, we’re bringing you great free music. Give it a listen, download it if you like it, and check out the artists at their sites.
Electronica duo Cherry Bikini, Sophie Boscallini and Armand Abagliani, specialize in sexy dance music that pushes buttons and pushes limits. Their [...]

 
icon for podpress  Cherry Bikini - Badly Behaved [3:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 

Disco Legend Jean-Marc Cerrone has launched a new monthly event in New York City, Save the Disco!.
According to Cerrone, Save the Disco! is not another cheesy Disco Night, but rather, a true celebration of the genre’s glory days and how it’s influenced modern dance and electronic music.
“Conceptually, we’ll embark on a journey where artists from [...]

 

Jimmy James’ Jamestown is an oddity in already odd world of dance electronica.
James, according to his site, is an actor, singer, songwriter, recording artist, cabaret performer and dance music diva. He’s also an impressionist that does Cher, Madonna, Elvis, both Sonny & Cher, Liza Minneli, both Nat King and Natalie Cole, Boy George and Mae [...]

 

Mstrkrft’s debut CD, The Looks, is a fun set of robo disco tunes, full of electro beats, vocoded vocals and catchy hooks.
Mstrkrft’s sound is not far from Daft Punk’s. In fact, if you were disappointed by Daft Punk’s last CD, you may find Mstrkrft filling the void.

 

Deep and hard, Nude Tempo One delivers house music with the sexy style that Naked Music has down to a science.
Miguel Migs DJ’s this set of deep house tracks that brings together a tasteful collection of instrumental and vocal dance tracks. The collection serves up a tasty mix of well-known and new talent, all of [...]

 

On their latest CD, Dream Days, Cherry Bikini delivers a collection of dance tracks that explore edgy sexuality in a fun way.
Cherry Bikini is a duo, made up of Sophie Boscallini and Armand Abagliani. Boscallini handles lyrics and vocals. She was born in a small mountain village near the French-Italian border, and brings an interesting [...]

 

Electronica duo Cherry Bikini, Sophie Boscallini and Armand Abagliani, specialize in sexy dance music that pushes buttons and pushes limits. Their music is catchy dance electronica, in the vein of Soft Cell, Basement Jaxx, Goldfrapp, and Lords of Acid. They describe it as “cosmopolitan electronica for the whole world.”
Their songs often deal with sexuality with [...]

 

Cherry Bikini, an electronica duo that specializes in sexually-charged songs, has released their second CD, Dream Days. Their site features several free MP3 downloads, including FU** Toy  and Disco Party, to promote the CD.
The CD’s 11 songs showcase the duo’s trademark hardcore sound: catchy electro-pop hooks, X-rated lyrics, and “club-friendly” beats.
Currently based out of California, [...]

 

This slice of dance-pop is a confection that is hard to pass up. Kylie says that she is a red-blooded woman on her latest CD, Body Language, and her mix of sex appeal and catchy retro dance beats is enough to make even jaded critics believers.
Body Language follows her global hit, Fever. On Fever, Minogue [...]

 


Basement Jaxx - Remedy

The cover of Basement Jaxx’s debut, Remedy, show’s naked bodies packed tightly together. The music is tight and sexy, too, and sure to get people dancing.
Remedy is full of poppy takes on house, hip-hop, salsa, and electro music. The songs are catchy, and the production is a blend of influences. The songs jump from style [...]

 


Goldfrapp - Black Cherry

Goldfrapp’s critically acclaimed debut, Felt Mountain, was a masterpiece of vocal electronica.
On Black Cherry, their latest album, they don’t have anything to proove. Instead, Alison Goldfrapp gets sexed-up and delivers dark dance electronica with a retro feel.
Black Cherry is more accessible than Felt Mountain, and it has thrown some listeners for a loop. On first [...]