"Disco" - an abbreviation of the French word "discotheque" - disco. Translate this can be as "storage drive". And they called night-clubs what sound they were recorded on a plate (not "live", in contrast to the usual nightclubs) music. Then the word "disco" became known as the musical style with the rhythm of 100-120 beats per minute. Another important element of disco - a brilliant, cutting his eyes bright color clothes, all colored lights, mirror balls, neon flash, a very long turn-down collars, tall hair - in general, emphasized the brightness and chic all over. Primogenitor discos can be juq-box - a phonograph-automatic, loaded with two or three dozen plates, playable on the choice of when lowering the crack of small coins. At the turn of 30-40-ies such machines installed across America (and after the Second World War and in Western European countries) in cheap bars and cafes, mainly visited by young people. They had their audience, their repertoire and even its stars, it juq boxes were the main channel for the dissemination of music like rhythm and blues, and later - soul. The development of recording technology has provided absolutely incredible rise gramophone industry: they began to be issued long-playing discs, portable media players. There were special music radio station, the main tasks which have been advertising and promotion to market new music recordings and artists. Three whales gramophone industry - RCA-Victor, Columbia, Warner Brothers - have established a virtual monopoly on the production and dissemination of records with the records of popular music, and they controlled the air, organizing concert tours, fan-supported clubs, influential journals and criticism.
The first discotheque, in the modern sense of the word, appeared in New York, and they sounded mostly soul and funk records with rigid rhythmic foundation. The main distinguishing feature of disco - a uniform rhythm often accentuated blows flanks. "Classic" is recognized with a frequency rate of 120 beats per minute (which is almost twice the normal human heart rate).
The most successful numbers fell to the radio station, which increased the sales records. The record companies and producers began to focus on the special account for disco music and disco music very soon went beyond the walls of clubs and has received universal acceptance and popularity. In the second half of the 70-ies the world has swept the next dance epidemic, as has happened more than once in the past, but with one interesting difference. Until now, all any decent public dances were held under a modest, but still live orchestra or small ensemble. Now this custom is replaced by the opposite: the highest chic is to dance in a specially equipped disco recorded music with DJ in the role of the operator reproducing apparatus and the manager of the ball. Disco albums were not prolonged in time, but recorded them songs became much longer - an average of 5-6 minutes, both issued special 12-inch single containing the long version songs (8-12 minutes), designed for DJs . With stock a wide range of plates, DJ each time makes them your own mix, combining the numbers with regard to the composition, the likely tastes and even the mood of the public gathered in front of him.