Disco polo
| Disco polo | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Disco, Euro disco, Polish pop, Polish folk, Italo disco, Eurodance |
| Cultural origins | late 1980s; Poland |
| Typical instruments | electronic instruments |
Disco polo - is a musical genre of popular music that is dance music, created in Poland in the late 1980s, initially known as sidewalks music (muzyka chodnikowa). This trend, which is a kind of city folklore music, enjoyed popularity in the mid-late 1990s, with its peak of popularity around 1995-1997. Then there was a gradual decline in the popularity of this genre of music, which led to the final - as it was then thought - the collapse in the early twenty-first century. Renaissance popularity disco took place in winter 2007 years.Language Dictionary Polish Publishing PWN defines the genre as a Polish variant of disco music, with simple melodies. It is derived from disco, Euro disco contemporary folk music influenced by Italo disco and Polish folk songs (specifically, the somewhat vulgarized subgenre of which is mostly played at weddings and feasts).
A layer of music classic songs of disco polo characterized by simple diagrams harmonic, simple melody, which is often harking back to the tradition of folk music of village, steady rhythm coupled with syncopated samples of drums and accompanying delicate synthesizer sounds or keyboard instrument. Path of vocal songs created only in Polish language are usually melodramatic lyrics about unhappy love and often texts are of a playful, and holiday.
The genre is derived from the music played at weddings and fun with a repertoire of Polish folk music and weddings, with instruments which have been changed: instead of acoustic - electronic, and in the 80s also electronic keyboards for example keyboard instrument the path was the most melodramatic vocal text about unrequited love. In addition, a large influence on the occurrence of this species were popular in the 80s Europe, including Poland genres of disco - Italo disco The first team that is representative of this genre - Bayer Full, founded November 19, 1984 year, while the other team, representative of the genre - Top One was established in 1986, and both teams have become one of the pioneers of that music. At the turn of the 80s and 90s were formed bands like Akcent, Atlantis, Boys and Fanatic, and was founded in 1990. The first official record label that captures music CDs disco polo - Blue Star. The main centers of music sidewalk, and later disco polo was Białystok and other cities lying on the Podlasie (just in this part of Polish artists for the majority of the species), and Żyrardów and Sochaczew near Warsaw. One of the most famous songs derived from this species was "Mydełko Fa" ("Soap FA") recorded in 1991 by Marek Kondrat and Marlena Drozdowska, which was to be pastiche of the music, but it was a big hit and it has contributed to the popularity of the genre, and his followers adopted it as their anthem almost. The name itself was conceived by Sławomir Skręta from the group Blue Star as a replacement for an older term, piosenka chodnikowa (sidewalk music) - which originated from the main means of distribution of its recordings in early 1990s - sidewalk stalls on streets and at bazaars. Disco polo could be heard mostly at country picnics, country depots, weddings or during political campaigning for Polish parliament and presidential elections. Former president Aleksander Kwaśniewski was one of the most notable example of a politician who used disco polo during his presidential campaign.
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