Dance-punk

Dance-punk (also known as disco-punk, punk-funk or techno-punk) is a post-punk genre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the post-disco and new wave movements.[2]

"Techno-punk" redirects here. It is not to be confused with electropunk.

Dance-punk
Other names	Disco-punk punk-funk techno-punk
Stylistic origins	Post-punk funk disco EDM new wave krautrock no wave punk rock
Cultural origins	Late 1970s, United States (Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City) and London, England
Typical instruments	Electric guitar bass drums drum machine keyboards synthesizer
Derivative forms	Wonky pop sass[1]
Other topics
Alternative dance avant-funk dance-rock electropunk funk rock funk metal

Predecessors

Many groups in the post-punk era adopted a more danceable style. These bands were influenced by funk, disco, new wave, and other dance music popular at the time (as well as being anticipated by some artists from 1970s including Sparks[3] and Iggy Pop). Influential bands from the 1980s included Talking Heads, Public Image Ltd.,[4][5] New Order,[6] Gang of Four,[2][5][7] the Higsons, the Pop Group, Maximum Joy, the Brainiacs, Big Boys, Minutemen, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.[8] New York City dance-punk included Defunkt, Material,[9] James Chance and the Contortions,[2] Cristina Monet, Bush Tetras, ESG, and Liquid Liquid.[10] German punk singer Nina Hagen had an underground dance hit in 1983 with "New York / N.Y.", which mixed her searing punk (and opera) vocals with disco beats.[2]

Contemporary dance-punk

Dance-punk was revived among some bands of the garage rock/post-punk revival in the early years of the new millennium, particularly acts such as LCD Soundsystem, Clinic, Death from Above, Liars, Franz Ferdinand, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, You Say Party, the Faint, the Rapture, Shout Out Out Out Out, and Radio 4, joined by dance-oriented acts who adopted rock sounds such as Out Hud,[11] or Californian acts like !!! and Moving Units. In the early 2000s Washington, D.C. had a popular and notable punk-funk scene, inspired by Fugazi, post-punk, and go-go acts like Trouble Funk and Rare Essence, including bands like Q and Not U, Black Eyes, and Baltimore's Oxes, Double Dagger, and Dope Body. In Britain the combination of indie with dance-punk was dubbed new rave in publicity for Klaxons and the term was picked up and applied by the NME to bands[12] including Trash Fashion,[13] New Young Pony Club,[14] Hadouken!, Late of the Pier, Test Icicles,[15] and Shitdisco[12] forming a scene with a similar visual aesthetic to earlier raves.[12][16]

See also

• List of dance-punk artists
• Art punk
• Electropunk
• Electronic rock

References

1. Warwick, Kevin. "All that sass: The albums that define the '00s dance-punk era". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
2. Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984.Simon Reynolds.Faber and Faber Ltd, April 2005, ISBN 0-571-21569-6 (U.S. Edition: Penguin, February 2006, ISBN 0-14-303672-6)
3. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Young Americans review, Allmusic. Access date: September 8, 2008.
4. Andy Kellman, Metal Box review, Allmusic. Access date: September 8, 2008.
5. Swaminathan, Nikhil (2003-12-25) - Dance-punk ends scenester dormancy Archived 2007-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
6. Billy Corgan joins New Order; in canoe.com, 2004. Access date: December 11, 2016.
7. John Dougan, Gang of Four bio, Allmusic. Access date: September 8, 2008.
8. David Cleary, Tinderbox review, Allmusic. Access date: September 8, 2008.
9. Jason Ankeny, Material bio, Allmusic. Access date: September 8, 2008.
10. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Talking Heads bio, Allmusic. Access date: September 8, 2008.
11. M. Wood, "Review: Out Hud: S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.", New Music, 107, November 2002, p. 70.
12. K. Empire, "Rousing rave from the grave" The Observer, 5 October 2006, retrieved 9 January 2008.
13. P. Flynn, "Here We Glo Again", Times Online, 12 November 2006, retrieved 13 February 2009.
14. J. Harris, "New Rave? Old Rubbish", The Guardian, 13 October 2006, retrieved 31 March 2007.
15. O. Adams, "Music: Rave On, Just Don't Call It 'New Rave'", The Guardian, 5 January 2007, retrieved 2 September 2008.
16. P. Robinson, "The future's bright...", The Guardian, 3 February 2007, retrieved 31 March 2007.

Bibliography

• Reynolds, Simon. "Mutant Disco and Punk-Funk: Crosstown Traffic in Early Eighties New York (and Beyond ...)." Rip It Up and Start Again: Post-punk 1978-84. London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 2005.