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Discothèque

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A discothèque (or discoteque), IPA: [diskoˈtɛk̚] is an entertainment venue or club with recorded music played by "Discaires" (Disk jockeys) through a PA system, rather than an on-stage band. The word derives from the French word discothèque (a type of nightclub). Discothèque is a portmanteau coined around 1941 from disc and bibliothèque (library) by La Discothèque, then located on the Rue de la Huchette in Paris, France (Jones + Kantonen, 1999). Previously, most bars and nightclubs used live bands as entertainment.

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[edit] 1970s and early 1980s

By the late 1970s many major US cities had thriving disco club scenes which were centered around discotheques and nightclubs where DJs would play disco hits through powerful PA systems for the patrons to dance to. Some of the most prestigious clubs had elaborate lighting systems that throbbed to the beat of the music. Some cities even had disco dance instructors who taught people how to do popular disco dances such as the "hustle." There were also disco fashions that discotheque-goers wore for nights out at their local disco, such as sheer, flowing dresses for women and satiny shirts for men (preferably open at the chest). In addition to the dance and fashion aspects of the disco club scene, there was also a thriving drug subculture, particularly for drugs that would enhance the experience of dancing to the loud music and the flashing lights, such as cocaine [1](nicknamed "blow") and amyl nitrite "poppers" [2]

[edit] 2000s

Today the term discothèque is usually synonymous with nightclub but in contemporary English usage is now very dated[3], because nightclubs have not been commonly called "discos" since the early 1980s. The term "disco" was originally a 1960s US abbreviation of discothèque, a place where "disco music" was played.

[edit] Some historical discothèques

  • Ad Lib, in London, opened 1963 by Nicholas Luard and Lord Timothy Willoughby
  • La Discothèque, in London, opened 1960
  • Chez Regine, in Paris' Latin Quarter, opened 1957 by Régine
  • La Discothèque, in Paris (on rue Hachette), opened 1941
  • Whisky à Go-Go, in Paris, opened 1947 by Paul Pacine
  • 2001 Odyssey, in Brooklyn, New York (was rechristened as The Spectrum in 1987; club demolished in late 2005)
  • Arthur, in New York City, opened 1965 by Sybil Burton at site of the defunct El Morocco
  • Aux Puces, in New York City, one of the first gay discos
  • Cheetah, in New York City, at Broadway and 53rd Street
  • Civic Theatre Disco in New Orleans owned and operated by Glen Tortorich. A converted Art Deco theater was billed as the world's largest disco accommodating over 1500 and referred to as the Studio 54 of the South.
  • Dlux club Caspe dlux.es
  • Down The Street, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, open until 1999
  • Electric Circus, opened 1967 on St. Mark’s Place
  • Il Mio (an Italian "discoteca"), in New York City,
  • L’Interdit, in New York City
  • La Dom, downstairs from Electric Circus; run by Andy Warhol
  • Le Club, in New York City, opened 1960 by Olivier Coquelin, a French expatriate
  • Ones Discotheque, New York City 1972-1982
  • Peppermint Lounge, in New York City, opened 1961
  • Shepheard's, in New York City,
  • Studio 54, in New York City, which was notable for its sexuality, and was operated by Steve Rubell; depicted in the 1998 film 54; parodied in the 2002 movie Austin Powers in Goldmember as Studio 69.
  • The Loft, in New York City, opened 1970 by David Mancuso
  • The Sanctuary, in New York City, a famous early-1970s gay disco; part of the movie Klute was filmed there
  • Whisky a Go Go, in Chicago
  • Whisky a Go Go, in West Hollywood, California, opened 1964

[edit] Disco

Main article: Disco

The term disco, which is a shortened form of discothèque, refers to a specific style of pop music that was derived from funk and soul, and to the dance styles popular in 1970s disco clubs (e.g., "The Hustle").

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Gootenberg, Paul 1954- Between Coca and Cocaine: A Century or More of U.S.-Peruvian Drug Paradoxes, 1860-1980 Hispanic American Historical Review - 83:1, February 2003, pp. 119-150. He says that "The relationship of cocaine to 1970s disco culture cannot be stressed enough; ..."
  2. ^ Amyl, butyl and isobutyl nitrite (collectively known as alkyl nitrites) are clear, yellow liquids which are inhaled for their intoxicating effects. Nitrites originally came as small glass capsules that were popped open. This led to nitrites being given the name 'poppers' but this form of the drug is rarely found in the UK The drug became popular in the UK first on the disco/club scene of the 1970s and then at dance and rave venues in the 1980s and 1990s. Available at: http://www.drugscope.org.uk/druginfo/drugsearch/ds_results.asp?file=%5Cwip%5C11%5C1%5C1%5Cnitrites.html
  3. ^ Definition of Discotheque - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary. Retrieved on April 9, 2007.


[edit] External links

  • 365Mag - 365 Mag and e-zine about electronic music
  • eq-mag.co.uk - An online dance music magazine
  • Dance-hits.com - All times dance music charts (begins with 1974)
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