Understanding the era is important to the mix. What started as a personal playlist and joke among our close friends, has turned into one of our favorite self-indulgent projects in a while. Now, without further ado, Classixx’s Michael David and Tyler Blake break down this exclusive slice of strange disco heaven in their own words: 26 - and is now available as a FREE download via Bandcamp. So let’s partake in some revelry, shall we? Not only does “Disco Deviations” include everyone from Edgar Winter to Nico getting into the groove, but it features the debut of “ Rock The Casbah (Classixx Disco Deviation Dub),” which makes its public debut on FREAKS ONLY on Oct. But time softens all, and plenty of the material to come from this late ‘70s free-for-all slaps. For the most part, the public saw through the trend-chasing ( obvious exceptions aside), and largely rejected the mixed results of these experiments. It’s unsurprising that the dominant acts of the pre-disco time (mostly rock bands) would either be tempted or pressured into trying their hands at some four-on-the-floor magic. It was the dance music underground of the ‘70s, eventually capturing a wider cultural imagination à la wildfire-esque rumors of what was going on behind Studio 54’s velvet ropes. Even when disco ruled the 1970s pop charts, there would always be an element of friction between it and the establishment.ĭisco is historically Black, queer, leftfield, and avante-garde, per its late 1960s roots as an offshoot of Philadelpha soul. While artists like Classixx and their contemporaries (think: De Lux, Poolside, Holy Ghost!, etc.) have stayed dropping objective bangers non-stop, one had to be playing to a very specific crowd to know for sure that any of their tracks could fill a dance floor. (Though, a more organic trajectory than… whatever was happening here.) And yet, there was a time not too long ago when disco and Top 40 pop very rarely mixed. Sound familiar? Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, and Lizzo are just a few on the long list of 2020s pop stars seemingly on a mission to enshrine the Billboard Top 100 within a massive mirrorball. We are thrilled to present their ambitious new mix, “Disco Deviations,” spotlighting the widespread but underexplored phenomenon of mainstream rock and pop artists from the mid-’70s to early ‘80s who lined up to cut disco records. That goes double for quintessential LA nu-disco duo Classixx, who’ve been among the oft-misunderstood genre’s fiercest proponents since their late-aughts debut. Now, you might be asking yourself: “Was disco ever out?” Never around these parts, that’s for sure.
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