THE DANCE -"Do-DaDa" (1980) The women of 80's Alternative Dance music! ...(More)

THE DANCE -"Do-DaDa" (1980) The women of 80's Alternative Dance music! Rock'n'Roll started as dance music, from a euphemism for sex. Disco was another variation of trying to keep that roll in the hips. When mainstream success began dumbing it down in the late 70's, many acts rescued the primal pulse by rethinking how to make great dance music... //Disco: DONNA SUMMER and Georgio Moroder; BONEY M; SYLVESTER; CLOUT; GINA X; CHRISMA/KRISMA; //SKA Revival: THE SELECTER w/ Pauline Black; The BODYSNATCHERS who became The BELLE STARS; // World-Dub: THE SLITS; //Mutant Disco: PIGBAG; The DANCE w/ Eugenie Diserio, LIZZY MERCIER DESCLOUX, E.S.G., The BLOODS, MAXIMUM JOY, BUSH TETRAS, The MO-DETTES, PULSALLAMA, CRISTINA, and DOMINATRIX; SHANNON; GRACE JONES; //Alt-Dance: DANIELLE DAX; The ART OF NOISE; NEW AGE STEPPERS w/ Ari Up and Neneh Cherry; Little ANNIE ANXIETY Bandez; SIX SED RED; DISLOCATION DANCE; TOTO COELO; SHAZORK; //World Dance: The CREATURES w/ Siouxsie Sioux; ALLEZ ALLEZ w/ Sarah Osborne; MONSOON w/ Sheila Chandra; AMAZULU; Lisa DALBELLO; BIG PIG w/ Sherine Abeyratne; //Alt-Dance II: EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL w/ Tracey Thorn; PIZZICATO 5 w/ Maki Nomiya; LES RITA MITSOUKO w/ Catherine Ringer; SAINT ETIENNE w/ Sarah Cracknell; ALASKA y DINARAMA; MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT w/ Cinderella Pussy and Pepper Somerset; PARIS ANGELS w/ Jane Gill; and DEEE-LITE w/ Lady Miss Kier. These acts were the throughline from Disco to Eurodisco, Synthpop, Hi -NRG, House, Techno, Drum'n'Bass, Jungle, Turntablism, Trance, Ambient, Chillout, and Electronica. From them come Happy Mondays, Flippers Guitar, Stereolab, Bjork, Morcheeba, Portishead, Tricky, Lords of Acid, Basement Jaxx, Current 93, Republica, Garbage, Renegade Soundwave, Daft Punk, No Doubt, Le Tigre, The GO! Team, Chicks On Speed, Lesbians On Ecstasy, Scissor Sisters, and Ibiza culture. THE DANCE were part of the 1978-84 New York music renaissance, where all styles collided and created the next two decades of sound/fashion/film culture. Learn much more at: http://www.myspace.com/thedancenyc http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XP8ILA/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1207939064&sr=8-5 http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=104 70s FUNK: BETTY DAVIS -"F.U.N.K. (2.0)" (1975) http://youtube.com/watch?v=oNcohPUr1PI&feature=related More 70s FUNK: YVONNE FAIR-"FUNKY MUSIC SHO' NUFF TURNS ME ON" (1975) http://youtube.com/watch?v=8PjbLgIJZho&feature=related 80s FUNK: MATERIAL & NONA HENDRYX -"BUSTING OUT" (1980) (All rights reserved by the copyright owners. Fan-made nonprofit video made solely to promote the artists.) tym stevens(Less)