Dance-punk

Dance-punk
Stylistic origins	Dance music, Indie rock, Funk, Electroclash, Electro rock, Punk rock, Disco, Post-punk
Cultural origins	Early 1980s New York, Manchester
Typical instruments	guitar, bass, drums, drum machine, percussion, synthesizers
Subgenres
New Rave
Regional scenes
New York, Manchester, Glasgow, London, Los Angeles

Dance-punk (also known as disco-punk or punk-funk) is a music genre.The style was championed by rock- and punk-oriented bands such as Liars and Radio 4, as well as dance-oriented acts such as Out Hud. Other groups, such as !!! and The Rapture fell somewhere in the middle.There has since been a crystallization of musical forms within dance-punk, with Q and Not U exploring aspects of dance-punk, along with post-hardcore and other musical styles. The Dance-punk genre is somewhat of a resurgence of New York's underground scene circa 1978-1982. The influence of bands like Talking Heads, Liquid Liquid, ESG, and Blondie can be heard throughout genre.

History

Dance punk was first used in the early 80s (possibly in Great Britain) as a term used for post-punk groups with a slower, more rhythmic tempo which made it easier to dance to. The bands then could have had influences from disco, funk, and any other dance music popular at the time. Bands such as Public Image Ltd. and The Clash were known to have been referred to as dance punk at times. As techno became popular in the 80s and 90s some punk/post punk bands became influenced by this genre. Around this time the few (if any) dance punk like bands were labeled punk-funk. All of this leads to the dance punk of today, spearheaded by LCD Soundsystem, !!!, The Rapture, and many others.

A recent British off-shoot of this branch is the newly-coined term new rave. This genre includes such acts as Klaxons, New Young Pony Club, and SHITDISCO. It has been suggested, however, that new rave is the invention of British publication NME(among others). Indeed, it is questionable whether or not there is an appreciable difference between new rave and dance-punk.

The DFA and its influence

DFA could be seen as the center of the dance-punk genre. As well as James Murphy's LCD Soundsystem the label is currently home to The Juan Maclean, Hot Chip (North America only), Shit Robot, Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom, Prinzhorn Dance School, Booji Boy High, Shocking Pinks, Holy Ghost!, Hercules & Love Affair, Still Going and Syclops.

The dance-punk genre is somewhat of a resurgence of New York's underground scene circa 1978-1982. The influence of bands like Talking Heads, Liquid Liquid, ESG, and Blondie can be heard throughout genre. Rather than retread, however, the DFA have taken the live dance music of the time and infused the techniques and themes with a modern aesthetic--alternately faster, heavier, dubbier, noisier, and generally more intense than their influences. The DFA's trend towards live musicians and improvisation in dance music has spread in recent years to artists like Tussle, !!!, Out Hud, Moving Units and Tom Vek, and many established House producers have also begun to follow suit.

See also

• Funkcore