Definitions
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- noun A 1980s characteristic movement of
disco music. - adjective After the era of
disco music .
Etymologies
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post- + disco
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Examples
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The record industry, reeling from disco boom to sudden postdisco bust, was undergoing its worst-ever economic slump.
I Tina Turner, Tina 1952
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Lindstrøm and Christabelle celebrate the postdisco and pre-house, analoguefunk boogie era of the 1980s, which is increasingly prominent in contemporary electronic music.
Home 2010
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With its sweet hooks, frenetic postdisco rhythms, sharp and shimmering guitars, token glimmers of keyboard and sampler, and hoarse, gut-holler vocals, their danceable blog rock sounds like what you'd get if you locked a miniature Kurt Cobain in a garage with Squeeze and Hot Hot Heat.
unknown title 2009
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