✦ The Groove Dispatch

Disco Culture,
Written Down.

Long reads on the music, the movement, and the community. No think-pieces about whether disco is "back" — it never left. This is where we write about why.

The Beginner's Guide to Disco

A friendly, no-jargon introduction to disco: what it is, where it came from, who made it, and the ten tracks every new listener should hear first.

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The Ultimate Summer Disco Playlist

Your ultimate summer disco playlist: 8 essential tracks, the artists to know, and how to build a beach-ready disco mix that actually works.

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The Irresistible Rise of Italo Disco

From Giorgio Moroder's Munich machine rooms to Sabrina Salerno's global chart smash — the definitive story of Italo Disco, the genre the world didn't expect.

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Nu-Disco: The Underground Movement Bringing Disco Back

From French house to Glitterbox, Purple Disco Machine to Jessie Ware — a deep dive into the nu-disco scene, the labels keeping it authentic, and the vinyl culture that binds it all together.

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The 25 Disco Tracks That Changed Music Forever

From proto-disco pioneers to the modern revival — the essential list of greatest disco songs of all time, with the story of why each one mattered.

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Why Disco Never Really Died

The myth of disco's death was always a lie. From Daft Punk to Dua Lipa, the DNA runs through everything — and a global underground has been keeping the original flame burning for fifty years.

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Coming Next
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The Vinyl Hunters: Inside the World of Disco Record Collecting

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Giorgio Moroder and the Machine: How Synthesizers Changed Disco Forever

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