Disco orchestration is the arranging, orchestration, and musical production and recording techniques that went into the production of mid- to late-1970s disco music. For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... This article is about the music genre. ...

Role of disco orchestration

The sound of a disco song, as with the sound of a song of any genre of music, depended on the particular tastes of the artists, and - if relevant to the genre - the arrangers, producers, and even the orchestra conductors, and even still the concertmasters dictating the type of stylized playing method of each section of the orchestra, down to the engineers and mixers who assembled all the elements to make a fluid, cohesive sculpture of sound through melodic continuity. Concert-master. ... Look up section in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the song titled Orchestra, see The Servant (band). ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In telecommunications a mixer is a frequency mixer. ...

The disco orchestration stylings of different producers can be discerned by most listeners. Van McCoy's The Hustle (1975), for example, uses very different orchestration techniques from those of Silver Convention's Get Up and Boogie (1976). Van McCoy composed, arranged, and produced his song, and also conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The sound of Van McCoy's song was further influenced by the musical influences of concertmaster Gene Orloff. The New York Philharmonic is an American orchestra based in New York City. ...

Silver Convention's song was written, arranged, and produced by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay, who conducted the Munich Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra sound was influenced by concertmaster Fritz Sonnleitner. Here, one can only imagine the New York sound, as produced by Van McCoy, on Silver Convention's Get Up and Boogie, and the funky Munich sound, as produced by Kunze and Levay, on Van McCoy's The Hustle. The Munich Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1945 by conductor Kurt Graunke as Graunke Symphony Orchestra. ...

Regional variations

As such, many regional sounds of disco developed during the mid-1970s, as a result of collaborative efforts of many individuals with a legacy of formal education and training in music theory and orchestration, whose educational backgrounds laid the foundation for the musical genre that was to burst forth onto the dance-music scene into what would come to be regarded as designer music. Many of the conductors and players of the large city symphony and philharmonic orchestras responsible for the grand productions of disco were seasoned veterans of orchestras throughout the country, some even going back to the big-band era. A conductor conducting at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... For the song titled Orchestra, see The Servant (band). ... A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late 1940s. ...

Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra was the foundation of the Philly Sound, which represented an ebullient mid-tempo style that retained the funky characteristics of the sound of the streets of inner-city Philadelphia, however, elevated to a polished form with interwoven arrangements of lead and background singers in triple harmonies with lush arrangements of woodwinds, horns, and strings, as heard by groups such as MFSB, The Three Degrees, The Ritchie Family. Principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors originating from Philadelphia included Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, John Davis, Richie Rome, Norman Harris, John McFadden, Gene Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen, Jack Faith, Bunny Sigler, Dexter Wansel, John Usry, Bobby Martin. The Philadelphia Orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the United States major orchestras and one of the finest in the world. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... In music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet. ... A woodwind instrument is a musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing through a mouthpiece against an edge or by a vibrating reed, and in which the pitch is varied by opening or closing holes in the body of the instrument. ... In a symphony orchestra the horn section is the group of musicians who play the horn (sometimes referred to as the French horn). ... A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ... MFSB (short for, officially, Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, although some claimed that it actually stood for Mother Fuckin SonovaBitch, according to the book Last Night A DJ Saved My Life [Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, Grove Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8021-3688-5]) were a loose conglomeration of studio musicians... The Three Degrees For the Microsoft product, see threedegrees. ... The Ritchie Family - photograph originally used for their Arabian Nights album in 1976 The Ritchie Family was the name of an American vocal group who achieved several hits during the 1970s disco era. ... Kenneth Gamble was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 11, 1943. ... Kenneth Gamble (born on August 11, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon Huff (born in 1942 in Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and record production team. ... Richie Rome, born in Philadelphia, was a prominent producer, arranger and orchestra conductor during the 1970s. ... Norman Harris was an American guitarist, producer, arranger, songwriter, and orchestra conductor associated with Philly soul. ... Bunny Sigler (born Walter Sigler on March 27, 1942 in Philadelphia, PA) is a pop and R&B song writer and producer who has done extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and who was instrumental in creating the Philadelphia Sound in the early 1970s. ... Dexter Wansel is an American keyboardist, born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. ...

New York

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra was the foundation of the New York Sound, which branched into four main arms: One characterized by the mid-tempo, richly-hued stylings and 'bubbly' beat of The Hustle, as in songs such as Odyssey's Native New Yorker (1977), arranged, produced, and conducted by Charlie Calello, with Gene Orloff, concertmaster. Gerri Granger's Can't Take My Eyes off of You (1976), arranged, produced, and conducted by Bob Crewe, with Gene Orloff, concertmaster. Vicki Sue Robinson's Turn the Beat Around (1976), arranged, produced, and conducted by Warren Schatz and George Andrews, with Gene Orloff, concertmaster The New York Philharmonic is an American orchestra based in New York City. ... Odyssey was a New York City based, dance music band. ... Charlie Calello is an American record producer. ... Bob Crewe (born November 12, 1931 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American songwriter and music producer, probably best known for co-writing a number of Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons. ... Vicki Sue Robinson (May 31, 1954 - April 27, 2000) was a US theatre and film actress and singer, most closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music. ... Warren Schatz, born in New York, was a prominent producer, arranger and orchestra conductor during the 1970s. ... George E. Andrews is a Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University. ...

One characterized by the mid-tempo operatic orchestrations of Maynard Ferguson's Pagliacci (1975), arranged, produced, and conducted by Jay Chattaway and Bob James, with David Nadien, concertmaster. One characterized by the mid-tempo, funky baselines and orchestrations of Roberta Flack's Back Together Again (1979), arranged, produced, and conducted by Eric Mercury and Arif Mardin, with Gene Orloff, concertmaster (the style predated rap) Walter Maynard Ferguson (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpet player and bandleader. ... Jay Chattaway (born July 8, 1946) is an American composer of film and television scores. ... Bob James can refer to: An actor Bob James A jazz musician Bob James An historian Bob James This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Roberta Flack Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American singer. ... Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 - June 25, 2006) was a renowned Turkish-American music producer, who worked with a wide range of artists, across many different styles and genres of music. ... For the English folk dance, see Rapper sword. ...

One characterized by the up-tempo, Latin-infused, extravagantly-orchestrated stylings of Wing and a Prayer Fife & Drum Corps.'s Baby Face (1975), arranged, produced, and conducted by Stephen Schaeffer and David Horowitz, with David Nadien, concertmaster. Samantha Sang's From Dance to Love (1979), arranged, produced, and conducted by Meco Monardo, Tony Bongiovi, and Harold Wheeler, with Irving Spice, concertmaster. Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps was an American disco group. ... Samantha Sang (born August 5, 1953 in Melbourne, Australia) is a singer. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Tony Bongiovi is a record producer. ... Harold Wheeler is a Tony-nominated composer, conductor, orchestrator, arranger, record producer, music director. ...

Principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors from New York included Van McCoy, Brad Baker, Charlie Calello, Harold Wheeler, Warren Schatz, Tony Bongiovi, Meco Monardo, Michael Zager, Dennis King, Randy Muller, Jeff Lane, Michael DeLugg, Tony Camillo. Van McCoy Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 - July 6, 1979) was a music producer, musician, and songwriter who had a massive hit with the disco song The Hustle in 1975, after writing hits for soul acts like Gladys Knight and the Pips, and Ruby and the Romantics, as... Bradley Donald Baker (born November 6, 1980 in Brattleboro, Vermont) is a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who currently plays for the Atlanta Braves. ... Charlie Calello is an American record producer. ... Harold Wheeler is a Tony-nominated composer, conductor, orchestrator, arranger, record producer, music director. ... Warren Schatz, born in New York, was a prominent producer, arranger and orchestra conductor during the 1970s. ... Tony Bongiovi is a record producer. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Michael Zager (born January 3, 1943, in Passaic, New Jersey) is a disco keyboardist and producer, who has also released singles as the Michael Zager Band. ... Dennis King (born 1941) is an American investigative journalist. ... For the weapon, see Bazooka. ...

Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra was the foundation of the Los Angeles Sound, which branched into four main arms: One characterized by the mid-tempo funky orchestrations of Carrie Lucas's Dance with Me (1979), arranged, produced, and conducted by Don Cornelius, Dick Griffey, and Leon Sylvers, with Janice Gower, concertmaster. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Don Cornelius (born September 27, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American television producer, best known for his role as the host, between 1971 and 1993, of the syndicated television program Soul Train, which he also created and which he still produces through his production company, Don Cornelius Productions. ...

The "New York-style" mid-tempo, extravagantly-orchestrated rhythms can be heard in Love Unlimited Orchestra's My Sweet Summer Suite (1976), arranged, produced, and conducted by Barry White and Gene Page, with Jack Shulman, concertmaster. Tavares' Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (1976), arranged, produced, and conducted by Freddie Perren and David Blumberg, with Paul Shure, concertmaster. One characterized by the New York-style mid-tempo 'bubbly' beat and spicy orchestrations of Phyllis Hyman's You Know How to Love Me (1979), arranged, produced, and conducted by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, with Gerald Vinci, concertmaster Barry White ( September 12, 1944 - July 4, 2003) was an American record producer and singer responsible for the creation of numerous hit soul and disco songs. ... Barry Eugene White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944) – July 4, 2003) was a Grammy Award winning American record producer, songwriter and singer responsible for the creation of numerous hit soul and disco songs. ... This article is about the political activist Jack Shulman, born in 1914, Rochester, New York, died in 2000 in New York City after a long illness. ... Tavares may refer to several things: Tavares is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil and other places – especially very common in the Cape Verde islands. ... Frederick Freddie Perren (1943 - December 16, 2004) was an African American songwriter and record producer. ... Phyllis Hyman (July 6, 1949 - June 30, 1995) was a soul singer, model and actress. ... James Mtume is an 80s artist perhaps best known for his hit song Juicy Fruit. ... Reggie Lucas, is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. ...

New York-style uptempo beat with multi-dimensional orchestrations can be heard in High Inergy's Shoulda Gone Dancing (1979), arranged, produced, and conducted by Donnell Jones and Gerald Lee, with Assa Drori, concertmaster. High Inergy were an American R&B and soul girl group who found fame on Motown Records in the late-1970s. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors from Los Angeles included Gene Page, Barry White, Dave Crawford, Bruce Miller, Freddie Perren, Paul Riser, Hal Davis, Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters, Laurin Rinder, Mike Lewis, Carl Davis, Sonny Sanders, Simon Soussan, Don Cornelius, Dick Griffey. Barry Eugene White (born Barrence Eugene Carter, September 12, 1944) – July 4, 2003) was a Grammy Award winning American record producer, songwriter and singer responsible for the creation of numerous hit soul and disco songs. ... Bruce Miller, American Attorney born 1945. ... Frederick Freddie Perren (1943 - December 16, 2004) was an African American songwriter and record producer. ... Hal Davis was an African American songwriter and record producer, best known as the key figure in the latter part of the Motown career of The Jackson 5. ... Mike Lewis (born on August 17, 1977 in East Glamorgan Hospital) is the rhythm guitarist for the Welsh alternative metal band Lostprophets. ... Carl Davis CBE (born October 28, 1936, New York City, United States) is an American conductor and composer who has been living in the UK since 1961. ... Don Cornelius (born September 27, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American television producer, best known for his role as the host, between 1971 and 1993, of the syndicated television program Soul Train, which he also created and which he still produces through his production company, Don Cornelius Productions. ...

Miami

The Miami Symphony Orchestra was the foundation of the Miami Sound, which was an effervescent mid- to uptempo style that represented the colorful Latin heritage of Miami, as in songs such as Rice & Beans Orchestra's You've Got Magic (1977), arranged, produced, and conducted by Pepe Luis Soto, Tato Rossi` and Hector Garrido, with David Chappell, concertmaster. Miami Sound Machine's You've Broken My Heart (1978), arranged, produced, and conducted by Thomas Fundora and Carlos Oliva, with Bogdan Chruzcsz, concertmaster. Principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductor that derived from Miami included Cory Wade, Bert Dovo, Clarence Reid, Willie Clark, Freddy Stonewall. Gloria, Live & Re-wrapped Tour Promo Poster Gloria Estefan (birth name Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo, born September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba), is a five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, who began her career as lead vocalist for the then exclusively Spanish-language band, Miami Sound Machine, in... Carlos Oliva is a Honduran soccer player. ... Cory Nathaniel Wade (born May 28, 1983 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a right-handed pitcher in Minor League Baseball who pitches for the Jacksonville Suns in the Double-A Southern League. ... Blowfly is the stage name and alternate persona of Clarence Reid (b. ... Willie Clark can refer to: Willie Clark (19th century MLB player) Willie Clark (talk radio host) Category: ...

Other regions

Other large symphony and philharmonic orchestras in cities across the United States, Canada, and Europe were used to provide orchestral backing for many disco recordings.

• The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Brad Shapiro, David Van De Pitte, Mike Theodore, Lawrence Payton, Dennis Coffey
• The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Donald Burnside, Edmund Lee Bauer, Danny Raye Leake, Curtis Mayfield, Gil Askey, John Dubiel, Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy, Dr. Cecil Hale, Richard Evans
• The Nashville Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Moses Dillard, Jesse Boyce, Lloyd Barry
• The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Isaac Hayes, Johnny Allen
• The Memphis Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Lester Snell
• The Boston Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Jonathan Klein, D.B. Shrier
• The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
• The Montreal Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Tony Green, Denis Lepage
• The Quebec Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Dominic Sciscente, Michel Daigle, Jacques Lafleche, Lee Gagnon, Pete Tessier, André Gagnon
• The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Ian Guenther, Willi Morrison, Eric Robertson, Pete Pedersen, Harry Hinde
• The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
• The London Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Biddu, Gerry Shury, Pip Williams, Ian Levine, Fiachra Trench, Peter Yellowstone, Larry Page
• The Paris Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Cerrone, Don Ray, Alec Costandinos, Raymond Khenetsky, Alan Hawkshaw, Claude Carrere, Alain Wisniak, Charly Ricanek, Daniel Vangarde, Michaele Lana, Guy Delo, Paul Sebastian, Jean-Luc Drion, Jean Kluger, Ralph Benetar, Biram Benelux, Jacques Morali
• The Munich Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Thor Baldursson, Frank Farian, Michael Kunze, Sylvester Levay, Juergen Korduletch, Mats Bjoerklund, Stefan Klinkhammer, Anthony Monn, J.-C. Friederich, Tony Lester
• The Berlin Symphony Orchestra, whose principal arrangers, producers, and orchestra conductors included: Werner Drexler, Eric Thoner, Joaquim Heider, Uli Roever, Karl Schmitz, Ralf Novi, Charles Orieux, Ingo Cramer
• The Milan Symphony Orchestra.

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Decreasing use of orchestras in the early 1980s

The transition from the late-1970s disco styles to the early-1980s dance styles can be illustrated best by analysis of the work of specific artists, arrangers, and producers within each region, respective to the time periods. For example, Patrice Rushen, whose major works - Haven't You Heard from 1979 and Forget-Me-Nots from 1982 - contrast sharply to demonstrate emphatically the changes from the 1970s to the 1980s. Album cover of Straight from the Heart Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist. ...

The orchestral elements of Haven't You Heard, from rhythms and woodwinds to horns and strings, were co-arranged by Patrice Rushen, who also arranged the near-minute-long extravagant string arrangements for the introduction of the song, whose 100-piece Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Charles Mimms, Jr. and Reggie Andrews, with Charles Veal, Jr., concertmaster. In stark contrast, however, the number of names involved in the symphony orchestra and the orchestral composition of Forget-Me-Nots totals zero. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

The break in Forget-Me-Nots serves virtually no purpose except to make the song longer, for, with neither orchestration nor orchestral build to bring listeners back to the melody, the excitement of the song, like the amount of planning in its melodic structure and harmonic composition, is zero. The synthesized arrangement mimicking a type of string arrangement of Forget-Me-Nots involved the arduous task of striking a solitary note on an electronic keyboard, from a recording artist, no less, with the talent of having produced Haven't You Heard just a couple of years before. In popular music a break is an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a break from the main parts of the song or piece. ... Orchestral build is a term used in disco music to describe the systematic overlapping of prerecorded elements of the symphony orchestra during an interlude of a song. ...

Thousands of examples illustrate the change from the luxuriant disco sound to the generic dance sound occurring from 1979 to 1980, just a few of which are: The following lists groups or individuals primarily associated with the disco era of the 1970s and some of their most noteworthy disco hits. ...

• Madleen Kane
  • Forbidden Love/Thunder in My Heart (1979); orchestrations arranged, produced, and conducted by Thor Baldursson and Michaele Lana, with Fritz Sonnleitner, concertmaster of the Munich Symphony Orchestra
  • Cherchez Pas (1980); orchestrations: none
• Grace Jones
  • Don't Mess with the Messer (1979); orchestrations arranged, produced, and conducted by Tom Moulton and John Davis, with Don Renaldo, concertmaster of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
  • Pull up to the Bumper (1981); orchestrations: none
• Kleeer
  • Winners (1979); orchestrations arranged, produced, and conducted by Dennis King and Woody Cunningham, with Gene Orloff, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Get Tough (1981); orchestrations: none
• Aretha Franklin
  • Ladies Only (1979); orchestrations arranged, produced, and conducted by Van McCoy, with Gene Orloff, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Jump, Jump, Jump to It (1981); orchestrations: none
• The Whispers
  • And the Beat Goes On (1979); orchestrations arranged, produced, and conducted by Dick Griffey and Leon Sylvers III, with Janice Gower, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra
  • It's a Love Thing (1980); orchestrations: none
• Evelyn Thomas
  • My Head's in the Stars (1979); orchestrations arranged, produced, and conducted by Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench, with David Katz of the London Symphony Orchestra
  • High Energy (1981); orchestrations: none
• Stacy Lattisaw
  • When You're Young and in Love (1979); orchestrations arranged, produced, and conducted by Van McCoy, with Gene Orloff, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Jump to the Beat (1980); orchestrations: none
• Miquel Brown
  • Symphony of Love (1979); orchestrations arranged, produced, and conducted by Alan Hawkshaw and Don Ray, with David Katz, concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra, and Albert Speguel, concertmaster of the Paris Symphony Orchestra
  • So Many Men, So Little Time (1982); orchestrations: none
• Vicki Sue Robinson
  • What's Happening in My Life (1979); orchestrations arranged, produced, and conducted by Warren Schatz, T. Life, George Andrews, and Sam Peake, with Gene Orloff, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Hot Summer Night (1981); orchestrations: none
• Billy Ocean
  • American Hearts (1979); orchestrations arranged, produced, and conducted by Ken Gold and Lynton Naiff, with Harry Bluestone, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra
  • One of Those Nights (Feel Like Gettin' Down) (1981); orchestrations: none
• Angela Bofill
  • Angel of the Night (1979); orchestrations arranged, produced, and conducted by David Grusin and Larry Rosen, with David Nadien, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Too Tough (1982); orchestrations: none
• Earth, Wind and Fire
  • Boogie Wonderland (1979); orchestrations arranged, produced, and conducted by Maurice White and Al McKay, with Janice Gower, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra
  • Let's Groove (1981); orchestrations: none.

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The revival of orchestration in the 1990s and 2000s

Many producers during the 1990s and 2000s attempted to make their disco music as authentic to the 1970s sound as possible. The following examples illustrate the revival of orchestration:

• Mude o Baile (2002) and Superpoderosa (2002) by BsB Disco Club: violins by Igor Macarini and Luiz Carlos, cello by Guto Guerra, trumpet by Moisés Alves, tenor and alto saxophones by Anderson Pessoa, trombone by Lucas Borges, arranged by Marcos Tani and Ricardo Boy
• Last Days of Disco (2003) by Alcazar: orchestration by the Stockholm Session Strings, arranged by Jesper Nordenström
• Cosmic Girl (1996) by Jamiroquai: strings scored and conducted by Simon Hale, arranged by Simon Hale and Jay Kay
• Spend Some Time (1994) by the Brand New Heavies: string arrangements by Aaron Zigman and Andrew Levy, flute by Mike Smith
• Should I Let Him Go? (2000) and You Turn My World Around (2000) by The Company: violins by Aaron Meyer and Adam LaMotte, viola by Leslie Hirsch, cello by Lori Presthus, all from the Portland Philharmonic, arranged by Bradley Swanson and (for the latter) Bryan Everett

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See also

• Orchestral build

Orchestral build is a term used in disco music to describe the systematic overlapping of prerecorded elements of the symphony orchestra during an interlude of a song. ...

Websites

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