VA - Dimitri From Paris - In The House Of Disco [2CD] (2014) Lossless

Dimitri From Paris In The House of Disco is the latest musical milestone from the unequivocal Disco Don; an auditory smorgasbord of House and Disco from the likes of Diana Ross, Hercules & Love Affair, Sister Sledge, Lindstrøm, Chic, Todd Terje, DJ Pierre and many more.

In the late 70s and early 80s, after its bubble of underground popularity and credibility had well and truly burst, Disco began it’s slow but steady mutation into House. Aided by early proponents Frankie Knuckles, Larry Levan and their contemporaries, House became the music of choice for the burgeoning clubs scenes of Detroit and Chicago, while Disco’s days began to look well and truly numbered.

Fast-forward 20-odd years, and as House enjoys arguably the most popular period in its history, the roots of the scene, and the Disco on which it was based, are once again being championed by producers and DJs alike. In 2014, House and Disco live happily side-by-side: a circumstance that Dimitri From Paris In The House of Disco celebrates.

While, of course, the history and heritage of Disco has to be treated with the respect it undoubtedly deserves, we should perhaps be equally as excited by new Disco records, many of which grace this new collection. “A fresh generation of artists is finally and unabashedly recording new, sample free, Disco Music” reports Dimitri “and the electronic House sound of its origins is making a stylistic return with a sound I would call ‘neo-vintage’: one that embraces the foundation of current Dance Music, celebrating its culture and history and making it contemporary in the process.”