I use the term “dark disco” frequently to describe some of the sounds I enjoy spinning the most. Unlike house, disco, and techno; which people generally seem to understand, most people want to know, what is “dark disco?” 
DD is a toddler compared to grandpa Disco and mom and dad, House and Techno. It’s a bowl of soup that combines even parts 80s electric guitar, tobacco stained synths, punk, acid, dark wave, new wave, often a dash of middle eastern melodies, but the broth is always the danceable 4/4 rhythm of disco.  It suits minimal lighting with heavy haze more than a brightly lit floor where our teeth glow. It’s a notoriously difficult genre to describe, it’s contradictory in its dark yet uplifting nature. I like to picture a leather bar or a rugged back alley with lots of graffiti in a movie shot by Tim Burton and perhaps Michelle Pfeiffer as catwoman is the main character. Sub-genres “cobra wave,” “slow techno”, “indie dance,” or “witch house,” are often used in concurrence or instead of dark disco. It’s nostalgic, it’s a vibe, and it’s more sexy than it is scary.

Cobra Wave, Slow Techno, and Dark Disco

Beats with drums makes me dance ❤️🥁

For over two decades, Taffi Louis has struggled to write a DJ bio that doesn’t sound like AI-generated slop.  In that time the role of DJ has mutated away from the music enthusiast/curator to influencer/marketer. Defying simple categorization, his sets blend dark disco, new wave, Italo, presented  in the language of house and techno and steered into a fluid narrative, like an imaginary soundtrack for the movie version of right now..  His first gig in a local gay bar unexpectedly kicked off a six-year residency, mingling James Murphy with Giorgio Moroder, Bobby O with Vitalic.  Instead of chasing trends and the widest possible audience, he  built unique, diverse audiences with parties like Truckerdisco and Roboteria, centered around music first, not market segments. His era-jumping, propulsive DJ sets refuse to treat music as disposable, perfunctory filler.  His edits receive worldwide support from DJs like The Hacker, Italo Brutalo, Local Suicide, & more.

[Truckerdisco // Roboteria // Restricted ]
Dark disco / cosmic disco / nu-disco / italo-disco /new wave / new beat / techmex / electroclash / balearic + more...

Always experimenting with a certain soundscape: where is the Venn diagram where 90s trance meets new age progressive house and techno?
Founder of Niche Underground: A queer party series out of Vancouver.  

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Cobra Wave, Slow Techno, and Dark Disco

Fisher Bryce