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Retro is a culturally outdated or aged style, trend, mode, or fashion, from the overall postmodern past, that has since that time become functionally or superficially the norm once again. The use of "retro" style iconography and imagery interjected into post-modern art, advertising, mass media, etc. It generally implies a vintage of at least 15 or 20 years. For example clothing from the 1980s or 1990s could be retro.

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Origin[link]

The word "retro" derives from the Latin prefix retro, meaning "backwards" or "in past times" – particularly as seen in the words retrograde, implying a movement toward the past instead of a progress toward the future, and retrospective, referring to a nostalgic (or critical) eye toward the past.

In the postwar period, it increased in usage with the appearance of the word retrorocket (short for "retrograde rocket", a rocket generating thrust in a direction opposite to that of a spacecraft's orbital motion) used by the American space program in the 1960s. In France, the word rétro, an abbreviation for rétrospectif ^[1] gained cultural currency with reevaluations of Charles de Gaulle and France’s role in World War II. The French mode rétro of the 1970s reappraised in film and novels the conduct of French civilians during the Nazi occupation. The term rétro was soon applied to nostalgic French fashions that recalled the same period.^[2]

Shortly thereafter it was introduced into English by the fashion and culture press, where it suggests a rather cynical revival of older but relatively recent fashions. (Elizabeth E. Guffey, Retro: The Culture of Revival, pp. 9–22). In Simulacra and Simulation, French theorist Jean Baudrillard describes "retro" as a demythologization of the past, distancing the present from the big ideas that drove the “modern” age.^[3]

Specific types of retro[link]

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Retro art[link]

A 1950s-era poster in pop-art style, the style on which retro art is based.

The style now called "retro art" is a genre of pop art which was developed in the 1940s and 1950s in response to a need for bold, eye-catching graphics that were easy to reproduce on simple presses available at the time in major centres. Retro advertising art has experienced a resurgence in popularity since its style is distinctive from modern computer-generated styling. Contemporary artist Anne Taintor uses retro advertising art as the centerpiece for her ongoing commentary on the modern woman. Specific styling features include analog machine design, vintage television program etc.^[4]

Perhaps the most famous example of a retro pop-art character is the more generalized form of the Ward Cleaver-styled J. R. "Bob" Dobbs-esque icon which has been widely played off, copied, and parodied.

Retrogaming[link]

Retrogaming is a pastime which is becoming increasingly popular where individuals play video games on vintage computers or vintage game consoles; although what constitutes a vintage or retro machine is open to debate. Typically most retro gamers are interested in Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System, Mega Drive, Dreamcast, Super Nintendo, and classic Game Boy games and consoles. Emulation often plays a part in retrogaming if the original hardware is unavailable.

Retro fashion[link]

A 1940s retro-style dress with turban, designed in a modern electric blue, modelled by Karlie Kloss at a 2011 Anna Sui show.

Retro fashion is a clothing style which consists in wearing clothes commonly used in the past. This way of clothing often includes garments and accessories that are characteristic of such times, and many people use them in an exaggerated way and in combination with current clothing. Examples are: leather handbags from the 50s, "bell-bottom jeans", big sunglasses, fedoras, funky jackets (commonly Adidas Classics) and shoes, small neckties, chiffon scarves, sport equipment, skinny jeans^{[citation needed]} etc. Makeup may also play a part in feminine retro fashions, with focal points being heavily-lined eyes and bright red lipstick; hairstyles such as pompadours, ponytails, and ducktails may be adopted, as well as styles that model film stars of the 1940s and '50s.

Retro erotica[link]

Retro erotica is usually photography in the style of pinups or pornography typically dating from the 1970s or earlier. It ranges from hardcore to non-nude pinup style photography, often featuring lingerie such as girdles, bullet bras and garter belts and hosiery with hairstyles, makeup and props fashioned after those periods. Some aficionados distinguish retro (modern photography in an older style) from vintage (actual period photos or film) while others conflate the two as either retro or vintage. There are a number of web sites dedicated to both types.

Retro sport[link]

A specific and clear example of this trend is the way in which the sport garments from the 70s and 80s are used nowadays. Soccer jackets, jerseys and t-shirts with former logos of the soccer associations are very popular; their designs commonly remember the old days by using lines in the sides and combinations of colours characteristic of those times. A specific case is the 1970 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico. Its logo and font type is used in a variety of retro sport garments. Brands such as Adidas, Puma and Nike have their own divisions specialized in retro products. Some soccer, baseball and basketball clubs also have re-edited their former garments to raise their sales.

Retro music[link]

Retro, during the 1990s, referred to a new genre of music, particularly dance music, popular in the U.S. at the time and originally termed New Wave music which was in part an outgrowth of the Punk rock genre of the late 1970s and early 1980s and Psychedelic genre of the late 1960s. Many of the songs and albums termed retro at the time came about during great advancement in the development of generating music electronically (that is, with computers and electronic equipment - or Electronic music - rather than with either traditional or electromechanical instruments) and the popularization of this type of music in the mainstream. Ideas as to how broad and inclusive the Retro category of music is varied; nonetheless, not all music - not even all dance music - from the decade of the 1990s were considered Retro music. Now, in fact, retro music refers only to music that came out of the retro era.^{[citation needed]} This psychedelic style of music is still widely listened to today.

Retro metal[link]

In the mid-2000s, a rise in popularity of hard rock music combining classic rock elements with psychedelia, heavy metal and modern hard rock came to prominence among the Millennial Generation and others, with such bands as Wolfmother, The Sword, Jet and Buckcherry becoming very successful using methods of past bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Beatles and Pink Floyd. While the strength of the "movement" has been argued by some music critics on both sides, "retro" or "heritage metal" has become a common term for trendy hard rock.

Retro rock[link]

Retro rock is modern original music, but influenced by all the genres of the ‘50’s and ’60’s – rock and roll, blues, rockabilly, rhythm and blues, west coast, psychedelia etc - without specifically fitting into any one of them.

See also[link]

• Retro-futurism
• Kitsch
• MAME
• Old school
• Ralf Metzenmacher
• Popular culture studies
• Period piece

References[link]

• Baudrillard, Jean (1995). Simulacra and Simulation. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-06521-9. 
• Collins, James C (1989). Uncommon Cultures: Popular Culture and Post-Modernism. New York/London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-90137-6. 
• Eco, Umberto (1986). Travels in Hyperreality. New York: Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-15-191079-3. 
• Eco, Umberto (1988). The Structure of Bad Taste. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker. 
• Guffey, Elizabeth E (2006). Retro: The Culture of Revival. London: Reaktion. ISBN 978-1-86189-290-4. 
• Robyns, Clem (1991). "Beyond the first dimension: recent tendencies in popular culture studies", in Joris Vlasselaers (Ed.) The Prince and the Frog, Leuven: ALW, 14-32.
• Ross, Andrew (1989). No Respect. Intellectuals and Popular Culture. New York/London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-90037-9. 
• Samuel, Raphael (1994). Theatres of Memory. London: Verso. ISBN 978-0-86091-209-5. 
• Retro-Trader, 2002: Web site listing and displaying many retro related items.

External links[link]

• Junkaholic Retro Store

Ezequiel Dero (born July 10, 1968 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), also known as DJ Dero, is a DJ, producer and remixer of House, Electro House, Techno and Eurodance styles. He was a pioneer in his country and is recognized worldwide due to the production of hits, which were published in over 25 countries, as "Batucada", "Dero's Illusion," "Revolution" or "Maríacaipirinha" and also by participating in major festivals in the genre as the legendary Love Parade in Germany five times among other distinguished events.

Biography[link]

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Dero & Rivera[link]

In March 2008, was presented with prestigious artists such as Robbie Rivera, Marco V, John Aquaviva, Seb Fontaine, Antoine Clamaran, Laidback Luke, Kurd Maverick and others as part of the festivities Juicy Amnesia Ibiza at renowned club Nocturnal on Miami. In April, his single "I Retro" is positioned in the place of the Buzz Chart number 15 from France and remix the theme of "Reverb" belonging to The Rivera Project being released by the label Juicy Music as a single and included in the album "Juicy Music Essentials Volume 4 " on the same label. In May, Paul Van Dyk includes the track "I Retro" in his compilation mixed by himself, named Cream Ibiza containing all the hits of the season on the island. In June 2008, he is presented alongside electro pop group Miranda! in former Obras Sanitarias Stadium in Buenos Aires in an impressive show with their Mirandamix.

In August he appeared at the Club Glam in Asuncion, Paraguay as part of the Heineken Music Festival. From there they went to Ibiza for the summer to play alongside Robbie Rivera Juicy at Amnesia Ibiza party. In that month, his tracks "I Retro" and "The Big Room" are part of the launch Juicy Ibiza 2008 (The Unmixed Singles) by the label Juicy Music. In September, the new single, along with Robbie Rivera, called "Truktor" is played by the legendary Judge Jules in for Pete Tong Essential Selection on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. In that month, launched a new version of their smash hit "Batucada - Dero & Rivera" next to one of the pioneers of global house, Robbie Rivera, a few days gets the # 1 selling downloads on the site at Beatport ranking of electro house and the number 4 in the main chart of the most downloaded by users around the world, also getting the post 6 in the Buzz Chart UK. This new version sounds electro house is hit by major worldwide DJs like Erick Morillo, David Guetta, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso and radio programs as the most important Fastrax Show of Pete Tong.

In November 2008 he made the worldwide release of a double album called I Retro, under its seal Oid Mortales Records, consisting of a CD called "iTracks" which contains all new productions, notably "Dero's Rave," " Dance "and" Illusion'08 ", a bonus DVD entitled "Live iRetro" with images of his tours around the world and a dj set in Mp3 named "Mp3 Dero IRetro Exclusive DJ Mix". Just one week of its appearance on the album was ranked 8 out of 100 top selling albums in Argentina as the ranking CAPIF. In turn, the edited remixes by Robbie Rivera, DMS12, MONDAY, Willie Morales and his own hit again in the world Batucada Juicy Music label with the name "Batucada (The Remixes)". In late November a new production called "Animal Retro" not yet published and began to dream in the most important shows such as "Fuck Me, Im Famous" by David Guetta is broadcast in the influential French signal FG DJ Radio.

In December, the single edit Truktor produced with Robbie Rivera based on his classic "Tuk Tak" with the label Juicy Music. His song "Batucada (Dero & Robbie Rivera Mix)" is included in the compiled Sensation Germany Part 2 of the world famous Ministry Of Sound label in that month. The single from Robbie Rivera called In Too Deep Remixes of remixes including Dero is chosen as Single Of The Week. Later that year, with David Guetta performs a bootleg version merging global hits Love Is Gone and "Batucada" by the name "Batucada Is Love" became a worldwide phenomenon, played by djs most influential presentations and radio programs. This track has yet to date of publication. 2009 Start your track being "Batucada - Dero & Rivera" from among the top 30 dance songs of 2008 according to the prestigious Buzz Chart (DMC Update), which is produced by prominent press in the UK.

Radio and TV[link]

For over 20 years that has radio programs. It began in Buenos Aires 95.1 FM, called "Z 95" around the year 1989, at a time when sounds like House, New Beat, Techno Pop, Acid and other European trends became popular in Argentina. Then by the Energy 101.1 FM (NRG), a pioneer of electronic music with his program "DJ Dero In The Mix" in Argentina in the 1990s, said festival organizer famous raves during that decade. Later, he worked in radio X4 of the producer "Cuatro Cabezas" with its "South American Techno". Since 2007 and is producing and driving the show called "Dero en la 100" for three hours every Saturday starting at midnight to be transmitted by "La 100" FM 99.9 of Buenos Aires, Argentina, which includes a chain of more than 60 repeaters throughout Argentina in addition to the Internet broadcast. It also has an "Internet Radio" that is active 24 hours a day with music selected by him.

On television he co-driver program "Muchdance" which is aired live every Thursday, for the signal MuchMusic Argentina from 1998 to 2001 with Aldo Haydar and Juan Pablo Firter. The resident DJ was DJ Pitty the cycle and in the presence of guest DJs, national and international, such as Zombie Nation and Dj Hell among others.

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Countries where his music was edited[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

Remixes[link]

DJ Compilations[link]

Videos[link]

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Ezequiel Dero in Myspace
• Oid Mortales Records
• Ezequiel Dero in Facebook
• Ezequiel Dero in Beatport
• Discography in Discogs
• Dero in DJ LIST