A disco mix is a method of producing a recording of a song which was used in the 1970s for disco music, a funk/soul-influenced, dance-oriented pop music style. A disco mix uses orchestral build-ups to a full rich sound and then contrasts this full sound with "breaks" in which only percussion plays. Disco mixes differed from mixing and production styles for many other styles of music from the 1970s in that disco music was principally designed for dancing in discotheques, rather than for passive listening.

The disco mix was developed by recording engineers in the 1970s, which was in part influenced by the mixing done in nightclubs by DJs. DJs in discotheques would use their simple mixing boards to add interest to dance songs, by adding "breaks" in the middle of loud songs by using the equalizers on their mixing boards. For example, a DJ might create a break in a song by suddenly muting all of the frequencies except the bass frequencies, which means that a full-sounding song would suddenly become just a thudding, low rumble. The sudden change in the sound would add novelty for the dancers, and make them anticipate the return of the full sound of the song.

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. Its initial audiences were club-goers from the African American, Latino, gay, and psychedelic communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Disco also was a reaction against both the domination of rock music and the stigmatization of dance music by the counterculture during this period. Women embraced disco as well, and the music eventually expanded to several other popular groups of the time.

In what is considered a forerunner to disco style clubs, New York City DJ David Mancuso opened The Loft, a members-only private dance club set in his own home, in February 1970.Allmusic claims some have argued that Isaac Hayes and Barry White were playing what would be called disco music as early as 1971. According to the music guide, there is disagreement as to what the first disco song was. Claims have been made for Manu Dibango's "Soul Makossa" (1972), Jerry Butler's "One Night Affair" (1972), the Hues Corporation's "Rock the Boat" (1973), George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby" (1974), and "Kung Fu Fighting" (1974) by Biddu and Carl Douglas. The first article about disco was written in September 1973 by Vince Aletti for Rolling Stone magazine. In 1974 New York City's WPIX-FM premiered the first disco radio show.

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