The Resource Menergy : San Francisco's gay disco sound, Louis Niebur
Menergy : San Francisco's gay disco sound, Louis Niebur
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The item Menergy : San Francisco's gay disco sound, Louis Niebur represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
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The item Menergy : San Francisco's gay disco sound, Louis Niebur represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- "Menergy tells the story of a "post-disco" recording industry in San Francisco between the years 1978-1984. For most of America, disco died in 1979. Gay men, however, continued to dance, and in the gay enclave of the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco, enterprising gay DJs, record producers, and musicians started their own small dance music record labels to make up for the lack of new, danceable music. These independent labels' music did more than copy what the larger industry had been doing, however. Instead, the upstart companies built upon the musical experiments their roster of local musicians and producers had been exploring over the last several years, developing a distinctive style of its own. Known as "high energy," the music reveled in electronics, fast tempos, disco and DJ culture, and, above all, gay liberation as it had emerged over the previous decade in the Castro neighborhood by so called "Castro clones" (a gay subculture of exaggerated masculinity with a strong presence in the city's nightlife). The sound, like the new revolutionary ethos, derived its aesthetic from San Francisco's unique configuration of elements, but immediately this music had a reach far beyond the Bay, with Megatone Records, Moby Dick Records, and other labels achieving worldwide success with San Francisco artists such as Sylvester, Patrick Cowley, Paul Parker, Lisa, Loverde, and Jolo, creating the world's first gay-owned, gay-produced music for a dancing audience"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 277 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction. Setting Up the Sound
- Disco, the Castro and Gay Liberation
- Liberation for Some : The Continued Expansion of Gay San Francisco in the late 1970s
- Sylvester's Fantasy Comes True
- The First Wave of the San Francisco Sound
- Blecman and Hedges
- Disco's Dead/Not Dead
- The San Francisco Sound Thrives
- New Heights
- Trouble in Paradise
- Dancing with AIDS
- Everything Falls Apart
- In Retrospect
- Isbn
- 9780197511084
- Label
- Menergy : San Francisco's gay disco sound
- Title
- Menergy
- Title remainder
- San Francisco's gay disco sound
- Statement of responsibility
- Louis Niebur
- Subject
-
- Electronic dance music -- California | San Francisco -- History and criticism
- Castro District (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Sound recording industry -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- Gay men -- California | San Francisco -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Disco music -- California | San Francisco -- History and criticism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Menergy tells the story of a "post-disco" recording industry in San Francisco between the years 1978-1984. For most of America, disco died in 1979. Gay men, however, continued to dance, and in the gay enclave of the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco, enterprising gay DJs, record producers, and musicians started their own small dance music record labels to make up for the lack of new, danceable music. These independent labels' music did more than copy what the larger industry had been doing, however. Instead, the upstart companies built upon the musical experiments their roster of local musicians and producers had been exploring over the last several years, developing a distinctive style of its own. Known as "high energy," the music reveled in electronics, fast tempos, disco and DJ culture, and, above all, gay liberation as it had emerged over the previous decade in the Castro neighborhood by so called "Castro clones" (a gay subculture of exaggerated masculinity with a strong presence in the city's nightlife). The sound, like the new revolutionary ethos, derived its aesthetic from San Francisco's unique configuration of elements, but immediately this music had a reach far beyond the Bay, with Megatone Records, Moby Dick Records, and other labels achieving worldwide success with San Francisco artists such as Sylvester, Patrick Cowley, Paul Parker, Lisa, Loverde, and Jolo, creating the world's first gay-owned, gay-produced music for a dancing audience"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Niebur, Louis
- Dewey number
- 781.648155409794/61
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- ML3526
- LC item number
- .N54
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Disco music
- Electronic dance music
- Sound recording industry
- Gay men
- Castro District (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Label
- Menergy : San Francisco's gay disco sound, Louis Niebur
- Bar code
-
- 31223140950883
- 31223140950891
- 31223140950917
- 31223143258227
- 31223140950925
- 31223140950909
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction. Setting Up the Sound -- Disco, the Castro and Gay Liberation -- Liberation for Some : The Continued Expansion of Gay San Francisco in the late 1970s -- Sylvester's Fantasy Comes True -- The First Wave of the San Francisco Sound -- Blecman and Hedges -- Disco's Dead/Not Dead -- The San Francisco Sound Thrives -- New Heights -- Trouble in Paradise -- Dancing with AIDS -- Everything Falls Apart -- In Retrospect
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 277 pages
- Isbn
- 9780197511084
- Lccn
- 2021036239
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1261774108
- Label
- Menergy : San Francisco's gay disco sound, Louis Niebur
- Bar code
-
- 31223140950883
- 31223140950891
- 31223140950917
- 31223143258227
- 31223140950925
- 31223140950909
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction. Setting Up the Sound -- Disco, the Castro and Gay Liberation -- Liberation for Some : The Continued Expansion of Gay San Francisco in the late 1970s -- Sylvester's Fantasy Comes True -- The First Wave of the San Francisco Sound -- Blecman and Hedges -- Disco's Dead/Not Dead -- The San Francisco Sound Thrives -- New Heights -- Trouble in Paradise -- Dancing with AIDS -- Everything Falls Apart -- In Retrospect
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 277 pages
- Isbn
- 9780197511084
- Lccn
- 2021036239
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1261774108
Subject
- Electronic dance music -- California | San Francisco -- History and criticism
- Castro District (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Sound recording industry -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- Gay men -- California | San Francisco -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Disco music -- California | San Francisco -- History and criticism
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