If the vocal track is the heart of a song, the rhythm track––the beat––is its body. It is the sonic element that taps into the most primal part of us and makes us want to move.
Four on The Floor breaks the beat down, and examines the endless experimentation that has taken place at its core, the very bedrock of all music. Charting the progression of the beat from drum and bass to beatbox and beyond––from Little Richard and James Brown to disco and EDM
Featured Stories/Artists:
Producers The Dream and Tricky Stewart talk about writing and recording Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”
The Disco Era : Chic, Donna Summer, and the Bee Gees
Post Disco: Blondie, Madonna and the sounds of the 80s
The rise of Electronic Dance Music