History Music / DiscoInferno

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* AlbumClosure / BittersweetEnding: After an album of anxiety and chaos, ''D.I. Go Pop'' ends on "Footprints in The Snow", a less chaotic track discussing a brighter, better future.

* CapitalismIsBad: "Even The Sea Sides Against Us" alludes to this.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: The second verse of "Starbound: All Burnt Out & Nowhere To Go" alludes to this; the main character mentions how they "fell down low and wanted to die", and how their "only acquaintances were cowards and liars". Also acts as a CynicismCatalyst, as the rest of the song from that point comes off as angry and bitter towards the world.

* EverythingIsAnInstrument: DI prominently build songs around found sound and field recordings. For example, "I'm Still In Love"s drum part is a sample of fireworks going off, and "Starbound" features camera shutters played rhythmically alongside the "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" sample.

* LastNoteHilarity: Though "Starbound: All Burnt Out & Nowhere To Go" is a surreal, slightly disturbing song overall, Crause's jovial-sounding "Bye-bye!" near the end could be seen as this.

** "A Whole Wide World Ahead" and "Footprints In The Snow" are this to the rest of ''D.I. Go Pop'', being ''much'' softer and calmer in comparison to the rest of the album.
* LongestSongGoesLast: ''D.I. Go Pop'' closes on the 5-and-a-half minute "Footprints in the Snow". ''The Last Dance''s tracks slowly increase in length and culminate in the 7-minute "Scattered Showers", and ''It's a Kid's World'' ends on the 5-minute "Lost in Fog".

** "A Rock To Cling To" samples [[Music/TalkingHeads Talking Heads']] "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" and (more prominently) Music/Galaxie500's "It's Getting Late".

* WanderlustSong / IWantSong: "Starbound: All Burnt Out & Nowhere To Go" appears to be a particularly spiteful one.

* OutOfGenreExperience: "The Last Dance" is this compared to the rest of their output from ''Summer's Last Sound'' and onwards, taking on a style akin to jangle pop. "The Long Dance", its alternative version, takes things a step further and turns it into an AlternativeDance song.

Disco Inferno were a short-lived English experimental/PostRock band, formed in 1989 by Ian Crause, Paul Willmott, Rob Whatley, and Daniel Gish (who'd leave just after a year to join fellow experimental rock group Bark Psychosis). They started out making relatively palatable PostPunk, with the ''Science'' EP and their debut album ''Open Doors, Closed Windows''. After being inspired by hip hop, electronic music, and acts like Music/MyBloodyValentine, they changed up their style and began to experiment with sampling and found sound, releasing 5 [=EPs=] from 1992 to 1994 (which would eventually be compiled into a 2011 compilation album titled... well, ''The 5 [=EPs=]'').

In 1994, the band released ''D.I. Go Pop'' to generally positive reception but little commercial success, and their lack of success caused tensions in the group to rise. Eventually, the three decided to split up and their third and final album ''Technicolour'' would release nearly two years later in 1996.

Disco Inferno were a short-lived English experimental/PostRock band, formed in 1989 by Ian Crause, Paul Willmott, Rob Whatley, and Daniel Gish (who'd leave just after a year to join fellow experimental rock group Bark Psychosis). They started out making relatively palatable post-punk, with the ''Science'' EP and their debut album ''Open Doors, Closed Windows''. After being inspired by hip hop, electronic music, and acts like Music/MyBloodyValentine, they changed up their style and began to experiment with sampling and found sound, releasing 5 [=EPs=] from 1992 to 1994 (which would eventually be compiled into a 2011 compilation album titled... well, ''The 5 [=EPs=]'').

Disco Inferno were an English experimental/PostRock band, formed in 1989 by Ian Crause, Paul Willmott, Rob Whatley, and Daniel Gish (who'd leave just after a year to join fellow experimental rock group Bark Psychosis). They started out making relatively palatable post-punk, with the ''Science'' EP and their debut album ''Open Doors, Closed Windows''. After being inspired by hip hop, electronic music, and acts like Music/MyBloodyValentine, they changed up their sound and began to experiment with sampling and found sound, releasing 5 [=EPs=] from 1992 to 1994 (which would eventually be compiled into a 2011 compilation album titled... well, ''The 5 [=EPs=]'').

* PerishingAltRockVoice: Crause's voice delved into this territory at times, particularly on the band's pre-''Summer's Last Sound'' releases.

''I wanna spit [?] back''\\

** ''It’s A Kid's World'' (1994)

* LighterAndSofter: ''Technicolour'', and the ''Second Language'' and ''It's A Kids World" [=EPs=], are [[NewSoundAlbum much brighter-sounding (or at least more bittersweet) and poppier]] than the rest of the band's discography.

* LongestSongGoesLast: ''D.I. Go Pop'' closes on the 5-and-a-half minute "Footprints in the Snow". ''The Last Dance''s tracks slowly increase in length and culminate in the 7-minute "Scattered Showers", and ''It’s a Kids World'' ends on the 5-minute "Lost in Fog".

** While an EP rather than a full-length album, ''Summer’s Last Sound'' saw the group begin to opt towards their signature sample-based PostRock sound.

''I may need dreams from time to time''\\

Disco Inferno were an English experimental/PostRock band, formed in 1989 by Ian Crause, Paul Willmott, Rob Whatley, and Daniel Gish (who’d leave just after a year to join fellow experimental rock group Bark Psychosis). They started out making relatively palatable post-punk, with the ''Science'' EP and their debut album ''Open Doors, Closed Windows''. After being inspired by hip hop, electronic music, and acts like Music/MyBloodyValentine, they changed up their sound and began to experiment with sampling and found sound, releasing 5 [=EPs=] from 1992 to 1994 (which would eventually be compiled into a 2011 compilation album titled... well, ''The 5 [=EPs=]'').

** ''Summer’s Last Sound'' (1992)

** ''It’s A Kid’s World'' (1994)

-->''A future so close I could sell my cares for it''
-->''But I'd rather be penniless than buy any shares in it''
-->...
-->''Yet we're begging for scraps from the tables''
-->''Of blatant opportunists''

-->''I may need dreams from time to time''
-->''But dreams aren't keeping me alive''
-->''My dreams have torn my life in two''
-->''Now I just need a rock to cling to''

-->''Baby just don't stray too far''
-->''You're helpless on your own''
-->''These people want to change things''
-->''They're dangerous to know''
-->''They'll fill your tiny head with rubbish''
-->''Take you clean away from me''
-->''There's not much that I own''
-->''But I'd like to think that I own you''

** "A Rock To Cling To" samples [[Music/TalkingHeads Talking Heads']] "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" and (more prominently) Music/Galaxie500's "It’s Getting Late".
** "It’s a Kid’s World" samples many TV show theme songs (such as those for Series/DoctorWho and WesternAnimation/WilloTheWisp) as well as "Lust for Life" by Music/IggyPop.

-->''I'm gonna go so fast''
-->''That I won't have a past''
-->''I'm gonna go so high''
-->''I'm gonna look down my nose at the sky''
--> ...
-->''The world has spat its shit down on me for far too long''
-->''I wanna spit [?] back''

-->''She looked at us strange so I told her our story, and she laughed and said''
-->''"You must have got on a ferry cause you never left England"''

Disco Inferno were an English experimental/PostRock band, formed in 1989 by Ian Crause, Paul Willmott, Rob Whatley, and Daniel Gish (who’d leave just after a year). They started out making relatively palatable post-punk, with the ''Science'' EP and their debut album ''Open Doors, Closed Windows''. After being inspired by hip hop, electronic music, and acts like Music/MyBloodyValentine, they changed up their sound and began to experiment with sampling and found sound, releasing 5 [=EPs=] from 1992 to 1994 (which would eventually be compiled into a 2011 compilation album titled... well, ''The 5 [=EPs=]'').

* MinimalisticCoverArt: The covers for ''D.I. Go Pop'' and the [=EPs=] ''The Last Dance'' and ''Second Language'' consist of the band's logo over a backdrop (a field, sea, and street respectively).

** ''Technicolour'' still prominently uses sampling and found sounds, but also shifts into a more poppy direction.

* IndecipherableLyrics: Downplayed, but prevalent on ''D.I. Go Pop'''; most of the lyrics can be made, but sometimes cross into this territory because of how dense the album sounds. Their earlier work falls under this too, with many of the vocals being pretty quiet and low in the mix.

** The ''Technicolour'' outtake, "Swing" - hard-to-make-out lyrics, a staggering drum machine beat, discordant ascending-and-descending screeches, abrasive triumphant-sounding hits, brief moments where the song glitches in and out, and a part where it sounds like its being played underwater... again, all leading to a ''very'' disorienting track.

* IndecipherableLyrics: Downplayed, but prevalent on ''D.I. Go Pop'''s first half; most of the lyrics can be made, but sometimes cross into this territory because of how dense the album sounds. Their earlier work falls under this too, with many of the vocals being low-mixed.

* SongStyleShift: Twice on "In Sharky Water", which alternates between chilled-out post-rock and intense post-punk twice over.

* EverythingIsAnInstrument: The band, especially on ''Technicolour''', often use found sound as percussion. For example, "I'm Still In Love"s drum part is a sample of fireworks going off, and "Starbound" features camera shutters played rhythmically alongside the "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" sample.

* {{Sampling}}: Why, of course! Notably, "A Rock To Cling To" samples [[Music/TalkingHeads Talking Heads']] "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" and (more prominently) Music/Galaxie500's "It’s Getting Late", "It’s a Kid’s World" samples many TV show theme songs (such as those for Series/DoctorWho and WesternAnimation/WilloTheWisp) as well as "Lust for Life" by Music/IggyPop, and "D.I. Go Pop" features a prominent sample of "You Made Me Realise" by Music/MyBloodyValentine.

In 1994, the band released ''D.I. Go Pop'' to generally positive reception but little commercial success, and their lack of success caused tensions in the group to rise. Eventually, their third and final album ''Technicolour'' would release in 1996, almost two years after the band broke up.

* {{Sampling}}: Why, of course! Notably, "A Rock To Cling To" samples [[Music/TalkingHeads Talking Heads']] "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" and (more prominently) Music/Galaxie500's "It’s Getting Late", "It’s a Kid’s World" samples many TV show theme songs (such as for Series/DoctorWho and WesternAnimation/WilloTheWisp) as well as "Lust for Life" by Music/IggyPop, and "D.I. Go Pop" features a prominent sample of "You Made Me Realise" by Music/MyBloodyValentine.

* AutoTune: Used to particularly alien-sounding effect on "New Clothes for the New World"

* ConceptAlbum: ''D.I. Go Pop'', as well as many of the bands [=EPs=], have a general sociopolitical meaning behind them.

* IndecipherableLyrics: Downplayed, but prevalent on ''D.I. Go Pop'''s first half; most of the lyrics can be made, but sometimes cross into this territory because of how dense the album sounds.

* LighterAndSofter: ''Technicolour'' is [[NewSoundAlbum much brighter-sounding (or at least more bittersweet) and poppier]] than the rest of the band's discography.

* WordSaladLyrics: "New Clothes for the New World"s first verse definitely qualifies.

* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Most of ''Technicolour'''s tracks use found sound as percussion. For example, "I'm Still In Love"s drum part is a sample of fireworks going off.
* IndecipherableLyrics: Downplayed, but prevalent on ''D.I. Go Pop'''s first half; most of the lyrics can be made out but parts are signifcantly harder to.

* SongStyleShift: Twice on "In Sharky Water", which features two sections of chilled-out post-rock and then two of pounding post-punk.

* {{Sampling}}: Why, of course! Notably, "A Rock To Cling To" samples [[Music/TalkingHeads "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On"]] and (more prominently) [[Music/Galaxie500 "It’s Getting Late"]], "It’s a Kid’s World" samples many TV show theme songs (such as for Series/DoctorWho and WesternAnimation/WilloTheWisp) as well as [[Music/IggyPop Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life"]], and "D.I. Go Pop" features a prominent sample of [[Music/MyBloodyValentine "You Made Me Realise"]].