Afro/cosmic music
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In music, the terms Afro/cosmic disco,[1][2] the cosmic sound,[3] free-style sound,[4] and combinations thereof (Afro, cosmic Afro,[5] Afro-cosmic,[6] Afro-freestyle,[7] etc., as well as Afro-funky[8] and later Afro house) are used somewhat interchangeably to describe various forms of synthesizer-heavy and/or African-influenced dance music and methods of DJing that were originally developed and promoted by a small number of DJs in certain discothèques of Northern Italy from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. The terms slow-motion disco[9] and Elettronica Meccanica[10] are also associated with the genre.
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Cultural origins | 1970s, Northern Italy |
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Derivative forms | Space disco, hi-NRG, some Italo house |
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Italian DJs Tosi Brandi Claudio and Daniele Baldelli both independently claim to have invented the genre and mixing style.