Meaning of doskpop | Babel Free

Definitions

A style of tracker music influenced by disco and associated with the demoscene.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“look for the doskpop collection, it's a chiptune doskpop collection with tracks by Lizardking (naturally) and others. Look on aminet, it's there somewhere, probably named "doskpop" something or other.. (try looking in /pub/aminet/mods/INDEX).”

“No, I still like doskpop lots, don't get me wrong. :) I'm just saying that I think perhaps there's too many synth-pop wannabees who are getting highly rated.”

“The studio-oriented music would typically sound like jazz funk or techno, a unique style of the demoscene that became known as 'doskpop'. Swedish artist Lizardking was the father of doskpop, which can be described as soft digital disco music, somewhere in between 1980s electronic disco music such as Laserdance and Vangelis.”

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