''Disco Nouveau'' is the first

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record label

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. Released in 2002, the album served as a modern update of

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's famed

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sound of the 1970s and 1980s and includes contributions from artists such as

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, ADULT., and

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. It served as a major inspiration to the (at the time) burgeoning

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movement and has been praised for its persistent relevance in much the same way as Moroder himself.

''Disco Nouveau'' Track listing

# Daniel Wang "Pistol Oderso" # ADULT. "Nite Life" # Legowelt "Disco Rout" #

"My Radio" #

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featuring Nancy Fortune "Holographic Voice" # DMX Krew featuring Tracy "Make Me" # Perspects "They Keep Dancing" # Ectomorph "Lost Angles" #

"Re: Disco" # Mat-101 "Haunted House" # Charles Manier "Change You" # Lowfish "No Longer Accepting Complaints" # Hong Kong Counterfeit "Metal Disco Rmx" # Memory Boy "There Is No Electricity"

References

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