My two cents......
Dance music on disk started with disco which begat funk which begat house....all black dominated because of the FUNK in the beat. The off-beat. The one. See James Brown.
As electronics made sampling and looping easier so the nerdy white guys (Krafwerk) took the sound to new levels, good and bad.
I believe the most interesting sounds today are made by those who still feel the funk. Desyn and Sander for two.
The Vangelis/Yanni/Oldfields make soppy muzak for strictly white people.
Long live the funk.

It certainly had heavy influence in a lot of what we listen to today, but personally i don't like it.

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i would say funky house music resembles disco the most and its very popular.

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