Disco polo
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Disco polo is a musical genre unique and native to Poland, which exists in its present form since the early 1990s. It was derived from contemporary folk tunes (mostly somewhat vulgarised ones played at weddings and feasts) and italo disco. The name itself was conceived by Sławomir Skręta from Blue Star as a replacement for an older term, piosenka chodnikowa (sidewalk music) - which originated from the main means of distribution of its recordings in early 1990s - sidewalk stands on streets and bazaars. Disco polo could have been heard mostly at festivals, weddings or even as a part of political campaigns during Polish government elections, with Aleksander Kwasniewski as the most notable example of a politician who used disco polo during his presidential campaign.
Traditional instruments came to be replaced by keyboards in the '90s, which contributed to the slight changes in style, which made the songs more similar to modern dance music. The style was extensively marketed by the Polsat TV station, which produced its own disco polo hits list, in a TV show Disco Relax, although it finally decreased in popularity in the late '90s, when foreign pop music gained esteem.
Disco polo is in general perceived as simplistic and lacking artistic value, but it is still enjoyed by people of all ages.
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