DISCOPIA #1 Editorial
Hello and welcome to Discopia! I hope you enjoy the site and the articles. If you are a dedicated disco-head I’m sure you will find much to inform and amuse, and if you are a more casual browser then have a look around, I think you’ll be entertained! But before we get started I think I should clear some things up… I am always getting asked (especially by contributors!) what the name means. The word “discopia” is an amalgamation of “disco” and “utopia” (though it is also very close to dystopia, the opposite of utopia). I like inventing words and “discopia” is short-ish, catchy and mostly, I like the way it sounds! But what exactly does it mean? To me “discopia” is a state of mind. It may be based on a real place, it may be imagined or fantasisied, or it may be based on something inspiriational one has read; the freedom of the dancefloor, losing yourself in the power ...