A discomix, or simply a disco, is an extended

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...

12-inch single that typically features the vocal track followed by a dub version or a

deejay A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile D ...

version of the same track.Heath, ML (2010)
Joe Gibbs: 12" Reggae Discomix Showcase Volumes 4 and 5
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, 7 October 2010, retrieved 2011-01-01Anderson, Rick
''Reggae Discomix Showcase, Vol. 3'' Review
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Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

, retrieved 2011-01-01 The format became popular in the mid-1970s, with the extended bass range of 12-inch singles being better suited to dub music. The first big hit discomix was "Ya Ho" by

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Ranking Trevor Maxwell Grant (20 January 1960 – 7 August 2012), better known as Ranking Trevor and sometimes as Ranking Superstar, was a Jamaican reggae deejay. Biography Grant began deejaying as a teenager in the 1970s, and began his recording career at the ...

, released in 1976.O'Brien Chang, Kevin & Chen, Wayne (1998) ''Reggae Routes: The Story of Jamaican Music'', Ian Randle Publishers, , p. 56 The popularity of the format led to ''

Black Echoes ''Black Echoes'' is a Jamaican music show which has been broadcasting on radio in Dublin, Ireland. The show airs a range of music, including reggae, ska, rock-steady and dub. The show is presented and produced by John Public. The show broadca ...

'' magazine (later ''Echoes'') publishing a weekly 'Reggae Disco Chart'.''Echoes'', 8 November 1986, p. 2

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