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{{trope}} [[File:Lucio-emote-overwatch.png|link=Overwatch|200px|thumb|"We move (boost and speed up) together as one."]]
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Technology that heavily involves music, usually either activating things, or somehow being a power source.
 
'''This cannot be music for puzzle solving, or things like that. It has to be technology using music.'''
 
Name is a pun on the term "discotheque".
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If the music is used as a weapon, you're looking for [[Musical Assassin]].
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
 
 
▲== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* ''[[Senki Zesshou Symphogear]]'' features ancient power armours that run on "phonic energy", also known as ''singing''.
 
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* [[Good Name for A Rock Band|Duran Duran's]] "Orgasmic Organ" in the ''[[Barbarella]]'' movie.
* [[Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory|Willy Wonka]] has a door with a musical lock, opened by a piece by [[Mozart|Rachmaninoff]].
* ''[[Masters of the Universe (Filmfilm)|Masters of the Universe]]'' has the Cosmic Key, a device that is capable to open portals the destination of which depends on the notes that are played on it.
 
== [[Live -Action TelevisionTV]] ==
* The ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'' episode "The Paradise Syndrome" features a potentallypotentially world-destroying asteroid held at bay by a repulsive field {{spoiler|that is controlled through the use of music}}.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'', the cathedral of the Middle Ages features doors that can be opened by playing a nearby organ.
* In ''[[Mother 3]]'', you can perform combo attacks by pressing the A button to the beat of the battle music. This feature is described in-game as a "sound battle".
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The Andrew Hussie [[Web Comic]] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130830093437/http://www.andrewhussie.com/comic.php?sec=archive&auth=Andrew&cid=aids/00000%2F00000.jpg And It Don't Stop]''.
* Agatha Heterodyne, ''[[Girl Genius]]'', controlled her circus clanks through music.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The lost city of Tinnabula from the two-part ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'' episode "For Whom the Bell Klangs".
* A Disney ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'' short "Music Land" involved a war between anthropomorphic violins and horns, playing their music as weapons.
* There's an episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' which involves playing the beginning of "Ode To Joy" to unlock the secret room.
* The girl's voice in ''[[Rock and Rule]]'' was significant to help Mok with his summoning spell.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
* While not strictly musical, the principle behind [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_refrigeration:Acoustic refrigeration|acoustic refrigeration]] relies on resonating sound. The effect is something close to a real-life version of [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_demon:Maxwellchr(27)s demon|Maxwell's theoretical demon]].
* The Zeusaphone is essentially a Tesla coil that shoots lightning, tuned in such a way as to produce musical notes.
 
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Latest revision as of 16:49, 6 November 2023

"We move (boost and speed up) together as one."

Technology that heavily involves music, usually either activating things, or somehow being a power source.

This cannot be music for puzzle solving, or things like that. It has to be technology using music.

Name is a pun on the term "discotheque".

Magic Music is the magic counterpart to this trope.

Compare The Power of Rock, Band Land.

If the music is used as a weapon, you're looking for Musical Assassin.

Examples of Disco Tech include:

Anime and Manga

Film

Live-Action TV

  • The Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Paradise Syndrome" features a potentially world-destroying asteroid held at bay by a repulsive field that is controlled through the use of music.

Video Games

  • In Chrono Trigger, the cathedral of the Middle Ages features doors that can be opened by playing a nearby organ.
  • In Mother 3, you can perform combo attacks by pressing the A button to the beat of the battle music. This feature is described in-game as a "sound battle".

Web Comics

Western Animation

  • The lost city of Tinnabula from the two-part Tale Spin episode "For Whom the Bell Klangs".
  • A Disney Silly Symphonies short "Music Land" involved a war between anthropomorphic violins and horns, playing their music as weapons.
  • There's an episode of Batman the Animated Series which involves playing the beginning of "Ode To Joy" to unlock the secret room.
  • The girl's voice in Rock and Rule was significant to help Mok with his summoning spell.

Real Life

  • While not strictly musical, the principle behind acoustic refrigeration relies on resonating sound. The effect is something close to a real-life version of Maxwell's theoretical demon.
  • The Zeusaphone is essentially a Tesla coil that shoots lightning, tuned in such a way as to produce musical notes.
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