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"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

Senki Zesshou Symphogear features ancient power armours that run on "phonic energy", also known as singing.

Film

Major Domo in Captain EO.
Duran Duran's "Orgasmic Organ" in the Barbarella movie.
Willy Wonka has a door with a musical lock, opened by a piece by Rachmaninoff.
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 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

The Andrew Hussie Web Comic 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 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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+{{trope}} [[File:Lucio-emote-overwatch.png|link=Overwatch|200px|thumb|"We move (boost and speed up) together as one."]]
-{{trope}}{{Needs Image}}
 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.'''
+''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]].
 {{examples}}
+== [[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 (film)|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.
+* ''[[Masters of the Universe (film)|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 Television]] ==
+== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
-* The ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "The Paradise Syndrome" features a potentally world-destroying asteroid held at bay by a repulsive field  {{spoiler|that is controlled through the use of music}}
+* 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 ''[[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".
+* 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]] ''[http://www.andrewhussie.com/comic.php?sec=archive&auth=Andrew&cid=aids/00000.jpg And It Don't Stop]''.
+* The Andrew Hussie [[Web Comic]] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130830093437/http://www.andrewhussie.com/comic.php?sec=archive&auth=Andrew&cid=aids%2F00000.jpg And It Don't Stop]''.
 * Agatha Heterodyne, ''[[Girl Genius]]'', controlled her circus clanks through music.
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+[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
 [[Category:Applied Phlebotinum]]
 [[Category:Just for Pun]]
 [[Category:Music Tropes]]
-[[Category:Disco Tech]]