yeah when i hear 'post-disco' think of more new-wavey things like esg, acr, belgian bands like allez allez 1st of all but whatevs, saw serious intention posted so went with that, it's so open and fecund a pop period anyway, i can imagine quite a lot of these records working across range of sites: mudd club to p garage to funhouse to danceteria.
at the same time underground consolidation and concentration as producers/djs working with bequeaths of disco era - remix/edit, the 12" single - explore specific sonics of club music, which means more independence from pop mainstream.
anyway from slippery, spidery manc disco-dub-not-disco:
...to a drowning deep nyc disco dubout:
(carol williams - can't get away from your love, won't open out but it's a beaut)
there lots of work on voice with effects etc, as padraig said, but i also like how the space opened up by producers allows for more songful, soulful stuff too:
(big p garage tune)
rubbery bass, get all sticky caught up in it, too delicious...
i go to disco for bass rather than p-funk or whathavu. esp'y this period: dancefloor demands + live bands + producer savvy means it's KING in that period
francois & larry discodub symphony (if u feel like dyin)
great anthemic-regretful living-for-the-weekend lyrics, collaring diva vocals (you comin out too!) etc..
and then that other strand, crispy kashif-prod boogie, all twisty earworm riffs and steadying synth bass, which works fab as airy kissfm-style radiopop, as well as being eminently dancefloor ready:
could fucking go on forever..