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Dec 1, 2020 · Originally known as ‘spaghetti disco’, the term ‘Italo’ was first used by the German label ZYX to market compilations of Italian records that were popular in the clubs of Northern Europe. It is perhaps this ‘representation’ of Italo disco’s ‘Italianness’ that marks it out.
Aug 15, 2013 · The name "Italo" was invented in the mid-'80s by German label ZYX when they released these From the Italo Boot compilations. But until a few years ago nobody in Italy used the word Italo.
Jan 12, 2015 · In fact, looking out over the musical and general pop culture horizon of 2015, there has never seemed a more apt time for it to rise again and save us all.
- Jonny Chadwick
Jul 26, 2022 · This year, Cybernetic Broadcasting System, the online radio show I-F set up as a successor to The Hague’s pirate stations of old, turned 20. In May, Intergalactic FM, the station it now broadcasts from, held a three-day festival in the Hague. Italo, it seems, is everywhere.
Aug 16, 2022 · The roots of Italo disco date back to the late ’70s, when the disco era was still in full swing in the USA and artists around the world imitated the sounds coming out of New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Miami.
- Future Music
Jun 7, 2021 · Italo disco was a popular form of dance music in Europe and other countries during the 1980s, known for its electronic grooves and sci-fi themes.
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Italo disco (variously capitalized, and sometimes hyphenated as Italo-disco) is a music genre which originated in Italy in the late 1970s and was mainly produced in the 1980s. Italo disco evolved from the then-current underground dance, pop, and electronic music, both domestic and foreign (hi-NRG, Euro disco) and developed into a diverse genre.
