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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.
Aug 16, 2022 · The ‘Italo disco’ tag was retrospectively applied, widely used from around 1985 by the German ZYX label. The defining characteristics of Italo disco set it apart from the sound’s US roots and the more mainstream Eurodisco sounds from around Europe.
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Dec 1, 2020 · Over the last thirty years, Italo disco has gone from being a tasteless novelty item and guilty pleasure to a snobbish cult presided over by the techno elite. Here, we turn the lights on at the disco in an effort to find out exactly what Italo is and why it still matters.
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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.
Feb 27, 2015 · An overview of the most amazingly uncool genre ever created—Italo Disco—and how its absurd chintziness still inspires electronic artists around the globe.
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Jul 26, 2022 · Inspired by influences including the late Greek composer Vangelis, the arpeggiated electronic disco of Giorgio Moroder, funk, new wave, French space disco and UK synthpop, Italo could be a strange amalgam, often topped by nonsensical lyrics sung in English.
Oct 13, 2014 · The name "Italo-disco" can be misleading. It doesn't sound like what we would traditionallly classify as disco. It's indebted to disco, mostly the late period disco of producers like...
