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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.
- Late 1970s – early 1980s, Italy
Jun 7, 2021 · Italo disco, or italo-disco, is a hybrid subgenre of pop music, electronic music, and dance music that emerged from Europe in the late 1970s and 1980s. Though the term “Italo” signifies that Italy was its primary source, Italo disco is more of an umbrella term than a specific designation.
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.
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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Aug 15, 2013 · Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Italo Disco (But Were Afraid To Ask) Mike Simonetti interviews Venetian producer Bottin about the genre's greatest hits (and misses), and the recent kitsch ...
Jul 26, 2022 · Italo disco is everywhere again. But what does Italo even mean today, and is it at risk of being diluted into a catch-all term for anything with an '80s disco sparkle? Joe Roberts dives into the genre's history, and chats to some of its new devotees and longstanding champions about its ever-evolving sound
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 and developed into a diverse genre.
