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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.
Aug 15, 2013 · In other words, meet two of the world's leading authorities on Italo disco—that lovably chintzy disco offshoot mass-produced in Italy and abroad during the '70s and '80s by record labels like...
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Jun 7, 2021 · Written by MasterClass. Last updated: Jun 7, 2021 • 4 min read. 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.
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 ...
- Late 1970s – early 1980s, Italy
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. By Andy...
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Aug 16, 2022 · The Italo disco era fizzled out by the late ’80s, but in recent years critics have begun to acknowledge its impact on house, techno and other genres which followed from the ’90s onwards.
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
