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Releases 46,046. Italo-Disco. Music For Sale 294,487. Italo-Disco Music Description. Generally, Italo-Disco consists of English pop vocals (often sung a little weirdly by non- native English speakers) over mid-tempo, heavily synthetic disco or hybrid disco-electro rhythms, with emphasized lead synths.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2008 CD release of "Disco Italia (Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-1985)" on Discogs.
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Aug 16, 2022 · The beginner's guide to: post-dubstep. 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. Across Europe, musicians put their own take on disco, from ABBA in Sweden to Boney M ...
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- Firefly – Love Is Gonna Be On Your Side. One of Italy's best disco acts on the country's best label. Emergency was home to so many jams including this one.
- Tom Hooker – Dove Andiamo. A real cute little stepper which again came from a more innocent time for the Italian disco scene. Ripping off a lot from Surface's Falling In Love (those keys), the best thing about this tune is it comes in Italian and English.
- Loui$ – Pink Footpath. We're a duo and one of our names is Louis so this was always going to make the cut, and the dollar sign in the name was just so ahead of its time.
- Clio – Faces. Really getting into the thick of Italo now, Clio's Faces perfectly toes the line of cheese before things started getting really silly in the mid-80s.
Jan 30, 2020 · Italo disco’s legacy is more far reaching than one might imagine. You can still find club nights dedicated to genre in major cities, from New York to London to Tokyo. Likewise, a lot of 90s pop, and particularly europop, is rooted in the scene. Artists like Daft Punk and Justice have cited Italo as among their main influences.
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Italian disco music is a genre that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s, characterized by upbeat rhythms, electronic instrumentation, and catchy melodies. It often features heavily synthesized sounds and a strong emphasis on danceability.
