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Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 May 2015. Anybody truly scandalized about this track's sampling of Gary Low's Italo-disco jam "I Want You" would've been just as pissed at the 1983 original for having synths. ^ Catling, Simon Jay (21 June 2010). "Washed Out". The Quietus. Retrieved 1 May 2015. The most notable pillage is Gary Low's 1983 Italo disco ...
Apr 1, 2024 · This list of the top italo disco bands in the world includes all musicians who have released recordings that have gotten distribution, and is an up-to-date list. Italo disco groups and artists are shown below along with any additional genres in which their music belongs.
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Dec 1, 2020 · In the UK, the history of Italo is usually mediated by a number of big-name eighties acts, specifically Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, and Depeche Mode. They frame the legacy of Italo in a way that tends to position it as inferior to these higher budget appropriations of the Bobby O electro-pop, which New Order made famous with ‘Blue Monday’ in 1983.
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
- Giorgio Moroder – A Love Affair. The one Italo artist on this list I could never be embarrassed of. The one I appreciate so much I listened to his greatest hits underwater while exploring coral reefs in Thailand.
- Paul Paul – Good Times. We go from bad dreams to good times with good old Paul Paul at number 2. This song was ahead of its time. Next to our number 1, this is the most musically accomplished song on the list.
- Alan Cook – Bad Dreams. Holy shit, those dance moves are beyond comprehension, his mullet is pretty impressive too and a lot subtler than Limahl’s. He may have the name of a balding English plumber, but in reality, he is actually a confident tanned sack of overactive Italian testosterone and the eighties personified in a man.
- Radiorama – Aliens. Radiorama have a history musing on the nature of mythological creatures. They’ve also done Yeti’s and Vampires but I consider their work on Aliens to be their seminal, most accomplished work.
Oct 13, 2014 · Image via Complex Original. Year: 1983. Label: American Disco. "Penguin Invasion" is the biggest track from the Italo disco group Scotch, who were big in Europe but not at all in North America. I ...
Apr 11, 2019 · 1. 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. The computers hadn't...
