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Sign upBiographies and portraits of Italo Disco, synth-pop and adjacent artists.
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1985. The German label ZYX Records releases 'Colder Than Ice' - the voice of American Grant Miller, producer Fancy. American vocals in the German italo machine, cold sound and a bass line that never lets go.
1986, West Germany. ZYX Records releases the 12-inch maxi-single K.B. Caps "Do You Really Need Me" (ZYX 5516). Producer Cay Hume, arrangers Bendorff/Post/Leis/Pohle. Five singles in three years, a 1998 reissue, and silence. A studio project of German italo-disco without concerts or television.
28 November 1956, Massa, Tuscany: Roberto Zanetti is born - Savage as artist, Robyx as producer. From Don't Cry Tonight (1983, Germany #2) to Ice MC, Double You and Alexia in the 90s. Debunking the Eiffel 65 myth: Bliss Corporation was founded by other people.
1977: Meco and Space give the genre its name. But space disco was not built by them alone. From Cerrone and Dee D. Jackson to Latvian Zodiac and Italian Automat - a map of 15 projects, six countries and three peak years that are less known than Space and Rockets.
2004, Bonn: Cascada launches and within two years sells 30 million records. Eurodance of the 2000s is not a revival of the 90s formula but a mutation into hands up, vocal trance and dance-pop. A country-by-country breakdown: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain.
1983, Terni, Italy: the trio My Mine records Hypnotic Tango on Progress Record. Germany #5, 18 weeks in the chart. 7-inch 3:44, 12-inch 6:10. The song outlived its creators by 40 years: Bananarama interpolated it in 2005, Benny Benassi remixed it in 2023.
9 November 1949. Uwe-Michael Wischhoff - the future Mike Mareen. From Hamburg's Star-Club via the merchant navy to Eurodisco. Hits: Dancing in the Dark and Love Spy on ZYX.
1993. 2 Unlimited pushed No Limit to the top of the charts, and the genre got its name. Beyond the obvious names - Snap, Culture Beat, Haddaway - stood dozens of projects whose singles sold millions while producers hid behind studio walls.
December 1985: Silent Circle release "Touch in the Night" - #15 in Germany, 14 weeks in the chart. A West German trio: Tychsen, Breitung, Behrens. Producers Dietrich and Simons, label Blow Up. Ten tracks, charts and Russian popularity.
December 1984, Milan: Den Harrow was fronted by Stefano Zandri, but every vocal was tracked by American Tom Hooker on 1.5% royalties. Four years - 12M records, 240 shows a year. Italian TV exposed it in February 1988, two years before Milli Vanilli.
Musicland Studios ran from 1969 to 1992 in the basement of Munich's Arabella hotel - no windows, no daylight. Moroder cut Donna Summer, Queen, the Stones and Led Zeppelin here. And in 1977 he invented Moog↔MC-8 CV/Gate sync here - the MIDI prototype, ten years early.
The story of the Italian composer who worked with Dario Argento and at the same time created '80s dance hits - a rare synthesis of film and pop.
The story of the American vocalist who stood behind the main Den Harrow hits and dozens of other '80s Italo Disco projects.
One of the main Italo Disco producers - the man who gave the world "I Like Chopin" and built the sound of the genre's melancholy side.
Gian Pietro Ghezzi, aka Ken Laszlo, is one of the genre's most stable artists. Hits Tonight and Hey Hey Guy, work with Mauro Farina, active shows in 2024.
Antonio Esposito - a jazz percussionist from Naples who recorded one of Italo Disco's most unexpected hits. African kalimba, the Boney M cover, and the 2020s return.
Giorgio Moroder - the South Tyrolean Italian who invented the language of electronic dance music. Donna Summer, three Oscars, the sequencer bass, and a comeback with Daft Punk.
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