Modern Talking: a Phenomenon in the East German Audience
Why the German duo became a cult precisely in the Eastern Bloc - the story of Modern Talking and their special bond with the post-Soviet public.
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Biographies and portraits of Italo Disco, synth-pop and adjacent artists.
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Turkish Pop Music and Italo Disco
Ajda Pekkan, Sezen Aksu, Barış Manço built a unique hybrid of Italo Disco with Eastern melody. A little-known page of the genre's history beyond Europe.
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Kano: Robots From Milan
The story of one of Italo Disco's most interesting instrumental projects - Kano, whose electronic sound was ahead of its time.
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Polish Artists in Italo Disco Aesthetics
Papa Dance, Kombi, Urszula, Bajm - the Polish version of the Italo Disco phenomenon. How the local scene adapted a Western genre in an Eastern Bloc country with a softer regime.
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Miko Mission and His "How Old Are You"
The story of one of Italo Disco's most mysterious artists - Miko Mission, his unexpected age, and the hit all of Europe knew.
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Righeira: Brothers From the Beach
The story of the Italian duo whose "Vamos a la Playa" became the anthem of European beaches and one of the most recognizable tracks of the era.
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Stefano Pulga: the Invisible Producer
One of the most prolific yet little-known Italo Disco producers - the man who wrote dozens of hits but stayed in the shadows.
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Bad Boys Blue: an International German Trio
A trio from Cologne with members from the USA, UK, and the Antilles. L.O.V.E. in My Car and You're a Woman became era anthems, especially in Eastern Europe.
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Lian Ross: the German Voice of Italo Disco
Josephine Hiebel under the Lian Ross name recorded 1985's "Fantasy" - one of the main female hits of German-Italian Italo Disco. A cult in Eastern Europe through the 2020s.
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Scotch and Their "Disco Band"
The story of one of the main Italian groups of the early '80s, whose hit "Disco Band" became a genre classic and a calling card of a whole era.
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Jock Hattle Band: a Forgotten Page of the Genre
The story of an Italian team that nearly vanished from the radar, whose work today is known only to collectors and real genre enthusiasts.
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Joe Yellow: the Tracks Everyone Knows
A selection of the mysterious Italian artist's main compositions - tracks that became '80s disco classics even as their author's name stayed in the shadows.
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Silver Pozzoli and His Only Hit
The story of "From You To Me" - one of Italo Disco's most recognizable tracks, and the man who recorded it and disappeared.
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Radiorama: Who Was Behind the Hits
The story of one of Italo Disco's most successful projects - Radiorama, where a production team built several generations of hits under a single brand.
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Valerie Dore: Queen of the Synths
One of the few female stars of Italo Disco and her mysterious career - from the hit "The Night" to her unexpected 2010s return.
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Sandy Marton and Beach Romance
The story of a Croatian who became an Italian star and made the perfect soundtrack for summer vacations - from "People From Ibiza" to today's concerts.
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Gazebo: Architect of Melancholy
Why "I Like Chopin" became the Italo Disco manifesto - the story of Paul Mazzolini, one of the genre's most unusual artists.
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