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rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Sun May 15, 2011 9:54 pm

Oh and another classic everyone asked to be played:

MIKE MAREEN - LOVESPY Italo Disco Mix

Rob

Mac of BIOnighT · Post by **Mac of BIOnighT** » Sun May 15, 2011 10:35 pm

rob_lee wrote:SILVER POZZOLI - Around My Dream

By the way and a bit off topic, Silver (Silvio) Pozzoli, under the name of Ypsilon, also sang the theme song for the Italian edition of a Japanese cartoon

Sorry, couldn't find a decent quality video (this has something wrong at the beginning of the track and messes up the rhythm and sounds pretty crappy), it's a great song if you can listen to it with the original quality (and yes, quite obviously inspired by Boney M's Rasputin, who cares, it's great just the same

)

Italian theme songs for Japanese cartoons from the 70's and 80's is a genre that enjoys a wide following of fans here (I'm among them).

__K__ · Post by **__K__** » Sun May 15, 2011 10:44 pm

I adore the italo disco style.
Got in contact with it when I was ~10 years old back in the 80s.
In sweden we had a series of italo mixes called 'max mix' (1 to 9).
Lots of the very best gems are on those.
Regards,
/Kristofer

Mac of BIOnighT · Post by **Mac of BIOnighT** » Sun May 15, 2011 11:37 pm

__K__ wrote:I adore the italo disco style.
Got in contact with it when I was ~10 years old back in the 80s.
In sweden we had a series of italo mixes called 'max mix' (1 to 9).
Lots of the very best gems are on those.
Regards,
/Kristofer

I believe a song called Ballerina was by a Swedish band, right? That's beautiful - did it ever come out on CD (not mixed with others and from the original master)?

Timfonie · Post by **Timfonie** » Mon May 16, 2011 4:20 pm

(real Italian Italo

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dlr_cml · Post by **dlr_cml** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:24 pm

A couple of my favourites:

Atrium - Dr. Jekyll

Hot Cold - I can hear your voice

Ago - Computer (In my mind)

djpuzzle · Post by **djpuzzle** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:57 pm

Lime - Angel Eyes was my jam back when I was a teen. Couldn't get enough of that analog drum Tom fill.

KungKrille · Post by **KungKrille** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:30 pm

I found Proxyon among my old records (not uploaded by me though):

And then we have Hypnosis version of JMJ's Oxygene:

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:52 pm

Hypnosis, you say? That's a blast from the past. I always loved this cut, just a really nice electronic dance track (with some very obvious influences there) plus the solo at 3:31 is a really nice touch and takes it further away from Italo Disco for me. Then more solos from 5:10. I just wish the solos were longer! :

tony tony chopper · Post by **tony tony chopper** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:25 am

And name some artists from this genre that I should know about

Miku!

Mac of BIOnighT · Post by **Mac of BIOnighT** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:33 am

Hatsune Miku made an italo disco track? Cool!

osiris · Post by **osiris** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:33 pm

Did anyone mention this:

(I still have this, and still play it.)

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:42 pm

When it comes to Fun Fun I really like 'Happy Station', which has some very cool sounds, which is generally unusual for Italo Disco.

And hear those vocal edits. Is this the real precursor to the Stutter Effect? You thought BT did it first? Nah! It was Fun Fun!

osiris · Post by **osiris** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:22 pm

I'd be happy to debate that with you. I heard on this song way back when:

It's from the album Giorgio Moroder produced for her. I have the Hot Tracks (DJ Service) remix of it, but can't find a video anywhere. This is as close as I can get. Listen at 2:30. There's much more on the remix.
The actual first time I ever heard it used was here:

It's toward the end. It's also the first time I ever heard someone speaking lyrics (rapping). It preceded Blondie's Rapture by a few years.

racing4mat · Post by **racing4mat** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:36 pm

I know it's an old thread, but couldn't resist..
This I should mention as my italo-disco hymn at that time

KATA - Fires In The night

of course there are many but this nice 2-releases band from near Firenze

Common Sense - Babylon

Those unforgettable years...

So Who In KVR Likes Italo Disco?