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Mito - Droid (amazing, sounds like Morricone gone disco)

― snowballing, Wednesday, 28 April 2004 08:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Here's another vote for the Cybernetic Broadcasting System over at http://www.cbs.nu/ - they play a load of fantastic old electro-disco stuff on their radio thing.

― steve w, Wednesday, 28 April 2004 11:16 (nineteen years ago) link

my mid 80s big drum faves are

Video feat. Buckelew-Hey Boy (as opposed to Video's Hey Girl)
Taffy-I Love My Radio (midnight radio)
Fun Fun-Happy Station

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm listening to the cbs radio stream right now. they're playing pretty tony's jam the box.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 17:03 (nineteen years ago) link

if you look at the c-b-s site, you'll see much of the music is streamed from mp3s supplied by pappawheelie, esp. if you're hearing miami bass, classic disco or proto-freestyle stuff.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link

and check out the last of the 4 sponsors with a little web-banner, of course...

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link

ronan the guy out of selecta records has an italo disco mix doing the rounds,its a good laugh,i dont know the guy personally but judging from the amount of people who have the mix he must be banging out copies to all and sundry

― robin (robin), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 23:23 (nineteen years ago) link

Great thread! I downloaded Mixed up in The Hague yesterday and am really curious about it (haven't yet listened). I live in The Hague and had seen the cd in the library, but I got fooled by the cover, which looked extremely amateuristic. Will look if they have volume 2 as well...

― Rudolf (Rudolf), Thursday, 29 April 2004 07:02 (nineteen years ago) link

I love that ridiculous drum roll (well, kind of drum roll) in "hey hey guy" to bits :-)

― Rudolf (Rudolf), Thursday, 29 April 2004 07:04 (nineteen years ago) link

three months pass...

Anyone know anything about a group called Bingo (or "the Amazing Bingo Band")? I just got this 12" from '79 by them: "Dragster" b/w "Power Music." It's outstanding.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 03:47 (nineteen years ago) link

I recommend the absolutely essential "Club 80's Italia" (from french label Wagram) compilation.

― daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 19:07 (nineteen years ago) link

A real must...
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity.
It rocks - pardon, it 'italodiscoes'! :)

― f*lippo, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 23:30 (nineteen years ago) link

four months pass...

RONAN

if you're there, the track I was talking about a while back, I found it out, remember I mentioned about an italo track with a phone ringing in it and thought it was one of the great tracks ever:

ken lazslo, 'hey hey guy'

― cºzen (Cozen), Sunday, 26 December 2004 22:48 (nineteen years ago) link

valerie dore's arthurian song cycle, the legend!

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 27 December 2004 00:15 (nineteen years ago) link

kay franzes' "i work the weekend" is one of my favorite tracks right now.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 27 December 2004 00:21 (nineteen years ago) link

valerie dore's arthurian song cycle, the legend!

i LOVE "lancelot"! and i'm encouraged that the rest of her medieval stuff is great too :)

oh by the way, anyone who has ever posted to this thread needs to check out http://disco80.ru IMMEDIATELY - it's all in russian but if you feel around for awhile you'll find a link to full clips of italo disco music videos that are simly indescribable. i highly recommend the dschinghis khan performances and scotch's "mirage (la luna)" video as well (a melange of all the cheesiest possible '80s video techniques).

― joseph (joseph), Monday, 27 December 2004 05:25 (nineteen years ago) link

by the way, despite having seen all these videos, i'm still not convinced that the people who performed/sang these songs are anything other than big-haired european robots.

― joseph (joseph), Monday, 27 December 2004 05:27 (nineteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

REVIVE! I just got a hold of (thru EBAY) a 3 hr. DVD-R comp of Italo videos
and performances that melted my brain after watching about 1/2 hour.
Mostly the poppier stuff, like Fun Fun/Magazine 60/My Mine/Den Harrow, but
so so incredible.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 23:46 (eighteen years ago) link

feel free to bring me a copy!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 28 July 2005 00:12 (eighteen years ago) link

You got a DVd burner, senor?

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, 28 July 2005 00:20 (eighteen years ago) link

yes I do.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 28 July 2005 00:24 (eighteen years ago) link

four weeks pass...

can anyone else get these videos to work? because i cant :(

― minna (minna), Saturday, 27 August 2005 03:39 (eighteen years ago) link

― PaulB, Saturday, 27 August 2005 03:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Try this torrent for low risk Italo electro...

― js (honestengine), Saturday, 27 August 2005 04:26 (eighteen years ago) link

OK, they're very obvious, but I can't see them mentioned anywhere on the thread, and they ARE stupendous:

Charlie - Spacerwoman
Lectric Workers - Robot is Systematic

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Saturday, 27 August 2005 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Nice to see this thread coming back! Getting more and more of the stuff posted above.

My favo track at the mo is: Torrevado "Living in the shuttle"
The guy's English is just hysterical!

LIIIIVIIIING IN DA SHAAAATLLE!

Radiorama are also great for poor English. Check their "Aliens". They make it sound like "AHHHHLIENS".

also, I got a video of this Italo-piss take:

Zlad! "Elektronik supersonik"

I don't know who this guy really is, but it's fucking brilliant!

― Rudolf (Rudolf), Sunday, 28 August 2005 11:06 (eighteen years ago) link

five months pass...

I just got this gem in from Amazon. I can't even get to the second disc cause the first one is so good. "Don't Wake Me Up" by J.D. Jaber may be my favorite Italo track of all time for this week.

― matt2 (matt2), Monday, 13 February 2006 17:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Does anyone know anything about this Kano feller? I listened to "Ikeya Seki" on repeat for about two weeks last month.

― Michael A Neuman (Ferg), Monday, 13 February 2006 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

was mr flagio's "take a chance" bootlegged or reissued or compiled on vinyl anywhere? looking for a copy, & it seems to be pretty thin on the ground for a really famous track . . .

― etc, Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:29 (eighteen years ago) link

fun fun "gimme somne loving"
sorry steve winwood but i prefer this hi-nrg cover.

― salerno, Thursday, 16 March 2006 06:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Take a Chance was reissued probably a few times on ZYX "italo disco classics" 12"s, at least, that's how I got it, the original is more rare. If you can't find one of those, I'm sure it'll be bootlegged in a week or two, probably as some shitty edit where they remove all the vocals, compress everything and press it really shittily.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 16 March 2006 07:24 (eighteen years ago) link

"Mastered directly from the MP3!"

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 16 March 2006 07:28 (eighteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

what's the deal with Discomanic anyway - another 'fools you into thinking it was really made in 1982' thing, but surely one of the better ones (tho apparently 'Jupiter's Delight' is even better)? i think it's right up there with 'Passion' and 'Heat You Up (Melt You Down)', but there is a lot of stuff mentioned on this thread i still have not heard either.

download SYD mixes here

― 2 american 4 u (blueski), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Viewlexx is I-F's label, he and his Cybernetic Broadcasting System are probably the epicenter of the nu-italo revival. Quality stuff.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Here's tracklist to a mix I made recently of some favorites:
"I Don't Believe" by Carol Kane
"True Faith" by New Order
"Love In Your Eyes" by Humphrey Robertson
"Love Sign" by Gatsby
"Don't Lose Your Heart Tonight" by Joy Peters
"Call My Name" by Lisa G.
"Don't Cry Tonight" by Savage
"Just A Story" by Mike Rogers
"Hold Me Tight" by Katy Gray
"The Night" by Valerie Dore
"I'll Be By Your Side" by Sally Shapiro

― jared karnoval (leopoldo), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 21:35 (seventeen years ago) link

"Don't Cry Tonight" by Savage - ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG!

― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link

hunt these down, you will not be disappointed

Playboy by Venise
No More Visions by Sly and Hunter

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 23:47 (seventeen years ago) link

here are four really fun, introductory type mixes available for download. the first three are by my DJ partner and friend Robert Robot Hustle! the other is from some German label's website. either way, they are pretty decent.

http://www.badbotsattack.com/Disco%20Crush%20Part%201.mp3

http://www.badbotsattack.com/Disco%20Crush%20Part%202.mp3

http://www.badbotsattack.com/bailando.mp3

other tracks of the moment:

Roni Griffith - "Spys"
Vivian Vee - "Give Me a Break" (Simonetti production!)
Rofo - "Flashlight on a Disco Night"
Gazebo - "Midnight Cocktail"
Ryan Paris - "Dolce Vita"

http://www.in-stadtmagazine.de/ec-mixes/interfunk-madinitaly.mp3

― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 00:46 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.badbotsattack.com/Disco%20Crush%20Part%201.mp3

http://www.badbotsattack.com/Disco%20Crush%20Part%202.mp3

http://www.badbotsattack.com/bailando.mp3

other tracks of the moment:

Roni Griffith - "Spys" (1st Bobby Orlando production? the bit from "Passion" by the Flirts just keeps trotting in throughout the entire fucking record, haha)

Vivian Vee - "Give Me a Break" (Simonetti production!)

Rofo - "Flashlight on a Disco Night"

Gazebo - "Midnight Cocktail"

Ryan Paris - "Dolce Vita"

http://www.in-stadtmagazine.de/ec-mixes/interfunk-madinitaly.mp3

― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 00:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Flashlight on a Disco Night is a personal fave of mine, though I only have it on a Studio 57 comp.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 01:50 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, i love that track. the other day i was at Open Mind Records (fantastic San Francisco spot), and they had a big pile of used stuff. this was in there ... excellent condition. i think it was $4-5. also, i heard a RUMOR that the De Wulf who produced this was the same one involved with Music Man Records for his famous B-Sides series. although that makes no sense to me.

― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 02:09 (seventeen years ago) link

lovin' "donna rouge" by fake at the moment

― joseph (joseph), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 02:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I like that for the guitars. Really "rocking"!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 05:22 (seventeen years ago) link

cameron, does open mind have a decent old disco type selection? i stopped going there for a really long time and just by chance went in there recently and found a record i've been looking for for years (amina claudine myers - song for mother e).

― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 05:59 (seventeen years ago) link

i usually go to streetlight in the castro for old super gay disco 12"s. i wish they had listening stations.

― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 06:00 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...

Alexander Robotnick! "Dance Boy Dance" is really good, among others.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Friday, 5 January 2007 03:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, I just found it, but http://www.italo-disco.net/ has some nice free songs for download on the front page.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Friday, 5 January 2007 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link

slsk

― PappaWheelie MMCMXL (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 5 January 2007 03:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Torrents for two 44-track volumes of vintage Italo Disco are up at Mininova now, and a lot of the names in this thread are represented.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 5 January 2007 05:40 (seventeen years ago) link

this SYD 'Just Like Music' vol 1 mix is so sweet.

― reverto levidensis (blueski), Friday, 12 January 2007 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link

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that Expansives track is so great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZvEp-fpjEY

― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Sunday, 7 January 2018 09:31 (six years ago) link

three months pass...

I was just about to come here to post the Expansives track. So awesome

― skip, Monday, 30 April 2018 06:20 (five years ago) link

Might fit in better in a Cosmic Disco thread but these videos are lush:

http://www.electronicbeats.net/the-feed/italy-discos-abandoned/

― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 10 May 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link

two months pass...

I’ve been playing Check-Up Twins all day.

https://youtu.be/HAVzIZYge_k

― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Sunday, 29 July 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link

two years pass...

Gucci (yes, that Gucci) and Frieze collaborate on an italo disco fantasy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp7pE0k5BBQ

"The film imagines a universe where mid ’80s New York runs riot for the latest italo releases and Campari fountains are installed by Presidential decree. It presents the genre in all its glamour and artifice, celebrating its anonymous stars who sang in borrowed English under invented American names."

― skip, Monday, 14 September 2020 14:56 (three years ago) link

whoah

― dan selzer, Monday, 14 September 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link

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