80s Italo Disco POX

My bad, it’s still Bandcamp Friday isn’t it.

https://goodymusicproduction.bandcamp.com/album/space-operator

There's a ton of awesome retro/pastiche italo around, like this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twbw2JvvIWg

Sure I don’t doubt there are multiple threads dedicated solely to Italians Do It Better. Donato Dozzy tho, it’s like we’ve come full circle. I just noticed the YouTube link I posted is only a preview but the full track is in the Bandcamp link sorry.

Giulia Tess is an interesting Italian DJ who I’ve heard mix some italo with other styles. The most recent mix I heard from her was headed in a trancey breaks direction tho, hopefully that was just some exploration.

Sadly it does seem like the (‘nu’) disco edit movement is slowly merging with prog house.

Guess it’s like my OG DJ friend told me when I asked her about when trance started to infiltrate house music dance floors, how she could tell what was trance and she said she knew it was trance when she heard the whooshy sounds (they were pretty similar initially).

cosmic disco - whooshy sounds - trance - prog house

a pure slice of disco faboulosity! Yes, I want to funk with you, Sylvester, thought you'd never ask!!

Sylvester - Do you want to funk with me (video mix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ9lXRy7ys0

My friend played me the vinyl of this last night, a track I hadn't heard in years, and I've listened to it about 20 times today. It is perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXNe1vQNQ5k

It’s a good one! Instrumental is nice too, it popped up on my playlist earlier this year. Synths remind me of early/Please-era Pet shop boys.

Just came across this nice slow track - Schiffer "Get It Right"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFYNESk9GKc

Vocals (by Albert one?) are a bit too sleepy on that for me, so I prefer the other mix, but the production / synth melodies are classic!

This thread is delivering! Just catching up and after hearing Dozzy remix italo I know want to see him DJing stuff like it for 5 hours. I started searching and noticed a year ago he put out a dreamy synth-pop too> https://raster-raster.bandcamp.com/album/il-quadro-di-troisi

Love the Lisa G and Schiffer tunes posted too.

Anachronistic question: any recommendations for essential compilations in 2021? In one of the other threads here someone recommended the Italo Dance Classics series, and then ZYX has a zillion comps of what I imagine are varying quality. Wish there were a comp that had both sides of B.W.H.'s "Stop"/"Livin' Up" on it.

Hadn't heard this before. Instant classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJKvf5B772k
Agatha de Co - Avion de nuit (1988)

xp there’s this comp of Casco’s productions that has both BWH tracks: https://www.discogs.com/master/881058-Casco-The-Cyber-Album

That's a great track