Oddities and Scandals of the Era
The loudest and funniest stories from '80s Italo Disco - from the unmasking of "singing" artists to authorship disputes and onstage disasters.
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'80s Fashion: Glitter, Blazers, Teased Hair
The visual code of the Italo Disco era - how the stars dressed, what the audience wore, and why '80s style is back in fashion.
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How Italo Disco Was Born
The story of a genre born out of the ashes of American disco that got all of '80s Europe dancing - from first experiments to global phenomenon.
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Memory Records and the Bianchi Brothers
The story of a family label that released Italo Disco's defining hits - from Raf's "Self Control" to Gazebo's career.
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Italo Disco Behind the Iron Curtain
How Italo Disco became the soundtrack for Soviet and Eastern European youth in the '80s - under-the-counter records, tape copies, and the genre's cult status in the USSR.
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The Italo Disco Revival of the 2010s
How a forgotten '80s genre unexpectedly came back into fashion - from Sally Shapiro to The Weeknd, we look at the second life of Italo Disco.
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The Sunset of the Genre: What Went Wrong
Why Italo Disco lost its audience in the late '80s - a look at formula fatigue, the arrival of house and techno, and other reasons behind the decline.
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Why Italy?
Why the Italo Disco genre was born in Italy rather than France, Germany, or Britain - the conditions that came together in the country in the early '80s.
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The Golden Era: 1983-1987
Five years when Italo Disco ruled European dance floors - the essential tracks, events, and producers of the genre's peak.
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