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Sign upThe core of Disco Magic - Italo Disco of the 80s: history, formula, artists.
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Why '80s music videos looked so ridiculous and gorgeous at the same time - the budget magic of Italo Disco clips, lasers, smoke machines, and models in shimmering outfits.
How the genre's classic hits land in 21st-century films and series - from "Stranger Things" to current arthouse pictures.
The story of Italy's main resort and its club scene - the place where Italo Disco culture took shape and where all of Europe danced.
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.
A breakdown of Italo Disco's vocabulary - why the English lyrics were so simple, and how broken language became part of the genre's charm.
The story of an Italian team that nearly vanished from the radar, whose work today is known only to collectors and real genre enthusiasts.
Professional techniques '80s recording engineers used to build the signature sound of Italian dance music.
1983 - the birth point of Italo Disco as a mass genre. I Like Chopin, Dolce Vita, Vamos a la Playa, Happy Children, Disco Band - ten defining compositions of the era.
The loudest and funniest stories from '80s Italo Disco - from the unmasking of "singing" artists to authorship disputes and onstage disasters.
The visual code of the Italo Disco era - how the stars dressed, what the audience wore, and why '80s style is back in fashion.
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.
1988 - the turning-point year of Italo Disco. Sabrina's All of Me, Bad Boys Blue's Lady in Black, Koto 3 - ten tracks on the edge of the classic era and the new Eurodance genre.
How Lexicon reverb processors created the signature "space" in the sound of Italo Disco and other genres of the decade.
The secret world of Italo Disco's invisible voices - who was actually singing in the hits we still enjoy today.
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.
The best full-length Italo Disco albums worth hearing end to end - from Gazebo to Savage, five records for a serious dive into the genre.
Italo Disco tracks that have unfairly slipped from memory - songs that were popular in their day but today are familiar only to specialists.
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