Studios

Mondial Sound, Musicland, Logic Studios - where the sound was cooked.

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Tracks

"Belye rozy": how a 1988 song became the main one

1986, Orenburg. Sergei Kuznetsov returns home from the first performance of the group Laskovyy Mai - a New Year's concert at Boarding School No. 2. The next morning he picks up a red pen and writes the song "Belye rozy" (White Roses) in 15 minutes. Yura Shatunov, who will sing it, is 13 years old.

Producers

Celso Valli: a producer of Italian disco

Celso Valli - Italian arranger and producer who worked with Azoto, Raf, Matia Bazar and at Fonoprint studio. From "San Salvador" to "Self Control": how his classical training shaped the Italo Disco sound.

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Artists

Giorgio Moroder: the Munich Sound basement that cut the 70s

Musicland Studios ran from 1969 to 1992 in the basement of Munich's Arabella hotel - no windows, no daylight. Moroder cut Donna Summer, Queen, the Stones and Led Zeppelin here. And in 1977 he invented Moog↔MC-8 CV/Gate sync here - the MIDI prototype, ten years early.

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Studios

The Milan Studios Where the Sound Was Cooked

A tour of the '80s Milan studios where classic Italo Disco hits were recorded - from tiny basement rooms to legendary professional complexes.

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