Fun Fun: Italo Disco's Main Female Duo
Ivana Spagna and Angela Parisi - a rare successful female duo in a genre dominated by male voices. Hits Happy Station and Baila Bolero, solo career, retro return.
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Sequential Prophet-5 and Italo Disco
The 1978 Sequential Prophet-5 - a cult polyphonic synth used by Michael Jackson and Prince. In Italo Disco it was deployed by premium studios.
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Sabrina and "Boys Boys Boys"
The story of one of the '80s' brightest Italian singers - the Italian whose "Boys Boys Boys" video became a cultural event discussed for years in the European press.
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Italo Disco in TikTok and Memes
How a genre from the '80s unexpectedly became part of internet culture - from viral TikTok clips to popular memes built on classic tracks.
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Lian Ross: the German Voice of Italo Disco
Josephine Hiebel under the Lian Ross name recorded 1985's "Fantasy" - one of the main female hits of German-Italian Italo Disco. A cult in Eastern Europe through the 2020s.
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The Strange and Beautiful Videos of Italo Disco
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.
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Italo Disco in Contemporary Film Soundtracks
How the genre's classic hits land in 21st-century films and series - from "Stranger Things" to current arthouse pictures.
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The Discotheques of Rimini: Where It All Happened
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.
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Scotch and Their "Disco Band"
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.
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Why the Lyrics Are So Naïve
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.
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Jock Hattle Band: a Forgotten Page of the Genre
The story of an Italian team that nearly vanished from the radar, whose work today is known only to collectors and real genre enthusiasts.
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Italo Disco Mixing Secrets
Professional techniques '80s recording engineers used to build the signature sound of Italian dance music.
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10 Best Italo Disco Tracks of 1983
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.
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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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Joe Yellow: the Tracks Everyone Knows
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.
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10 Best Italo Disco Tracks of 1988
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.
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