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Italo Disco
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Primary Stylistic Influences: Disco, Synth-Pop, Progressive Rock Secondary Stylistic Influences: Early Electronic Music, Electronic Rock, New Wave Music Italo-disco is a genre of electronic dance music from The '80s mostly derived from Disco, Europop and Progressive music. It originated from Italy, hence the name. Italo-disco descended from the sustained popularity of Disco in Europe after its presumed death in North America. Before that, many Europeans made songs featuring synthesizers in pop and dance styles, in part due to the high costs of live orchestras. Giorgio Moroder and Cerrone popularized the use of synthesizer, electronic drum in disco. Italo-disco also used vocoders. The "Space disco" subgenre used space themes. Prominent Italian disco musicians that influenced Italo-disco include Celso Valli, Claudio Simonetti, Mauro Malavasi, Stefano Pulga, Pino D'Angiò, and the La Bionda brothers. Definitions of Italo-disco vary over whether the genre began in the 1970s or as late as 1982. In the early 1980s, a sound that is now widely defined as Italo-disco developed, which was influenced by not only Italian music tastes but also by the UK music scene at the time. The breakthrough year of "Spaghetti Disco" was 1983, when many of the most acclaimed songs (commercially and/or receptively) came out. As the next years were the heydays of the biggest artists, there were also increased commercialization and production quality, in addition to Euro-disco production booming in nearby countries, mainly Germany. Some Italo-disco releases that made it to Latin America, eastern Europe, and the Pacific Asian nations became iconic hits in these places. The golden age of Italo-disco died down at the end of the 1980s when the Italo-dance, Eurobeat and Italo-house genres grew. As its popularity reached parts of Europe, non-Italian artists produced their own similar-styled songs that may be labeled "Euro-disco" or even "Italo-disco". Italo-disco is different from disco music most people are familiar with. While it borrows elements from traditional disco, its use of synths is principal; Italo-disco does not feature the Philadelphia sound, one common difference being drum beats replaced by drum machines, especially after the early 1980s. Italo-disco is more catchy and melancholic, and may feature arpeggios. The dominant language is English, and many artists used English-language stage names, with Spanish being the second most popular language due to Spain's status as a destination for fun and fiesta. A vast amount of Italo-disco songs are about love, and also substantially, the genre's songs sound like they're straight from science fiction due to the electro sounds predominantly found in the earlier songs and the "spacesynth" subgenre. Most singles from Italy have instrumental versions. The genre's sound can be confused as Synth-Pop to unfamiliar listeners. Subgenres include the highly instrumental "spacesynth" and a dark wave one. In the late 1980s some songs have samba-like sounds and a faster tempo, signaling the transition to Eurobeat. (Japan received more exposure to Italo-disco in this time period in a prelude to the Eurobeat movement) The genre has regional differences within Europe. In contrast to Italian tracks, German tracks may be more melodic and contain Schlager elements; sometimes it's described as a style derived from the group Modern Talking. In Spain, their songs may have happier tones and higher pitch synths, and are also called the "Sabadell Sound". Italo-disco fans have disputed over the inclusion of non-Italian and post-1980s tracks under the Italo-disco name. The genre never entered mainstream popularity in the Anglosphere due to possible backlash, the confusing and cheesy English lyrics, and the poor music export record of Italy and other nations, but a number of those that did get released there became big hits, such as Baltimora's "Tarzan Boy"note Probably the most famous Italo-disco song, Laura Branigan's "Self Control", and Taffy's "I Love My Radio". Chicago had abundant radio airplay and DJ shows with Italo-disco; the genre was one of the musical forces that helped spawn House Music in the Windy City and Techno in Detroit. Other releases entered club, party, or radio ranks, although in Southern California many songs were played faster at 45 rpm in conjunction with the Hi-NRG music scene, except in the following demographic. The genre comprised a substantial part of a music phenomenon called "Asian New Wave" in Asian communities in North America, particularly the Vietnamese. Italo-disco has similarities to freestyle, an electronic dance genre from the States. Some songs from North American artists such as Bobby Orlando, Gino Soccio, and Lime have been occasionally labeled as Italo-disco. In the turn of the millennium, a reemergence of interest in Italo-disco began, partly due to mixes and other releases from the Dutch label Viewlexx and the online radio station Cybernetic Broadcasting System (succeeded by Intergalactic FM). The genre continues to enjoy renewed interest, among reasons thanks to American artists like Chromatics, Glass Candy and Johnny Jewel operating out of Washington state's Italians Do It Better label. There is a movement of new Italo-disco songs by old and new artists since the 2000s, although the genre remains in obscurity or nostalgia in Italy. A handful of original stars have also done concerts in various places such as eastern Europe and the Asian New Wave locales. Many original 80's songs are available on digital music stores, CD's and streaming services, and some rare releases are receiving vinyl represses by labels in Italy and abroad. Poland still enjoys Italo-disco after the 80s, resulting their own genre called Disco-polo. The soundtrack to the 2011 film Drive (2011) had an Italo-disco inspired soundtrack largely composed by Cliff Martinez. Some Vapor Wave and Future Funk songs sample Italo-disco songs (aided by the popularity of Italo-disco in Japan, to the point where Cover Versions of "Give Me Up" by Michael Fortunati are a J-Pop staple), not to mention Synthwave being partly inspired by Italo. According to Google Trends, people looking up Italo-disco tend to come from eastern Europe and some Spanish-speaking countries, which also reflects the demographics of the commenters in Italo-disco YouTube videos. One book made note of Italo-disco's influence in Russian pop music. The German label ZYX Music owns the rights to a high percentage of the Italo-disco releases from the 1980s, after it acquired the catalogs of prominent labels such as Discomagic, Time Records, Memory Records, Il Discotto, and Sensation Records. (Discomagic controlled Sensation Records and distributed Time Records releases) In Spain, most contemporary Italo-disco compilations are from Blanco y Negro Music. |
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Documentary: Italo Disco Legacy (2017) is one of the most notable documentaries dedicated to the genre. | |
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"Shadilay" by P.E.P.E., an Italian-sung single, was posted to 4chan in September 2016 and has since been adopted as an anthem by the Pepe/Kek and political alt-right movements. The single's disc label, which depicts◊ the Magic Sound frog holding a magician's wand, also gave rise to the phrase "meme magic" for meme-related examples of Life Imitates Art. | |
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"Camel by Camel" by Sandy Marton was popularized after being used in a pornographic Animal Crossing fan animation by prolific NSFW animator ZONE. | |
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Albert One, the primary stage name of Alberto Carpani, is based on the name "Albertone" (big Albert), which happens to be the Italian name for Fat Albert. | |
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