Oh man the Italian dream house comp is so lovely
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 00:56 (six years ago) link
Will try to check in on this thread. I don't know enough to even approach a novice, but the Strings of Love's "Nothing Has Been Proved" cover was one of my favourite singles of the '90s. (That counts, right? I looked up the producers and it appears to.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zErjqOlHWqU
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 01:43 (six years ago) link
joy so boxy
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 02:46 (six years ago) link
_ so jeddy
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 06:53 (six years ago) link
let's have some more today:
Double Dealers feat Opi Williams - My Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btvBIlyM1Qs
love the jazzy piano melody on this, its delicate sophistication a foil to the brashly growled vocals
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
Outdance - Sweet Lips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2QZIbjaQR8
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 18:26 (six years ago) link
My favourite one by him isn't on Youtube but here's a couple by Sasha (not to be confused with UK Sasha).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=lseVlZK6bec
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 18:42 (six years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=134&v=ne87dPgWQ54
oops. sorry for the non appearing vids.
another Heartbeat classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWl2alN1BHs
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx6mF3MUuCg
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 18:53 (six years ago) link
oops again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72L6ZOl8JRo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20m-PbmBBOU
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:55 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_7IAoZ8PN4
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:59 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-8PEhyxz3I
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 11:01 (six years ago) link
This one will probably be familiar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLUHtb0p97Q
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 11:04 (six years ago) link
thread connections! from a Mark E Smith Invisible Jukebox, linked here: RIP Mark E. Smith
What current music do you listen to?
Just Italian Rave really. It's got a lot of guts to it.
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 11:54 (six years ago) link
Smooth use of Kariya sample from the excellently named Shafty: Deep Inside (of You)
https://youtu.be/nHCFRqiMp4k
― i know kore-eda (or something), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:19 (six years ago) link
(why can't I embed anymore?)
― i know kore-eda (or something), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:24 (six years ago) link
Are you trying from phone? Your url looks like it could be a shortened mobile version or something with the youtu.be bit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHCFRqiMp4k
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
Yeah that'll be it, cheers
― i know kore-eda (or something), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
just saw this has been reissued
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_NlcjXf1pE
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 21:27 (six years ago) link
A lot of this stuff is too tasteful for me. I prefer the cheesier, hands-in-the-air stuff. This one is dreamy and just slightly embarassing. Really bold melody and angelic (you'll see) vocals.
Collapse - My Love (Ambient Drops mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYXxTdmeCt4
― DigitalDjigit, Thursday, 8 February 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
did you peeps catch this news?
https://preview.ibb.co/nGTLXS/Capture.jpg
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Monday, 16 April 2018 12:38 (six years ago) link
:D
― nxd, Monday, 16 April 2018 12:40 (six years ago) link
Hip in Adriatic 89
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgYMIKlNyqU
needs an edit;)
― saer, Monday, 16 April 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
sweet! i didn't even know there was a volume 2!
― marcos, Monday, 16 April 2018 13:12 (six years ago) link
volumes 1 and 2 were just the initial release split over two separate double albums for the vinyl. if your listening on spotify etc, you've got 1 and 2 right there
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Monday, 16 April 2018 13:19 (six years ago) link
you're
!!!!
― boxedjoy, Monday, 16 April 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
ah ok
― marcos, Monday, 16 April 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link
vol iii details here:
https://safe-trip.org/products/various-welcome-to-paradise-89-93-vol-3
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Friday, 4 May 2018 13:14 (six years ago) link
Can't wait
― groovypanda, Saturday, 5 May 2018 06:35 (six years ago) link
Volume III is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpkfbHPrEBU
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 13:47 (six years ago) link
my copy's in the post!
― Neil S, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 13:49 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDAx3u53P8I
― mmmm, Thursday, 28 June 2018 11:56 (five years ago) link
SLD - Gettin' Out. All a bit obvious for this thread but unmistakably Italian.
― mmmm, Thursday, 28 June 2018 11:57 (five years ago) link
perfect music for these hot humid days
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s92FO_SnCA
Montego Bay - Everything (Paradise Mix)
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
big mood today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlFKMH5M78
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 09:34 (five years ago) link
devastated to discover that Youtube user pepsimaxoldskool (aka the person who uploaded all the best examples of this) seems to have had their account terminated :(
― boxedjoy, Monday, 22 July 2019 21:14 (four years ago) link
Is Last Rhythm too obvious? For me, time does not dilute its beauty
https://youtu.be/GY9k3B1PG20
― the article don, Monday, January 29, 2018 2:29 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
HUGE jam
― brimstead, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
Language - I Can't Stop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aidvb0pZCy0
English not Italian, but the rules said you could have 3 foreign players
― saer, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:40 (four years ago) link
Only just checked out vol III of the Welcome to Paradise series which covers 90-94. So lovely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xg1OEOK8Wk
― chap, Thursday, 17 June 2021 11:37 (three years ago) link
Oops, meant to post this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHTInZ_Ey1I
Vol. 1 is still my favorite back-to-back but the other two are great, too.
YM has just released Planet Love Vol. 1 on Safe Trip
― willem, Thursday, 17 June 2021 11:59 (three years ago) link
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:14 (two years ago)
the most correct I have ever been
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 17 June 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
Planet Love Vol 1 is exceptional, between this and the Virtual Dreams compilation on Music From Memory I feel like I want to be blissed out dancing on a beach
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 17 June 2021 20:28 (three years ago) link
^got it at the local record shop today, it is sounding fantastic in my garden :)
― willem, Saturday, 19 June 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
Cheers for that Planet Love rec
Also got a bit of a Northern Exposure feel to it
― groovypanda, Sunday, 20 June 2021 11:51 (three years ago) link
Oo, it's got These Waves on it. Sold.
― chap, Sunday, 20 June 2021 11:52 (three years ago) link
this compilation from this year looks cool: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Ciao-Italia-Generazioni-Underground/release/19120840
― brimstead, Sunday, 20 June 2021 22:00 (three years ago) link
These are fun but I almost prefer the cheap DFC compilations which don’t remove all the traces of cheese and vocals and ridiculous sound effects & such … not to be a purist but I feel like I don’t just want to hear melodic transcendence at such a rapid pace
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Monday, 21 June 2021 00:53 (three years ago) link
I feel like a lot of this stuff is cheesy in a different way - sentimental and grand rather than hands-in-the-air. These big emo chord pads are designed for ecstasy moments.
I think as well when you listen to a compilation of this stuff in one sitting it's great as a vibe, there's so much textural opulence - but this stuff wasn't designed to be consumed that way, these are dance music singles which are meant to interact and react to other stuff played around them. Something like "Kiss Me (Don't Be Afraid)" can sound dreamy and sensual, but pitch it up and play it inbetween other vocal stuff and it feels more like a crossover moment.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 21 June 2021 07:39 (three years ago) link
So. Planet Love Volume 2 came out a couple of months ago and it's every bit as good as Volume 1
https://safetrip.bandcamp.com/album/planet-love-vol-2-early-transmissions-1990-95
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GNd85m30Ps
― groovypanda, Thursday, 28 July 2022 08:28 (one year ago) link
bliss
― nxd, Thursday, 28 July 2022 13:39 (one year ago) link
did this get a mention here? the VENGABOYS go italo dream house, it's the last track on that one fucking album with all the hits, legit banger though tbh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu5dlM1hRToVengaboys - Paradise...
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 10 December 2022 14:29 (one year ago) link
and i'm not being ironic either, last half of that is purest bliss
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 10 December 2022 14:34 (one year ago) link
Bellissimo!
― saer, Saturday, 10 December 2022 17:20 (one year ago) link
Random find?
― saer, Saturday, 10 December 2022 17:25 (one year ago) link
no I would never have even thought of checking a venga record for good tracks! rufdug played it on his nts show a couple of weeks back. there is a promo 12" of it, but it goes for a bit more than you'd expect a vengaboys record to normally go for, so I think the magic digger elite already knew about this one. weird though eh? not sure how the vengabros worked but maybe this was ghostwritten by a more recognised name in the genre?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 10 December 2022 17:37 (one year ago) link
Even better at the wrong speedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AoQ9knWnKg
― groovypanda, Saturday, 10 December 2022 21:52 (one year ago) link
bloody hell, does the vengabus still operate a service and what time's the next one due?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 10 December 2022 22:19 (one year ago) link