Thanks for the playlist, plenty of great ones I’d not heard before.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 8 November 2019 09:45 (four years ago) link
Some new discoveries for me from the Lost Italo/Euro Disco series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4JC-HV0uSc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucgMP3oZBak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGGGP-Dz0IE
― skip, Friday, 22 November 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
^^been *loving* that novecento track lately, that chorus is such a belter. was pleased to realize that it's the same vocalist who sings "the night" AND "call me mr. telephone"!
also very much obsessed with this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5xbcnaE9H0
― donna rouge, Monday, 2 March 2020 01:14 (four years ago) link
Not new to me, but they came up on shuffle, and I forgot how much they rock:
Gladiators - Quo Vadiz (fave lyric in the chorus: "We're the heroes / We are begging to fight")https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsVnTqmDBec
Gag - P.T. Dance (pretty sure I've been caught singing "He's Italian, little baby / Why you dance like penguin tiger?")https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldZw6wRxE0o
Re: Novecento - "Splendid Moment Together" is another great track with a wailer of a chorus
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 01:08 (four years ago) link
Very nice choices, I don't think I had heard either of those YouTube's, although I love Gags Flyin' Bolero which is such an incredibly atmospheric track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnb_9YgMN0Y
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 06:50 (four years ago) link
I feel the inspiration for “Flying Bolero” is the Kébekélektrik cover of “Bolero”—Gag’s version hints at the melody but never gives in. Cool A side though, yet another great one hit Italo wonder. I agree with the post above that this genre has seemingly no end of obscurities that turn out to be interesting*, especially if you factor in all the other strands of synth-dance that was happening around it. *high tolerance of cheese/kitsch often necessary
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
The Hysteric mix on last week's Beats In Space is full-on italo, many on the slower/dreamier side: https://beatsinspace.net/playlists/1044/
I definitely slept on the almost-balearic vibes of M Like Moon – Sunlight, what a great track. Feels like I've heard it before in some other context, but can't place it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpj7W5MgsoU
Also liked the slow mix of Diavolo and Fantasy's "Let’s Go For It"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARkA89zwAUE
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 01:27 (four years ago) link
Also, I do like the 2 new Ryan Paris/Sally Shapiro tracks (posted on the SS thread)
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 01:28 (four years ago) link
I have always wanted to try my own mix rather than just stringing together tracks on a CD and finally got around to making one... you gain some new respect for DJs who do this kind of thing live!
On soundcloud for the time being: https://soundcloud.com/user-429906735/babys-first-italo-mix
― skip, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
sounds good so far!
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
Nice work Skip. Agree with you about mixing italo live with the more variable structures (and tones). After initially learning DJing with (mostly) very linear house and techno tracks, learning to DJ earlier genres like italo were songs are valued as much as danceability, it definitely upped my DJ game. As a DJ who does not enjoy pre-preparing my set, my ability to think on my feet in the mix improved a lot.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 5 July 2020 09:26 (three years ago) link
Man I wish I could dance to these tracks in a club again… maybe next year…
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 5 July 2020 10:30 (three years ago) link
The lyrics for Attack - Can’t Stop are hilariously clumsy. I love it.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 5 July 2020 10:43 (three years ago) link
Thanks Chew. One more, which is going to be all for now because Soundcloud has a 180 minute limit ;)
https://soundcloud.com/user-429906735/slow-motion-italo-discomix
― skip, Monday, 6 July 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
Now that I'm listening to one of the mixes on soundcloud it sounds like garbage because of the bitrate... feel free to message if you want the full bitrate file.
― skip, Monday, 6 July 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
because I'm in a Modern Talking state of mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm12K2IVow4Modern Talking • Do You Wanna
a lot can be (and has been) said about their ESL lyrics, but I thinkI hear your heartbeat, heartbeat, heartbeatBegging me for moreOh, I need to hear that questionLike a dancer needs the flooris pretty great
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 08:56 (three years ago) link
A new favorite for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeVCFdcNFw4
― skip, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 16:40 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6SZQOeJVYw
― skip, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
have lately been loving this my mine track that's not 'hypnotic tango':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqM2VFvMlWw
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
love the susanne
new to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6T25SrEXXA
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
whoah my mine track is great
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 17:52 (three years ago) link
cool song and creepy cover art!
My Mine Zorro is a good one.
― skip, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:10 (three years ago) link
also digging this later valerie dore single (the last one under that name i think?) - could see it working in a balearic set
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po-EyG26nTU
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
A little nonplussed at first but what an awesome guitar at the end.
― skip, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
is this the only Italo Christmas song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpNWkKSA-GU
― timber euros (seandalai), Sunday, 20 December 2020 01:38 (three years ago) link
I DJ’d a few italo favourites among some other sonically related tracks recently on a video stream, here’s the watch again if people fancy a listen: https://www.timeline-music.co.uk/matthew-balaam-interleave-it-028-dec-2020/
Raggio Di Luna - CommancheroThe Real Deal - Salesman (Over-dub)Riccardo Cioni and DJ Full Time Band - Fog (Extended Mix)Azoto - Exalt ExaltTalko - Psyko FlashSalta and Roma - Doing ItDario Dell‘Aere - Eagles in the Night“Q” - The Voice of “Q”Gaz Nevada - I.C. Love Affair (Chinese Version)Fockewulf 190 - Body HeatEvelyn Barry - Take It As A Game (Instrumental)Kash in the East - KamaleioSandwizz - Hey Chicas! Hey Chicos! (Do You Wanna Sandwich) (Sandwich Flip)Tommy Walker III - Weak NeckDe-De-Mo - 'Cause I Need You 'Cause I Love You (Midnight Version)Ghibli - I’m Looking For You (Instrumental)Spellbound - ABCDEFGHIJLK.O.V.E., I Love You BabyTrans-X - Living on VideoMario Moretti - Danger In Deep SpaceMonarchy - The Phoenix Alive (Disco Bloodbath's Dalston Dub)Expansives - Life With YouCristina - Things Fall Apart
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 2 January 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
Nice. Some all-time faves in there.
― emil.y, Saturday, 2 January 2021 15:03 (three years ago) link
Thanks Emily, hope things are good with you.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 2 January 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
Awesome
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 January 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
awesome rare track (by a german producer, apparently?): Pat - Back to My Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSq8Qs6bhqk
― donna rouge, Saturday, 6 February 2021 00:24 (three years ago) link
Perfect
― Joses Chrust (map), Saturday, 6 February 2021 01:04 (three years ago) link
Apologies if this has already been posted in the thread but this mix is still up and downloadable. I honestly can't remember how I found this but I've been listening to it for years. Nostalgia for sunny mid 80s summers, even though I never (knowingly) heard any of these tracks at the time.https://soundcloud.com/neonjohnmusic/neon-vol-3-intermezzo-tranquilo
― Alternative Ulsterbus, Saturday, 6 February 2021 02:43 (three years ago) link
Pat - nice cheesy cut there.
Made a new mix, enjoy for the time being - Soundcloud doesn't have much storage space so it will probably disappear at some point. https://soundcloud.com/user-429906735/midnight-italo-madness-vol-3-underground
This was a new one to me, cool ~100 BPM track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsjhpOmvTUc
― skip, Sunday, 7 February 2021 01:57 (three years ago) link
Yeah I love that cover.. first heard it on this groovy bootleg : https://www.discogs.com/Various-Cosmic-Dancer-Voyage-One/release/480755
― brimstead, Sunday, 7 February 2021 04:52 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZds6oz8C54
― skip, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 02:43 (three years ago) link
repressed on Dark Entries.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 03:04 (three years ago) link
Recently went digging through a friends discogs and bought some holy grails to me but in the process discovered a bunch of other tracks that were new to me, and in most cases too expensive to actually buy but found a few on itunes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG8L4omZSUI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJGI4IYrqYw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx5LUnpl9UQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzcYG4yasKE
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 03:07 (three years ago) link
nice! that sahara band one is ace
this one's been on heavy rotation lately - evidently getting a reissue some time this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBWgC5e7dS4
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
some real choice cuts on this mix. also now i want limoncello
https://soundcloud.com/welcometorimini/lymoon17-suonodilimone
― donna rouge, Thursday, 6 May 2021 19:14 (three years ago) link
Diving into what could be the most amazingly uncool genre ever created https://t.co/Fn7MFnW6DT— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) May 7, 2021
― groovypanda, Friday, 7 May 2021 07:32 (three years ago) link
I was bummed he only hit me up for the top tracks at the end and I wasn’t interviewed for the article! Same thing happened a few years later when FIAT sponsored a boiler room Italo night. I was added at the end to a panel that included Josh from Dark Entries, Justin Strauss and Charlie Grappone from Vinylmania records. They had already booked the DJ lineup, I had to “offer” my services and Boiler room said “well we could put you on in the hour after the doors open but before the broadcast starts, from 9 to 10 and we can only pay you $300 but I assume you wouldn’t want that”. I was like uh, that sounds ok. I started DJing to a huge empty room as people started filing in and by 9:45 had a full room of people dancing. At 10 I handed it over to Cheon and his Honey Soundsystem pals and the broadcast started. The other DJ’s that night were Jacques Renault, Juan Maclean and Nancy Whang and Disclosure. While talking to Josh and Jacques they both said something like “we’re gonna play Italo mixed with other stuff, who wants to hear just Italo?” And I was like if there’s ever a night to just play Italo this is it!
― dan selzer, Friday, 7 May 2021 10:24 (three years ago) link
Sorry Classixx, not Disclosure. The panel is online if you want to watch it. Jacques also made an Italo mix for it that was great.
― dan selzer, Friday, 7 May 2021 10:26 (three years ago) link
Oh dear! I dearly love mixing italo with all sorts of stuff and love the change of energy you can get juxtaposing with other stuff, but you are right there is a time and a place and there’s real pleasure in hearing a 100% set. The cynic in me might see it as an easy cop-out, because purely playing a set of pure italo with the sometimes difficult non-standard intros and infinite possibilities of clashing notes can take a lot of knowledge or planning.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 8 May 2021 14:07 (three years ago) link
It's 3 AM on a Saturday night, and I have stumbled upon this sleek Greek Italo-ish track, which begins with the lines "I feel a burger inside me me me me / I feel a jazzburger in my brain brain brain " and it's earnest, beautiful, even sexy, and the LP cover is ridiculous and hints it's a soundtrack to something called Jazzburger so what am I going to do? I had to tell someone about it.
Loukas Thanos - Jazzburgerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn1uawSuUec
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 15 August 2021 07:12 (two years ago) link
What‘s not to love.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 15 August 2021 15:35 (two years ago) link
that cover art is amazing
― donna rouge, Sunday, 15 August 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
incredible
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Sunday, 15 August 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
Hell yes
― skip, Sunday, 15 August 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
sick song! 1984, i guess! https://www.discogs.com/Loukas-Thanos-Jazzburger/release/2195376
I feel a burger inside me I feel a jazzburger in my brainI feel my skin eruptingsomething's running (?) in my headsomething is collapsing down mei feel like i'm coming (?) again
we're searchingwe're movingwe're flyingthrough the ecstasy
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 15 August 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
It sounds timeless, because Jazzburgers are evergreen. Can’t imagine what it was supposed to soundtrack. There are a number of italo style records, that, perhaps because of the English translation, have strange sexual imagery, and this may be one of them.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 15 August 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link