The disco sound swept the world throughout the 1970s, but nowhere did it find quite so warm a reception as it did in Italy. Of course, in Giorgio Moroder, the country featured one of the disco sound's ...

The folks behind Panic! Underground let the dour mask drop for an evening devoted to that most champagne of electronic-music subgenres, Italo disco. The evening features Robby Orlando (NM), Deca-Dance ...

If you fancy yourself an electronic music scholar you have to know Italo disco. At first listen, some might sound really cheesy, but it's an integral block in the edifice of current electronic dance ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook I can’t think of a better way to describe Italo Disco than Ishkur in his infamous book, “Guide to ...

As a general rule, Italo disco is not a form of dance music known for its seriousness. Many of its best examples are charming precisely because of their unusual mixture of science fiction camp, ...

Eurovision paid tribute to the influence of Italo-disco music during last night’s first semi-final (May 10) – you can watch the colourful medley below. This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is taking ...

In the second installment of his newly revitalized Rewind column, Finn Johannsen speaks with a true veteran, Flemming Dalum. The Denmark native discovered a passion for Italo disco in the early ’80s, ...

Alessandro Melazzini approaches the subject of 80s pop dance music from a particular perspective. Born in Sondrio, Lombardy, the Italian documentarian, who has filmed both nuns and porn stars, is ...

Early Italo disco originator, Carmelo La Bionda, had died aged 73 after a year-long battle with cancer. According to a report by Italy24, Bionda passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning ...

In 1983, Dolce Vita by Ryan Paris became one of the biggest hits for a new genre of music - Italo disco. Show more In the late 1970s, disco died in America and a new wave of Italian producers took ...