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 ...

Here at the Telekom Electronic Beats editorial office, we like to soundtrack our summer with a heavy rotation of Italo disco. We’re always on the hunt for new records, so we asked Scala to provide us ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Get ready for the Oscars with a deep dive into the duo behind the track, La Bionda, and others. By Lindsay Zoladz The Oscars are this Sunday, and my personal pick for best picture is Brady Corbet’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 ...

The Italian take on disco established itself as a style in its own right, influencing everything from house to synthwave When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...