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02.02.2010 Added full samples: Mode-One - Til The End and In The Heat Of The Night.

14.01.2010 New single by George Aaron named Fear! Great song! There is also a new compilation by Iventi named Venti 20 Compilation. It is published on CD, so if you don't care about records, here is your chance to get many songs!

10.01.2010 Added full duration samples by Roby & Claudia.

26.11.2009 Video by Close - Livin' In Your Eyes '09 available for download on Videoclips page. New song by Roby & Claudia - I Love You (But Do You Love Me?). It is B side of new record. A side is song Stay. It is out now so you can buy it... Mode-One - In The Heat Of The Night and 'Til The End is also published! I didn't have time to update last month, sorry. From now on it should be regular again!

19.10.2009 Video by Close - Livin' In Your Eyes available for download on Videoclips page.

12.10.2009 New song by Roby (singer from Dyva) & Claudia - Stay. Soon to be published for FlashBack Records...

VENTI COMPILATION

1. Swan
Shining Star (Vocal) 6:58 ****
2. Savage
Twothousandnine (Italomaxi) 7:27 ****
3. Mr. Zivago
Russian Paradise (Dance) 6:56 ****
4. Monika Novak
Living On The Run (Vocal) 5:54 ****
5. Eddy Huntington
Love For Russia (Ruble) 6:13 ****
6. Buckingham Palace
Give Me Your Name (Extended) 6:15 ****
7. Ken Laszlo
Dancing Together (Vocal) 6:37 ****
8. Monika Novak
Lovely Witch (Vocal) 5:33 **
9. 2 Get Her
Japanese Girl (Vocal) 5:37
10. Paul Parker
Don't Stop (Hi NRG Remix) 7:33 ****

11. George Aaron
Fear (Vocal) 7:22 ****
12. Galaxy Hunter
We Came From Space (Earth) 6:20 ****
13. Fred Ventura
When I Let You Down (Extended) 5:35 ***
14. Mention
Strange World (Vocal) 7:10 ***
15. 23rd Underpass
You'll Never Know (Extended) 6:44 **
16. Jimmy Mc Foy
Do You Believe (Vintage Mix) 6:50 **
17. Bruno Mosti
Zero Gravity (Extended) 6:09 ****
18. Stage
I Can't Get You Out Of My Mind (Dance) 6:12 ****
19. Galaxy Hunter
Black Celebration (Earth) 6:28 ***
20. 23rd Underpass
Sometimes (Extended) 7:12 **

[release date: 24.12.2009]
[I Venti d'Azzurro Records] [Buy]

GEORGE AARON

FEAR
[Extended] 7.22 ****
[Instrumental] 7.22 **** *

[release date: 24.12.2009]
[Delivery Records] [Buy]

MODE-ONE

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
[Extended] 7.32 ***

TIL' THE END
[Extended] 6.30 ****

[YouTube]

[release date: 27.10.2009.]
[Five4it Records] [MS] [Buy]

PAUL PARKER

DON'T STOP
(WHAT YOU'RE DOIN' TO ME)
[HI NRG Remix] 7.33 ****

[release date: 15.10.2009]
[Energy Level Records] [Buy]

23RD UNDERPASS

YOU'LL NEVER KNOW
[Extended] 6.44 **
[Instrumental] 6.44 ** *

SOMETIMES
[Extended] 7.12 ** *
[Another Version] 5.40 **

[release date: 15.10.2009]
[I Venti d'Azzurro Records] [Buy]

CLOSED

CRAZY LOVE
[Demo] ****
[YouTube video]

[release date: ?]
[I Venti d'Azzurro Records] [MySpace]

Very popular, 3rd part of  of disco music, we called Canadian Disco, or shortly Canada, but in fact we were thinking of Hi-NRG: Patrick Cowley with legendary hit Menergy, Bobby Orlando - Whisper To A Scream, Divine - Shot Your Shoot, Girly - Working Girl, The Flirts - Passion / Helpless, Trans X - Living On Video..

There was quite a terminological mess as it still is all over the world. For example, German label ZYX published songs of German groups under the name "The Best Of Italo Disco"!? So is German Disco the same as Italo Disco or? Actually I differ Italo Disco and Italian Disco. So I call all of disco music production that we listen to Italo Disco. According to Bernhard Mikulski, the author of the term, it doesn' represent music from Italy, but music genre. Why Italo? It's because most of songs came from Italy. On the other hand, Italian Disco means Italo Disco songs made only in Italy.

Italo Disco (or Euro Disco) = music from Europe - Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Swiss, Sweden, Spain, England...
Italo also has one substyle, but not acording by the country where it was created, but more by feeling that it creates - it is travelling through the space, so it is called Space Disco. I would exclude Disco music from 70's from the term Italo Disco since it sounds different, but basically the idea is very similar.

HI-HRG = music mostly from America - USA, Canada, England (England is, from a musical point of view, very strange country, often doesn't fit into European music, it is more similar to America, not only regarding disco style but other styles too...)

eurodance disco radiorama modern talking 80s

ITALO DISCO:

Italian Disco: 1983 - 1988 + 200* production :)


[Eddy Huntington] [Den Harrow] [Fred Ventura] [Radiorama] [Lala] [Valerie Dore] [Fun Fun]

Space Disco/SpaceSynth/SynthDance/SpaceDance: 1984 - 200*

[Laserdance] [Koto] [Proxyon] [Cyber People] [Hypnosis] [Syntech] [The Why Not]

German Disco: 1984 - 1988

[Mike Mareen] [Fancy] [Modern Talking] [Linda Jo Rizzo] [Patty Ryan] [C. C. Catch] [Lian Ross]

Spanish Disco/Sabadell Sound: 198? - 1988

[David Lyme] [Daydream] [Kristian Conde] [Julia Claire] [Alan Cook] [Green Ice] [Steve Clark]

HIGH ENERGY:

HI-NRG (USA & England) : 1980 - 1988

[Patrick Cowley] [Pete Burns] [Bobby Orlando] [Divine] [The Flirts] [Roni Griffith] [Modern Rocketry]

Canadian Disco (HI NRG from Canada): ???? - ????

[Gillian Lane] [Stephanie Wells] [Trans-X] [Valerie Krystal] [Lime] [Susan Stevenson] [Suzy "Q"]

> many of the #1 records in North America were produced in Canada, and often licensed by USA and European labels so many DJs started calling it Canadian Disco, also some Italian producers lived in Canada (Giovanni D'Orazio, Antonio Bentivegna...) and made music there. So one more reason to call all of it Italo :).<

About Space Disco:C/P from SpaceSynth site:

Spacesynth, synthdance, spacedance, spacedisco or whatever you want to call it is instrumental upbeat synth music that focuses on melodies instead of rhythm. Driving basslines, catchy synth riffs, sci-fi influences and futuristic track titles and album covers have always been a major part of spacesynth.

Spacesynth originated in the mid 80's. At that time synthesizers and electronic sounds had become an essential part of popular music and were widely used by such artists as Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk and Art of Noise. Synthpop hits like Magnetic Fields 2, Pulstar and Magic Fly are well known tracks even today.

In the meantime in Italy a music style called Italo disco was dominating discos. Basically Italo Disco consists of rather simple vocals, melodic synth riffs and a four-to-floor beat. It had that recognizable 80's disco sound that people either love or hate these days.

Italo disco became popular in other parts of Europe too. At first spacesynth was just an instrumental version of Italo Disco focusing on the synth side of Italo Disco. But eventually it became a genre of its own. Cyber People released successful singles "Polaris" and "Void Vision" for the Memory Records label. Koto developed his own Italo-inspired synth music style and the single "Visitors" was a big hit in 1985.

Soon after there were other similar groups - also outside of Italy. Erik van Vliet from The Netherlands established Laserdance and together with Michiel van der Kuy Laserdance became the most successful spacesynth group ever. Their debut album "Future Generation" (1987) sold approximately 150 000 copies and the singles "Powerrun" and "Humanoid Invasion" were big hits in Europe. Koto and Laserdance could be considered the most popular spacesynth groups. They set the standards of the genre and since the golden era of spacesynth many producers have tried to replicate that sound.

SIMILAR:

Disco/Old Disco: 197? - 1979

Italo NRG/Eurobeat: 1988 - till today

[Alphatown] [Malcom J Hill] [Mark Farina] [Lilac] [Diego Vidal] [Coo Coo] [Thomas & Schubert]

> many people on the Internet call this HI-NRG, and some even Italo Disco - it is not right since this is totally new style of music, there is also term New Italo Disco

EuroDance: 1994 - till today

[La Bouche] [E-Type] [Haddaway] [Corona] [Colonia] [Mr. President] [Masterboy]

EuroDisco: 1978 - till today

> It includes all of disco music created in Europe plus HI NRG <

- Many od you will not agree with above, but it is important to set terms so we could understand each other -

So after first obsession with all of Italo, some songs were stressing their quality. I was really impressed with Mike Mareen, and the best song Love Spy. Many various sounds implemented into harmonic complex where energy simply bursts. Seems like in that song, the same as Mozzart - Money, we can find beginnings of music we even didn't know that will appear - EuroDance. Very fast, energetic rhythm with modern technical improvement gives perfect results. We can be happy to live in presence. I wonder what will the future bring...

And here we are - three big Italo fans from Croatia:

Me (Alen) and my friends: Denis & Zeljko
(from left to right)

Greetings from Croatia, Europe