Italo disco - the roots of electro?, mix compilation

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Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Apr-14-2005 05:09:

Italo disco - the roots of electro?, mix compilation

.. so i got into this huge phase of italo disco after trying to narrow down the roots of electro. Im talking about those driving basslines and the quick edit cuts that artist like mylo / rex the dog/ miss kittin and a bunch of others use.. so i decided to compile an italo mix

and since i havent bugged you guys in a while (and i know theres tons of electro fanatics in here) i felt that i should share it here with you guys

hope you enjoy it

DOWNLOAD THE MIX HERE

DOWNLOAD THE CUE SHEET HERE

tracklisting:

1. roy - destiny time (1985)
2. pet shop boys - always on my mind (1987)
3. kraftwerk radio activity (1975)
4. brian ice - tokyo (swedish remix) (1986)
5. modern talking - geronimos cadillac (1985)
6. kano - ikeya seki (1983)
7. fun fun - happy station (scratch remix) (1983)
8. cyber people - void vision (slow version) (1985)
9. denise and baby's gang - disco maniac (1988)
10. patrick colby - mandrill (1985)
11. eugene - living in your love (1985)
12. hipnosis - droid (automatic piano)
13. eddy huntington - ussr (1986)
14. miko mission - the world is you (1984)
15. kylie minogue - i should be so lucky (1987)
16. hipnosis - argonauts (1984)
17. koto - jabdah (dj version) (1986)
18. laserdance - power run (remix) (1987)
19. atrium - dr jekyll (1986)
20. ken laszlo - tonight (1985)
21. albert one for your love (1986)
22. eddy huntington - physical attraction (1989)
23. spagna - easy lady (1986)
24. digital emotion - go go yellow screen (1983)
25. miko mission - how old are you (1984)
26. baltimora - tarzan boy (1984)
27. eddy huntington - may day (1988)
28. grant miller - colder than ice (1985)
29. the italian boys - gigolo (1986)
30. information society - walking away (space age mix) (1988)
31. koto - dragon's legend (1988)
32. shana - I want you (1989)
33. Joe yellow - easy lovers (mix edit) (1988)
34. sweet connection - heart to heart (1989)
35. scotch - disco band (1984)
36. grant miller - red for love (1985)
37. mike mareen - motorcycle madness
38. scotch - money runner (1987)
39. brian ice - walking away (vocal extended mix) (1989)
40. kristian conde - dolce vita (1986)
41. david lyme - bye bye mi amore (1987)
42. alan barry - hie hie hie (1987)
43. mike mareen - agent of liberty (1986)
44. kylie minogue - locomotion (1988)
45. sweet connection - dirty job (extended mix) (1988)
46. laserdance - fear (1988)

Posted by malek on Apr-14-2005 05:38:

i got the mix just for the hell of it, and i must admit, i really like it !!!

oh my, Karim, 80s dj!!!

keep the good stuff coming!

Posted by Epicurus on Apr-14-2005 05:51:

This reminds me of my childhood...I recognized 3/4 of these tracks...80s forever!! I love this stuff And your mix was great and will definitely be seeing a lot of time in my player. Keep it up I have to admit however that I was disappointed not to find two of my favourite italo-disco tunes:
Monotones --- Mono
Devo --- Whip it.
If you make another mix, add them!!! Thanks and keep it up

Posted by Epicurus on Apr-14-2005 06:09:

Actually, I went back to my italo disco collection, and here are some other classics that should be included in any future mix:

Modern Talking --- Atlantis is Calling
Modern Talking --- Brother Louie
Falco --- Rock Me Amadeus
Blue Monday --- New Order

Posted by Sadmafioso on Apr-14-2005 06:58:

DAMN!!
impressive tracklist man!!
nice selection!!

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Apr-14-2005 07:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Epicurus
Actually, I went back to my italo disco collection, and here are some other classics that should be included in any future mix:

Modern Talking --- Atlantis is Calling
Blue Monday --- New Order

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=247974

this is an older mix.. its just plain 80s though for the most part lol

quote:
Originally posted by Epicurus
favourite italo-disco tunes:
Monotones --- Mono
Devo --- Whip it.

i will definatley have to check those out!

so is it just me or does anyone else see this influence ?

Posted by KrinKer on Apr-14-2005 07:35:

it's actually a known fact that most of the "electro" producers around take their inspiration from Italo-disco

Btw i'm downloading the set as we speak !

can't wait to hear it

KrinKer

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Apr-14-2005 07:42:

quote:
Originally posted by KrinKer
it's actually a known fact that most of the "electro" producers around take their inspiration from Italo-disco

this would definatley explain me not being insane haha

ok well it is pretty obvious.. just look at rex the dog and steve murano

passion is an exact duplicate of grant miller - red for love

Posted by Epicurus on Apr-14-2005 07:44:

quote:
Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=247974

this is an older mix.. its just plain 80s though for the most part lol

We're on the same page then

quote:

i will definatley have to check those out!

so is it just me or does anyone else see this influence ?

Devo -- Whip it is not quite the classical Italo-Disco sound, but would definitely fit quite nicely with your style. You should check out Devo in general, they have tons of very future sounding tracks coinsidering they played mostly in the early 80s. Krinker would definitely like them
Monotones -- Mono is my absolute favourite. It's an extremely rare track. I still have my copy on cassette from my dad's collection Good luck finding it though...
Falco -- Rock Me Amadeus is total classic Italo-disco. Amazing track and is exactly the sound you're looking for I would imagine.
Modern Talking -- Brother Louie -- Also amazing classic italo-disco.

And yeah, as Krinker said, definitely the pre-cursor of electro. Keep those mixes coming!

Posted by KrinKer on Apr-14-2005 07:44:

wanna laugh a little more on how much theses "electro" artists are just copying ( btw i'm in a huge electro influence beats theses days so please take this with some perspective )

The Genre Electro was first introduced in the 1970's by some unknown group .... not sure anybody here knows this group it was called

KRAFTWERK !!

KrinKer

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Apr-14-2005 07:58:

quote:
Originally posted by KrinKer
wanna laugh a little more on how much theses "electro" artists are just copying ( btw i'm in a huge electro influence beats theses days so please take this with some perspective )

The Genre Electro was first introduced in the 1970's by some unknown group .... not sure anybody here knows this group it was called

KRAFTWERK !!

KrinKer

lol do i sense some sarcasm there?

yes..d efinatley kraftwerk did do this.. if with anything it was radioactivity. Sadly kraftwerk ahsnt evolved their style much since hten.. they are more sticking to acidy stuff instead of driving electro.

electro is great though

Posted by fastmp3 on Apr-14-2005 13:57:

don't you want me babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, don't you want me nooooooooooooooooow

Posted by djlemeir on Apr-15-2005 02:43:

yo did u hear the derrick carter mix of the human league - dont you want me

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Apr-15-2005 04:45:

lol @ human league yeah they were awesome too.. falco was good too!

there is also a remake of kano's ikeya seki which has the vocals of eddie amador's psycho x girlfriend

its a 2004 release kano ikeya seki , the other side is "its a war"

Posted by fastmp3 on Apr-15-2005 11:59:

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