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
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)
Apr-14-2005 05:09
malek
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Location: Montréal
i got the mix just for the hell of it, and i must admit, i really like it !!!
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: New Brunswick, NJ, US / Montreal, QC, Canada
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
Apr-14-2005 05:51
Epicurus
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Registered: Feb 2004
Location: New Brunswick, NJ, US / Montreal, QC, Canada
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
Last edited by Epicurus on Apr-14-2005 at 07:02
Apr-14-2005 06:09
Sadmafioso
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Registered: Feb 2002
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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
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!
Apr-14-2005 07:44
KrinKer
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Anywhere where there's drama !
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
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Apr-14-2005 07:44
Nrg2Nfinit
ItaloDiscoAddict
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Ottawa
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
Apr-14-2005 07:58
fastmp3
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Registered: Apr 2001
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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: 
