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Back in early 2008 -- like, the last time I was on Tranceaddict -- I considered this all part of a looming italo-disco revival. I'm kind of disappointed that it still hasn't broken through two seasons later, but minimal can't quite let go.
Kris Menace is your friend. Almost everything he has produced is like this; download it all. (Mikey Mike first tipped me off in 2007, with Lumberjack.) Rude 66 - 1000 Year Storm is also good (it was tracklisted by Danny Howells in March 2008. I have no idea if he continued to play anything like this, as I've been unplugged for well over a year.) Legowelt has other productions, famously Disco Rout, that are more techno but close enough.
Some quick googling reveals that the press is moving toward the label Nu-Disco, and rolling a whole lot of other unclassifiable stuff into the box, most of it rather housey and devoid of the quirky italo/cosmic vibe. We'll see.
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