Behind the Iron Curtain, They Were Dancing to Italo Disco
How italo disco conquered Poland, Hungary and the Eastern Bloc — from cassette tapes smuggled in VW Golfs to sold-out festivals. The untold story of a genre that found its most devoted fans behind the Iron Curtain.
DJ to Producer: The Men Behind Italo Disco's Club Nights
Before Italo Disco had a name, it had a console. Meet the Italian club DJs who crossed the line into the studio and helped shape the genre's biggest hits.
Where It All Happened: The Legendary Clubs of the Italo Disco Years
From Baia Degli Angeli to Xenon, a tour of the Italian discos and clubs that shaped the nightlife where Italo Disco found its dancefloor in the 80s.
Baby Records, Discomagic, Il Discotto: The Labels That Built Italo Disco
From Freddy Naggiar's Baby Records to Severo Lombardoni's Discomagic empire, meet the Milan labels that turned a scrappy local sound into a worldwide genre.
Part 1: The Voices You Never Saw: Italo Disco's Uncredited Female Singers
The women who sang Fun Fun, Hot Cold, Cleo and Evelyn Barry while someone else's face went on the cover. The first chapter in a series on Italo disco's hidden voices.
Part 2: The Voices You Never Saw: Italo Disco's Uncredited Female Singers
The real voice behind Radiorama, the singer of Blue Russell, and the woman who recorded Deborah Haslam. Part two of the series on Italo disco's hidden voices.
Part 3: The Voices You Never Saw: Italo Disco's Uncredited Female Singers
From a jazz singer hiding under a TV theme alias to a voice that powered a dozen Nicolosi projects. The final chapter on Italo disco's hidden voices.
Part 1: The Men You Never Saw: Italo Disco's Phantom Male Voices
The same voice behind Klapto, Thomas and a dozen other names, the singer who became Duke Lake and Mac Jr in the same year, and the two voices hidden inside Styloo. Part one of a series on Italo disco's uncredited male singers.
Part 2: The Men You Never Saw: Italo Disco's Phantom Male Voices
The British-sounding voice from Vicenza who sang for Video and Ram Band before Time Records made him a star under his own name, the singer who was Den Harrow for one single, and Albert One's other identities. Part two closes the series.
The Nicolosi Family: One Household, a Dozen Italo Disco Names
Pino, Lino and Rossana Nicolosi, with Dora Carofiglio on vocals, built one of Italo disco's most prolific catalogs under names like Novecento, Valerie Dore, The Voyagers and Funky Family.
Den Harrow: The Real Story of Stefano Zandri, Roberto Turatti and Miki Chieregato
The real story behind Den Harrow: how a Milan club meeting in 1983 between Stefano Zandri, Roberto Turatti and Miki Chieregato built one of Italo disco's biggest stars, and how it all came apart.
Inside the Studios: Where Italo Disco Was Actually Made
From Bologna's Fonoprint to Milan's Logic Studio, explore the recording studios where Italo Disco's biggest hits were tracked, mixed and sent out to the world.
Martinelli: The Story of Aldo Martinelli, Fabrizio Gatto and Simona Zanini
How a Milan producer duo and an Italian American singer built one of Italo disco's biggest catalogs under a string of names: Doctor's Cat, Martinelli, Moon Ray and Topo & Roby.
The Machines Behind Italo Disco: Synths, Drum Machines and Studio Gear of the 80s
From the Roland Juno-6 to the AMS RMX-16 reverb, discover the synthesizers, drum machines and studio gear that shaped the sound of Italo Disco in the 1980s.
What Is Italo Disco? History and Origins of a Cult Genre (1979-1989)
Discover the history and origins of Italo Disco: how a synthetic, melancholic dance genre was born in Italy at the end of the 1970s and went on to shape house and techno.
