It's been a while since the last #ItaloDiscoFriday but I haven't been inspired until this week. I have two morsels for you.
First up is "We Just" from Moses, a shimmering 1985 bit of semi-cheese Italo. I love the typography on the cover.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcSU...
On this #ItaloDiscoFriday I'd like to highlight a common feature of these productions that shows how manual/analog they were despite using electronic instruments.
They aren't always great at keeping time.
P. Lion's Happy Children from 1983 demonstrates this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ff...
Good evening, humans. On this #ItaloDiscoFriday, we invite you to have Sex Tonight on behalf of Brian Martin (1984).
The guitar, the vocals, the chugga chugga bass, and the little pinch of saxophone are all you need.
Stay safe, stay warm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L878...
Sorry it's been a while but I've been busy the past several #ItaloDiscoFriday but today is different!
Did you know that sometimes people make Italo Disco even in modern times? Here's one from 2019, and they nailed it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAKL...
November weather is in full swing and I just don't feel like listening to the summer and beach themed tracks for today's #ItaloDiscoFriday
This week is Raf's "Self Control" from 1984 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_TQ...
It's definitely on the moodier side but it's still funky.
![Cheaps - Moliendo Cafe 1983 [HQ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wu6nqzcxbe2dgdue26c563xn/bafkreifmfkarfdiy6osfnm5exndqeexr6v5lou53sr3cjt5cay2xlqxgr4)
It is #ItaloDiscoFriday again and here's something that's been stuck in my head recently. Moliendo Café (1983) by Cheaps is apparently a cover of a 50s or 60s Venezuelan song.
Listening to other versions, the Italo treatment works very naturally I think.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqyL...
#ItaloDiscoFriday falls on Halloween this year! Here's a mix from Flemming Dalum from a few years ago that fits the mood. I recommend you seek out his other mixes.
soundcloud.com/flemming/fle...
Technically not #ItaloDiscoFriday in my TZ anymore, but I don't care.
This week is Valerie Dore's "Get Closer" from 1984. It has some great drum samples and a great synth riff. And Dora Carofiglio's hypnotic but typically Italo nonsense vocals bring it together.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU3k...
I was sick last week and slept through #ItaloDiscoFriday but I'm back and today it's Cellophane's Music Colours from 1984
It's upbeat and positive, and has a lot more of what I think of as "80s shimmer" than a lot of other Italo. Belongs in a movie, IMO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tmt...
Happy #ItaloDiscoFriday again. Today's selection is Primavera (Stop Bajon) by Tullio de Piscopo from 1984. It may be a song more fitting for the southern hemisphere right now, but I think it's great any time of the year.
Chill out. Groove. Be cool.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6oN...
Back from vacation for a new #ItaloDiscoFriday, except today's Italo is from Germany.
Fancy's "Slice Me Nice" (1984) is in the "earworm" subgenre. Its melody and its bizarre lyrics will both embed themselves in your brain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlno...
Bringing entirely too much camera gear on my vacation.
Probably no #ItaloDiscoFriday this week
I was busy this evening away from computer but I'm back and I've decided that today's #ItaloDiscoFriday will feature The Voice of Q (1982)
It's cosmic funk italo and it's kinda mellow too
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvEI...
For this #ItaloDiscoFriday have a listen to this banger from Kano. Absolute classic and one of my all time favorites (the band and the song both). Another Life (1983)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz9Y...
Italo running a little late tonight because I took a nap. Disco nappin'. Today's pick for #ItaloDiscoFriday is Mi Amor by Plastic Mode (1985).
It's got a little of everything. It's one of the most Italo Disco songs I've ever heard.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BURz...
This #ItaloDiscoFriday it's Vamos a la Playa by Righeira (1983 again)! Cheesy summertime vibes about going to the beach and a nuke exploding or something.
This video for it is out of control
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTsV...
Today on #ItaloDiscoFriday it's Mr. Flagio with "Take a Chance" from 1983. It's got that "dugga dugga" bass synth that I love.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM1R...
