What can I even say about this man and not sound banal? I mean he is the king, the God of electronic disco. Those of us who adore disco owe so much to him. His innovative style and his perseverance in pioneering with the synthesizer just means EVERYTHING.
And just to think that he really got his peak of fame over the age of 70 with his work with Daft Punk that brought him to such an audience that had never even been born when he was cranking them out during the disco era. He actually claims to have been a fan of one of their earlier hits One More Time.
I thought it would be only right to spotlight one of his most important solo masterpieces. The seminal 1977 electronic romp FROM HERE TO ETERNITY. A record which was from the album of the same name and strangely enough was not even released on a 12 inch maxi single. Here I bring you 250 mb.'s of versions. From more recent edits to the original versions. SO MANY VERSIONS OF IT
Who else out of the disco era has three Oscars and three Grammys? No one else that's who!
Giorgio's first output on vinyl was in 1965. He often collaborated with lyricist Pete Bellotte. They worked together on his biggest projects including of course Donna Summer. I Feel Love is of course the definitive masterpiece of electronic disco as well as the incredible theme from Midnight Express "The Chase" released in 1978. Not many know that Munich Machine was actually Giorgio Moroder under another name. Their track Get on the Funk Train was a definitive Paradise Garage classic. Under this moniker he also used a variety of great vocalists.
Blondie's biggest hit, #1 of the year when it came out, was from the film American Gigolo, Call Me was of course a Giorgio Moroder collaboration.
He recently worked with Kelis and is in the process of working with Lana Del Rey who is just about my favorite current female vocalist. So I'm pretty well chuffed about that.
Most recently he's been touring as a DJ and doing gigs. Considering the popularity of EDM not a bad move.
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