Antonella Bianchi, Giorgio Costantini, Marina Bianchi and Renzo Julian are Plustwo and this charming double A side release of Melody and Stop Fantasy has every quality you would ever need for classic Italo Disco.
plus two
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Melody and Stop Fantasy by Plustwo
1983 the best year for Italo Disco had so many gems. Many of which like Plustwo remain relatively obscure. They had only two single releases but this is the more collectible of the two.
Antonella Bianchi, Giorgio Costantini, Marina Bianchi and Renzo Julian are Plustwo and this charming double A side release of Melody and Stop Fantasy has every quality you would ever need for classic Italo Disco.
plus two
Antonella Bianchi, Giorgio Costantini, Marina Bianchi and Renzo Julian are Plustwo and this charming double A side release of Melody and Stop Fantasy has every quality you would ever need for classic Italo Disco.
plus two
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Time to Move Carmen
Just in case you thought you had my number, I'm going to throw something different out at you.
Time to Move by Carmen is a delicious piece of electro freestyle groove. Think Debbie Deb crossed with Newcleus. TIME TO MOVE
This number from 1985 is pretty obscure. I'd imagine it got some plays at The Funhouse. Certainly not anywhere I was going that year.
Carmen went on to have a number of other releases on other labels. I don't really know those but this one tickled me just right. I'd like to hear the one she did with C-Bank in 1990.
Time to Move by Carmen is a delicious piece of electro freestyle groove. Think Debbie Deb crossed with Newcleus. TIME TO MOVE
This number from 1985 is pretty obscure. I'd imagine it got some plays at The Funhouse. Certainly not anywhere I was going that year.
Carmen went on to have a number of other releases on other labels. I don't really know those but this one tickled me just right. I'd like to hear the one she did with C-Bank in 1990.
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Comet by Diux
Giancarlo Pasquini and Alessandra Mirka Gatti are Diux. A one off Italo Disco project from 1986.
Comet
A super highly coveted rare record from one of the last years in the production of italo disco on a regular basis.
A space theme, campy vocals both male and female. A real sing-songy type ditty.
If you can find this vinyl it will send you back a pretty penny. A real collectible from the seminal Time records label out of Brescia but sound engineered in the gorgeous city of Verona.
Main artists On Time are Atrium, Danny Keith, Riky Maltese, Aleph, Alan Barry, Virgin, Gipsy & Queen, De Niro, and Sophie. The label also gathered some Italo 'old glories' as Fred Ventura, Albert One, Jock Hattle, Stylóo (who all started under the Turatti-Chieregato production), and others like Rudy & Co., Max Coveri, Rose, Topo and Roby, and Silver Pozzoli.
discogs.com
Comet
A super highly coveted rare record from one of the last years in the production of italo disco on a regular basis.
A space theme, campy vocals both male and female. A real sing-songy type ditty.
If you can find this vinyl it will send you back a pretty penny. A real collectible from the seminal Time records label out of Brescia but sound engineered in the gorgeous city of Verona.
Main artists On Time are Atrium, Danny Keith, Riky Maltese, Aleph, Alan Barry, Virgin, Gipsy & Queen, De Niro, and Sophie. The label also gathered some Italo 'old glories' as Fred Ventura, Albert One, Jock Hattle, Stylóo (who all started under the Turatti-Chieregato production), and others like Rudy & Co., Max Coveri, Rose, Topo and Roby, and Silver Pozzoli.
discogs.com
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Bagarre
Sorry about the break folks. Classes started and I was back to teaching. Hopefully it was worth the wait cause I have some real delicious rare italo disco goodies to throw your way.
Bagarre are a curious act. I'd have to say what they are serving is actually more new wave then italo disco. Considering their first releases came out in 1982 that's understandable.
The first single was LemonSweet. An interesting point to make about Bagarre is that they actually have a proper English vocalist. No funny Italian pronunciation here. The groove is irrefutable though. These tracks were made for the club, as oft-kilter as they are.
LemonSweet even came out on two different Italian 12". Not sure what the story was on that but sort of interesting for the time.
The second single No Toys actually has a 9 minute plus remix which I haven't got but I do feature the album version here.
Bagarre
The third single came out in 1984 and the second l.p. in 1985 but I'm not featuring those today.
Bagarre are a curious act. I'd have to say what they are serving is actually more new wave then italo disco. Considering their first releases came out in 1982 that's understandable.
The first single was LemonSweet. An interesting point to make about Bagarre is that they actually have a proper English vocalist. No funny Italian pronunciation here. The groove is irrefutable though. These tracks were made for the club, as oft-kilter as they are.
LemonSweet even came out on two different Italian 12". Not sure what the story was on that but sort of interesting for the time.
The second single No Toys actually has a 9 minute plus remix which I haven't got but I do feature the album version here.
Bagarre
The third single came out in 1984 and the second l.p. in 1985 but I'm not featuring those today.
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