This much-loved genre combines elements of disco, synth pop and hi-NRG, with origins in Italy from the late 1970s and early 1980s under the broader “euro disco” genre.
Moral Support - Living With Passion
This track is a slower-paced disco “chugger” by the Canadian electronic production duo Moral Support, who like a number of other similar Canadian electronic artists of the time were making more of a splash with Hi-ENG and minimal synth tracks over in Europe.
Savage - Don't Cry Tonight
Releasing a string of slower-paced, romantic italo hits in the mid-1980s including “Don’t Cry Tonight”, some of these tracks by Savage sound oddly similar to one another!
Alessandri - Reflections In My Mind
“Reflections” is an italo disco B-Side by Alessandri, which has a structure and chord progression which was used in another similar track before.
Delanuà - How Many Fill
Of the many one-off italo disco tracks pumped out by Italian studios in the 70s and 80s, it would seem the synths weren’t calibrated for this one!
Ein-st-ein - Varsavia
“Varsavia” is a one-off, melancholy italo/synth classic from the mysterious Ein-st-ein, who received the re-issue treatment in 2012.