Italo disco
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Italo disco is a style of 1980s European dance music, originating in Italy, characterized by catchy melodies, synthesizers, drum machines, and often heavily accented English vocals.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | music genre ⓘ |
| associatedCountry |
France
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Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin |
Italy
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Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivativeGenre |
Eurobeat
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Italo house NERFINISHED ⓘ spacesynth ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod |
early 1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
12-inch single
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vinyl record ⓘ |
| hasRevival | 21st-century Italo disco revival ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
Eurodance
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modern Italo revival ⓘ nu-disco ⓘ synthwave ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics |
English
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Italian ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
Baltimora
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Fun Fun NERFINISHED ⓘ Gazebo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Laszlo NERFINISHED ⓘ Radiorama NERFINISHED ⓘ Righeira NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryan Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabrina Salerno NERFINISHED ⓘ Savage NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTrack |
"Dolce Vita"
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"I Like Chopin" NERFINISHED ⓘ "People from Ibiza" ⓘ "Tarzan Boy" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Vamos a la Playa" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakPopularityPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| relatedScene |
1980s club culture
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DJ culture GENERATED ⓘ |
| stylisticOrigin |
Euro disco
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Hi-NRG NERFINISHED ⓘ disco ⓘ new wave ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| tempoRangeBPM | 110–130 BPM ⓘ |
| typicalFeature |
catchy melodies
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four-on-the-floor beat ⓘ futuristic themes ⓘ heavily accented English vocals ⓘ romantic lyrics ⓘ use of reverb and delay effects ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation |
drum machine
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electronic bassline ⓘ sequencer ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ vocoders ⓘ |
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