incredible mix and one of my fave ever italo tunes. Has beens!

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Interview English + Spanish 

https://1drv.ms/w/s!Arl87JimsXk_pCGnodSV22Um70Cp?e=7lBebk

Full Tracklist: https://youtu.be/qnx02uUaPso

Today we made an special interview from one of the best italo collectors in Spain, he is Jose Ramon aka Synergic Silence @synergic_silence as a producer, he was traveling to Milan in the 80's to buy all the records from Discomagic, Discotto, Memory Records etc. He has really gems on his collection more than 20.000 records and he has also made a mix with his favorite tracks from the Italo disco underground of the time. 

Thanks for read and have interest in this kind of articles!

here a piece of the interview:

HI Jose Ramon!  

Tell us a little about yourself and your love for Italo disco. How was the experience in the 80's when you went to Milan for Italo disco vinyls, tell us that story. 

Explaining everything would take many pages so I will try to be very brief. 

It was at the beginning of the 90s. The Italo Disco boom had already given way to new styles that were being played in discos (there was some reminiscence through the High ENergy that was produced in Italy). I kept collecting records from the 80s. At that time it was not easy to discover new music (without the internet ...). You knew songs from references through some DJs, from session cassette tapes and what I discovered in the warehouses/discos where I played or in second-hand stores. There was little else.
A friend of mine suggested going to Italy accompanied by the owner of a record store in Madrid who bought directly from Discomagic. He seemed quite crazy so I wasn’t sure. The truth is that he went on a trip alone before and after seeing what he had bought I automatically had to go. 

The first trip was a fascinating experience. Three friends traveling from Barcelona at night in a Fiat Uno, constantly listening to the same tapes and imagining what records we could find (I assure you that all expectations of what we thought we would discover were exaggerated). We arrived in Milan first thing in the morning and went directly to Discomagic in Via Mecenate. It was still closed as it was very early. I remember the excitement of climbing the stairs that gave access to the warehouses (the charts, the covers of new releases, posters of their artists were pasted).  
Imagine the surprised faces of the people who worked there: three guys from Barcelona looking for totally "old-fashioned" records, mere disco records of ephemeral success in many cases. After insisting, that same day we accessed the warehouse that was in a kind of semi-basement and where all the returns and stock remnants of what Discomagic produced and distributed were kept.  
I can only tell you that it was magical chaos; copies and copies of many of the discs so sought after today stored without any order or criteria which added an incredible emotion to each box that we opened. 
On these trips we spent more than 6 hours in the warehouse, it was exhausting but very satisfying. 
On the following days we also went to Discotto. We got access through the contact of the Il Discotto store that still existed. The Discotto warehouse had already been closed for years, and when you entered that warehouse it seemed that time had stopped in the mid-1980s. The records were perfectly placed and classified in beastly silence. 

From there, the trips continued and each time we were more prepared, with more knowledge, contacts, addresses, etc. Later, since 2005, we went to the record fair in Milan (Vynilmani) where we also found things, but they were already starting to rise in price. 


Enjoy! :)

IM #64 MIX: Synergic Silence + Interview (Best Italo Vinyl Collector Spain)

MM CAST 04: Franz Scala

From his studio at the (infamous) berliner club "Sameheads" , Franz Scala has been building with years a great reputation on the contemporary "Italo-Dance-scene", being the mind behind 2 essential labels as "Slow Motion" and "Wrong Era". Artists like "Fabrizio Mammarella", "Francisco" or "Rodion", to name a few, have been rising as a part of the Italian family that Scala has created with "Slow Motion".

Imprints as "Bordello A Parigi", "Tusk Wax", "Bahnsteig 23" or "MM Discos" have had the pleasure of hosting the Italian maestro, signing there remarkable records. Italian dance highly influenced by new wave, obscure synths and a little balearic touch.

We are very happy to have Franz for the 4th episode of our monthly "MM Casts", doing what he knows best, and inviting us to a space oddity thru wave, synth pop and of course...italo disco baby ;)

TRACKLIST:

1 - Weird Weather - Bamboo Room
2 - Aroy Dee & Spaventi - Desire (Club Mix)
3 - Food Pyramid - Oh Mercy (INHALT Live At The SSL Remix)
4 - Marcello Giordani - Morning News
5 - Daniel Monaco & Futuristant - Summer 96
6 - Luca Dell´ Orso - Nothingness
7 - Denis & Denis - Ti I Ja (Facets Edit)
8 - Lennart - Drift Momentum
9 - Jenouise - Amor
10 - Volt Age - Push Up Brass
11 - Pedro Vian - El Sueño Lúcido (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)
12 - Dressel - Lambda 2077 (Francisco Remix)

MM Cast 04

MM Discos 06

MM CAST 04 - Franz Scala

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It's been a long time... and we finally we have the pleasure to make an interview to Marcello Giordani @marcellogiordani a reference of the italo disco around the world and part of Marvin & Guy. In the following interview you can discover the most selector and charismatic Marcello Giordani where he show his fav italo tracks and his hidden gems on his vinyl collection. 
Check out the full interview in the link below:

MARCELLO GIORDANI - FULL INTERVIEW:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/97t531pwjv9c0y4/ITALO%20MODERNI%20-%20MIX%20%2B%20INTERVIEW%20MARCELLO%20GIORDANI%20%284%29.pdf?dl=0


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Thanks for support this kind of interviews, all made with passion and love for music.

Italo Moderni Team

Interview

IM #77 MIX +  Interview : Marcello Giordani Dj

Hey Hey,
though we're not so absent anymore we feel like keeping up this fine little series of mixes.
Absentia Number 6 features a mix by our latest guest Franz Scala who drove you nuts last saturday. Enjoy this chill and soothing masterpiece!

In Absentia No.6 // Franz Scala's Pretty Chill Mix For Automaticamore

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Berlin based DJ Philipp Schultheis @philippschultheis likes to eat and is an enthusiastic selector, collector and dancer. We met him in Panorama Bar in the Italorama by our friends Slow Motion and he always supported italo Moderni, it's time to let him play some tunes in Italo Moderni series, really talented Dj and great person! Darle amor a Phillipp Schultheis!
Bio:
Former Frankfurt resident Philipp Schultheis has become a Berlin regular with lightning speed by playing well-chosen house and disco tracks. Prerequisited at Marlon Hoffstadt's phone-free Savour The Moment series, he is already notorious for endless closing sets. Even if he's not into producing (yet), there is much output to get familiar with his sound. Ransom Note called him a disc jockey on the rise who has moulded a collection of tracks in a precise and intricate manner with imaginative twists and turns, while his mix for Crack Magazine is blending glittering technicolour cuts into a buoyant excursion primed for the dance. ZeeZout describes his sound as deep space astrofunk and synthesizer induced orgasms courtesy, weaved together into an exuberant mix jam-packed with synths, vocoders, and 808’s. For Bordello A Parigi as well as Sinchi Collective, he contributed two each carefully selected, four-hour Italo Only sets, containing guilty pleasures and hidden treasures as well as contemporary Italo biggies.

IM #80 MIX: Philipp Schultheis

Including tracks / Edits of :  Robert Otten / Rude66 / Marco Di Luna / WLDV /  Luca Dell' Orso / Peter Nederpelt AKA The Voice Of Holland / Aroy Dee / Flemming Dalum / Armonics / Savino Dj

Dynamic D #20   08-12-2021

A vinyl mix with strictly original italoesque French disco, new wave and synth-pop rarities...AND Stéphanie de Monaco. Enjoy...

De Dupe - Masculin Féminin

99.9% vinyl mix, selected at random, done in one take, 02.01.16
Not 100% perfect, I know ;)

http://www.valeriecollective.com/2016/01/machine-forever/

Tracklist
01 – Kid Machine – Unreleased demo – (file)
02 – Rockets – Another Place, Another Time (Red Laser: Hits from the Manctalo Diskoteque LP2)
03 – Kid Machine – Lost Discotheque Lovers – (Viewlexx)
04 – Model 11-29 – Wot Times (Instrumental Version) – (Musix)
05 – Riccardo Cioni – Fog – (Master Dee Jay)
05 – Starion – Fantomas – (Red Laser)
06 – Paul Hardcastle – 19 (Extended Version – (Chrysalis)
07 – Il Bosco – Dirty Girl – (Red Laser)
08 – Kid Machine – Invasion – (Red Laser)
09 – Hypnosis – Argonauts – (Zyx)
10 – Kid Machine – Rulers of the Red Planet – (Red Laser)
11 – Blue Vision – Visions (Instrumental) – (EMI Electrola)
12 – Hypnotic Samba – Hypnotic Samba (Il Bosco Edit) (Red Laser: Hits from the Manctalo Diskoteque LP1)
13 – Steel Mind – Bad Passion (Instrumental) – (Delirium)
14 – Faxe – Time for Changes – (Zyx)
15 – Starion – Darkstar – (Red Laser)
16 – The Problems – Moustache Italo Anthem – (Moustache)
17 – The Conservatives – Loneliness – (Top Secret/Test Series)
18 – Space – Magic Fly – (PYE)
19 – I.M.S – Nonline – (Bellaphon)
20 – Charlie – Spacer Woman – (Mr. Disc Organization)
21 – Alden Tyrell – Love Explosion – (Viewlexx)
22 – I.M.S – Run Away – (Bellaphon)
23 – Govindo – Ou Ka Vini Moin  (IL Bosco & Kid Machine Edit) (Red Laser: Hits from the Manctalo Diskoteque LP2)
24 – Wind – Luxury (Red Laser: Hits from the Manctalo Diskoteque LP1)
25 – Steven Dale – Together Forever – (Hawkeye)
26 – Kid Machine – Forever in the Stars – (Cyber Dance)


Machine Forever (Mix for Valerie Collective)

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Desing cover by @technobeton

Starting out as a collaboration in Bulgaria’s Sofia, an aura of mystery surrounds @Technobeton (ТЕХНОБЕТОН). Describing themselves as “100% techno and 100% Beton” (Beton is Bulgarian for ‘Concrete’) their music pairs sledge-hammer kicks with synth-heavy experimentation.. They also release music as Discobeton, where they focus on softer tracks with a nu-disco lean. 

After debuting on Bordello A Parigi under Discobeton, they now prep a new Technobeton EP with Barcelona’s Italo Moderni, bridging their nu-disco specialisms with tougher elements.  Travelling between italo-disco and club-centred EBM, the forthcoming three-track EP features remixes from Antoni Maiovvi, Franz Scala and italo-house wizard, Donald Dust.  

On his remix of ‘No No’, Edinburgh-based Donald Dust underpins robotic 80’s sensibilities with a grungy, droning bassline. A swirling and bewitching affair entering directly into the ethereal world of Dust himself.

PRE ORDER HERE

PRE ORDER Record shops you can purchase it from are here:

Bandcamp: https://italomoderni.bandcamp.com/
Bordello A Parigi: t.ly/OR1K
Decks Records : t.ly/4KKj
Juno Download: t.ly/vmav
Redeye Records UK: t.ly/OdNn
HHV Records: t.ly/JLpW
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Shiny Beast: t.ly/rOn2

IM #48 MIX : TECHNOBETON

104 minutes of TORMENTED VOCALS and COCK ROCK GUITAR SOLOS 🤘🤘
Get the Italo Metal T-Shirt here: https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/merchandise/mothball-record-mothball-italo-metal-tee/

Thanks to Bordello A Parigi, Monodominical, Flemming Dalum, Ben Tian and all Italo headbangers round the globe ⚡

ITALO METAL T-SHIRT

ITALO METAL ~ Mixed by Hysteric [MRMIX009]

Infos ==> https://716lavie.com/716-exclusive-mix-magic-tundra-vocoder-sex/

Let's start with a copy of the message I first sent to dj KATMANDÜ (@dj_katmandu) : "First I was like « ah ok, some more italo », but then I was very surprised about how good your mix for Italo Moderni (@italo_moderni) was for example, it’s like this with italo, you always think, it’s over, that everything has been said and still you can get a nice surprise, but that is not everyday."

This led me to invite her to make a mix for 716lavie. She proposed to do it as Magic Tundra (@magic_tundra_show), which is the Barcelona duo formed by herself KATMANDÜ and Louis Moorhouse Gann (@louismoorhousegann). They are also founders of Electric FUN FUN, a series of parties in Barcelona. The duo was born in 2017 with a bimonthly podcast on Radio C / C and since then, they have been playing at various festivals and underground parties. Their sets are known for their high energy and punchy rhythms with an electronic selection of '80s sounds ranging from Italo, synth-pop, ebm, new beat, and wave.

716 Exclusive Mix - Magic Tundra : Vocoder Sex

Label Vinyl 12'' Cassette and Digital. 

Founder & Label Boss @adrian_marth
Barcelona, Spain
Distributed by @bordellodistribution

ITALO MODERNI label was born out of the passion and obsession for 80's Electro/Italo/New beat and new vanguard electronica. It is also a platform that encourages creativity and aims to uplift and inspire djs and diggers to produce eclectic and innovative sets.
The world of music is limitless and we are continually learning from each other by sharing and broadening our horizons.  Through the club scene, we seek to convey that underground and unique sound that electronica has at its best.  Our goal is to awaken the inner soul of that person who is looking for something different, in every sound he hears and makes him believe that there is something beyond the conventional.

IM #48 MIX : TECHNOBETON

ITALO MODERNI

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