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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)

@flemming

https://italomoderni.bandcamp.com/album/modernation-vol-3-special-edits

Flemming Dalum - Don't Take Your Time (Re - Work) FREE DL

Highly influenced by early 1980’s electronic music and classic 90's trance, Emilio Van Rijsel from Lille, France, debuts on Italo Moderni with energetic Moroder-esque propelling bass lines next to epic synth patterns and hypnotic sounds. With “Tendre Furie EP”, Emlio van Rijsel offers a glimpse of the wide array of his influences, embarking us on a synthful romantic & melancholic journey, depicting the nostalgia of missed blissful raving nights. Without a doubt, Italo Moderni bets on this great artist who has a very promising future on the dancefloors.
Remixes duties fall to Raw Union man St. Theodore, who replaces those italo trance flourishes with the strobe-lit pulse of Giallo and master producer Daniel Monaco the layers of well-informed 80s synth wave sends us into another dimension with high energy vibes.

Artwork by Michelle Clover

Mastering Oriol Mubu.

Emilio Van Rijsel - Maximum Overdrive

Emilio Van Rijsel - Tendre Furie EP

https://italomoderni.bandcamp.com/album/emilio-van-rijsel-tendre-furie

Highly influenced by early 1980’s electronic music and classic 90's trance, Emilio Van Rijsel from Lille, France, debuts on Italo Moderni with energetic Moroder-esque propelling bass lines next to epic synth patterns and hypnotic sounds. With “Tendre Furie EP”, Emlio van Rijsel offers a glimpse of the wide array of his influences, embarking us on a synthful romantic & melancholic journey, depicting the nostalgia of missed blissful raving nights. Without a doubt, Italo Moderni bets on this great artist who has a very promising future on the dancefloors.
Remixes duties fall to Raw Union man St. Theodore, who replaces those italo trance flourishes with the strobe-lit pulse of Giallo and master producer Daniel Monaco the layers of well-informed 80s synth wave sends us into another dimension with high energy vibes.

Emilio Van Rijsel - Zaatar Of Zucchinis (Disco Mortale Remix)

E-bony - Robotic Camel

@legowelt-official
There are many outstanding artists within Electronic Music, however, from another galaxy far, far away there is a human named Legowelt who has created his own world separated from all others. We had the pleasure of releasing a Legowelt remix on our Dim Garden Album release some months ago and now we've released a very special mix where you can listen to unreleased Legowelt tracks and a lot of tracks that he loves.
We believe that we live in a magnificent era being spoilt for choice and that’s how I feel when listening to Legowelt live sets. I'm not exaggerating when I say that Legowelt is one of the most influential artists of our time and a top artist who has always been identified as being in the Underground scene.

Perennially fascinated by old and battered noise-making machines, his dizzying output is defined by analogue textures and classic values ​​as well as an ever-roaming sense of sonic investigation that veers from techno to freaky house deepness via old school acid. A producer with a rare sense of humor.

They land on labels like Clone, L.I.E.S., Peoples Potential Unlimited and Nightwind Records in the form of myriad EPs but also well received full lengths like The Paranormal Soul and Pancakes with Mist.
 Enjoy this special set for Italo Moderni by the goat LEGOWELT!"

IM MIX 93: Legowelt

Buy link: italomoderni.bandcamp.com/album/krishn…cl-80s-tapes

@silentservant @cursesforever @lucient_music @sergideckard

Krishna Goineau is well known for his starring role in ‘Los Niños del Parque’ with Liaisons Dangereuses and in other projects such as Velodrome and Xeroox. Through one of his friends we have been lucky enough to receive a hard disk on which there are a variety of unreleased tracks by Krishna Goineau with MCL (Micro Chip League) recorded in the year 85-86. Krishna lived in Barcelona at that time and was involved in different groups while traveling through Germany and Belgium to create new projects. After dissolving Liaisons Dangereuses in 1983 Krishna started a new project with MCL where you can identify the essence and influences that he had at that time, touches of EBM and metal synthesizers with vocals in Spanish as in the track ” No Information ” These tracks are preserved in excellent quality in which Alden Tyrell has done the mastering on vinyl and digital. Having something like this is like finding a treasure in the middle of a secret island. To finalize the release we have edits from Silent Servant, Curses, Esprit Divers. Deckard & Lucient.

Mastered by Alden Tyrell @aldentyrell
Design by George Hysteric @hysteric

Krishna Goineau Feat. MCL - La Forgeron

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ITALO MODERNI MIX Number 100!!
Wow times flies, seems like yesterday when we started the label 3 years ago and look what a special mix we have for you today :) 
Our friend @Djedjotronic delight us with a obscure Electro, EBM and acid mix, big big respect for his career and he is one of the artists who has been supporting Italo Moderni since the beginning, there is enormous respect in everything he has done for Electronic music. A true legend in the scene.
Always delivering that stunning and hot mix of Electro, EBM and acid. Along with The Hacker, Maelstrom and Umwelt among  others tops producers from France he's on the top of this game. 
Enjoy the mix!

IM MIX 100: Djedjotronic

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The moment arrived! Today the wizard Intergalactic Gary @intergalactic_gary lands on Italo Moderni with a cult mystic mix for our series. 

The Dutch West Coast scene is as fabled as Detroit techno and Chicago house. And Intergalactic Gary − a DJ for 35 years − has been involved with it since day one. The cult selector had a residency at The Hague's first ever house club in 1992 and since then has honed a style that has lead the legendary I-F to call him ‘terminator’ such is the focus he has on the decks.
Whether working you into a trance or keeping you guessing with improbable bridges between raw acid, 70s Italo or fresh techno, he's a flawless, instinctive DJ who is predictably unpredictable. Whether new or old, Gary doesn't care, “as long as it has character and something interesting going on that grabs the attention."
In the studio he’s laid down mutant, disco-tinged electro as The Parallax Corporation and electro and ambient synth pop soundtracks as The Conservatives, both with I-F. He's also recently collaborated with Pasiphae on Bio Rhythm, and for Stroboscopes and Smokemachines, a new documentary about underground electronic music. He aims simply to make music he would want to hear on a night out and imbues his work with a sense of melancholy, but always paired with driving dance floor dynamics that mix up analogue and digital textures. 
A regular at Dekmantel both in Amsterdam and Selectors in Croatia, he has also played China, Australia and Japan, Unsound in Krawkow and the No Way Back Afterparty in Detroit. Only the classiest DJs play these parties; they have hardcore crowds who have high expectations, and Intergalactic Gary is someone who cannot fail to win over even the most hard to impress crowds thanks to the unique craft of his art.

IM MIX 103: Intergalactic Gary

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For our 4 anniversary of Italo Moderni we invited to Nitsa Club our friend @the-hacker to closing the night with a special Dj set recorded the night of 26/05 in Sala Apolo Nitsa.
 We are preparing a new Vinyl EP from The Hacker with big remixes! Soon on Italo Moderni.
Thanks to all the dancers and supporters on this 4 years.
We love u!

Photo by Redporteros

IM MIX 106: The Hacker (Dj Set at Nitsa Club)

Our friends from the platform Hypnotic Groove lands on Italo Moderni with a special mix, one of the best mixes of this year so far! Hands up to this Scottish couple and their passion for electronic music! Enjoy

@hypno_groove

https://instagram.com/hypnoticgrooveuk?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

IM MIX 108: Hypnotic Groove

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Almost weekend and we are releasing a new inspiring mix by the Programmer at Operator radio, event producer, cultural researcher and dj; Krismika is heavily involved both on and off stage in Rotterdam's nightlife. Her sound is heavily influenced by the months she spent in Prague in 2021. She saw here that the sound of Prague's nightlife was a lot darker and gloomier than what she knew from Rotterdam. As a dj her sound yields a broad selection of tunes within the genres of Electro, New Beat, EBM, Wave and Italo. A dark combination destined to get (and keep) you dancing. 

https://on.soundcloud.com/hdqF5h2z17s1AWmj6

IM MIX 109:  Krismika

New Dj Set by the awasome Enzio Etchaberri! @etcha-1


🚴New Dj Set by the awesome Enzio Etchaberri🎛️ @enzio_etchaberri 

The mix was recorded in the heart of Sisyphos, during a heavy rain storm just before the start of the party. More for home listening than dancing, a spacious trip through roughly 20 years of timeless synthesised music. Combining some of my older favourites with current ones. Mostly sourced from vinyl and with a focus on sounds you could find at Clone in Rotterdam. There are a couple of vocoder tracks, the robotic & rolling basslines, the stepping and raw rhythms and some solo synth flourishes. Stylistically I wanted to collect some sounds in anticipation of some kind of electro revival that probably will never happen, but you never know with the cyclical nature of music ;)

IM MIX 110:  Enzio Etchaberri

Djedjotronic delivers four pieces of pure Electro futurism EBM with an epic collaboration with Rein on ”Smog on the Dancefloor”. Frenchman Djedjotronic debuts on Italo Moderni with a mega EP after release music on Boysnoize Records, CPU and ZONE, following nearly a decade of individual experimentation in the game returns with more energy than ever, ready to smashing the dancefloors with his unique darky and groovy basslines. We welcome Djedjotronic on Italo Moderni family.

Artwork by Chino
Mastered by Alden Tyrell

Djedjotronic - Circus (ITALO MODERNI)

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Today we invite a new great talent Armela,  based in Barcelona and Born in Italy. 
Her musical style is eclectic, deeply colored by darkwave, alternative, and post-punk influences. In the dynamic realm of electronic music, Armela thrives on exploring a multitude of genres. Her music mirrors the phases of the moon, each genre symbolizing a distinct lunar stage. The full moon embodies her brighter side, resonating with the euphoria of '90s progressive house, the spirited rhythms of indie dance, and the rhythmic pulse of new beat. As the moon diminishes, a profounder, introspective facet surfaces, marked by the sheer power of techno, synthesized EBM beats, and the entrancing rhythms of acid and electro. The crescent phase ushers in the somber tones of dark disco, harmonizing the light and shadow of her musical preferences. 

Armela's sets transition from deep, minimalist electronics to shadowy, mystic sounds and thundering techno anthems. They traverse sensual and nostalgic beats, that she calls deep dark electronic wave. 

She's had the privilege of playing in some beautiful places over the years

Welcome  and enjoy the set.

@armela_music

IM MIX 111: Armela

https://italomoderni.bandcamp.com/album/italo-moderni-edits-x-mas-iv-edizione

Traditions are traditions, as every Xmas we return with some Italo Disco Edits from our friends Flemming Dalum, Hysteric, Adrian Marth, WLDV, Enzio Etchaberri and Louis Moorhouse. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year, thanks for the constant support! Be ready for 2024! :)

JM Cidron - Vendré Aquí Cuantas Veces Lo Desée (WLDV Edit)

Traditions are traditions, as every Xmas we return with some Italo Disco Edits from our friends Flemming Dalum, Hysteric, Adrian Marth, WLDV, Enzio Etchaberri and Louis Moorhouse. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year, thanks for the constant support! Be ready for 2024! :)

https://italomoderni.bandcamp.com/album/italo-moderni-edits-x-mas-iv-edizione

Hysteric - Get Down On Love

The Breakout Krew - Breakout Theme (Flemming Dalum Edit)

Traditions are traditions, as every Xmas we return with some Italo Disco Edits from our friends Flemming Dalum, Hysteric, Adrian Marth, WLDV, Enzio Etchaberri and Louis Moorhouse. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year, thanks for the constant support! Be ready for 2024! :)



https://italomoderni.bandcamp.com/album/italo-moderni-edits-x-mas-iv-edizione

Starter - Night By Night (Enzio Etchaberri Edit)

https://italomoderni.bandcamp.com/album/the-hacker-no-se-or

The Hacker @the-hacker and Italo Moderni join forces with a masterful electro EP, guided by the French G.O.A.T. from Grenoble. Infused with techno vibes and featuring a remix by the renowned Terence Fixmer, this EP is a testament to the cutting-edge fusion of styles. Drawing inspiration from Liaisons Dangereuses, The Hacker weaves intricate basslines and rhythms, exemplified in the track ‘No Señor.’ ‘Me and My Sequencer Part 1 and Part 2’ unveils a clandestine narrative, a hidden tale shared only between The Hacker and his synthesizers—revealing the magical connection cultivated over the years.

BUYLINK

The Hacker - No Señor EP (ITALO MODERNI)

italomoderni.bandcamp.com/album/the-ha…ker-no-se-or

The Hacker @the-hacker and Italo Moderni join forces with a masterful electro EP, guided by the French G.O.A.T. from Grenoble. Infused with techno vibes and featuring a remix by the renowned @terence-fixmer Terence Fixmer, this EP is a testament to the cutting-edge fusion of styles. Drawing inspiration from Liaisons Dangereuses, The Hacker weaves intricate basslines and rhythms, exemplified in the track ‘No Señor.’ ‘Me and My Sequencer Part 1 and Part 2’ unveils a clandestine narrative, a hidden tale shared only between The Hacker and his synthesizers—revealing the magical connection cultivated over the years

The Hacker - No Señor (Terence Fixmer Remix)

The Hacker - Me And My Sequencer Part 2

The Hacker - Me And My Sequencer Part 1

It's time to return to Italo Moderni Mixes with a new design and stronger than ever, it is always a surprise to discover emerging talents and more like the Dj / Producer Clare Durant @claredurant, the Sevillian delights us with a super powerful electro set ready for your home or party dancefloor. The artist produces and mixes electro with occasional splashes of techno and breakbeat and runs the party and label @bleachandmoan Tune in and dive deep into Clare's Electro world!

IM MIX 112: Clare Durant

MALOU's synth-filled floor fillers are guaranteed to bring energy to the dance floor. Her energetic italo disco and electro sometimes come with a hint of house. She's not held back
by genre labels and likes to combine it with excursions into whatever is on her playlists at the time. This lovechild of Ian Curtis and Gigi D'Agostino has already played at venues like
TivoliVredenburg, NAR and Radio TNP. 
If you want to explore the world of synthesizers and
colorful sounds, MALOU is your intergalactic guide.

@rnalou

IM MIX 113: Malou

The Why Not - Ghedaffi (Craxidisco Edit)

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Today we bring a new mix from our friends ITALLIKA, based in Russia. @itallika

Igor Litvinov, Ivan Fedorov, Kirill Egorov.
They do parties in Russia all focused in Italo, SynthPop, New Wave, Electropop, Cold Wave, New Beat and related.

They are big supporters from our label and always it's a pleasure present new people that love the ITALO world like us!


a lot of new music inside of this mix! have fun! :)

IM #39 MIX: ITALLIKA

@sexxxstasy, one of the great revelations after his great Boiler Room as a  resident of queer party @popoffkitchen lands on our label with this great mix, in which he plays with italo, ebm, trance, house, we are seeing a lot of talent lately from Russia, we have a lot of supporters from there, so thank you to all!

 It's time to Sexstaxy on ITALO MODERNI


PLAY!

https://www.instagram.com/versasace/?hl=es

IM #50 MIX : SÉXSTASY

A6- Discobeton - Markov's Planet (Extended Version)

(FULL EDIT INSTRUMENTAL TRACK)
Mastered by Adrian Marth.

https://italomoderni.bandcamp.com/album/italo-moderni-edits-vol-ll

https://www.discogs.com/es/Axel-F-Geronimo/release/1624681

Axel F. ‎– Geronimo (Instrumental Adrian Marth Edit)

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.

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