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Italo Disco is a style of electronic dance music whose producers, composers and, in some cases, performers come from Italy. The term originated as early as the 1970s, and Italo Disco had its heyday in the 1980s. The prototype of this style is considered to be the song Self Control, published in 1983 by the Italian singer Raf. Italo disco has produced a large number of one-hit wonders.

The term "Italo Disco" is attributed to German Bernhard Mikulski (founder of ZYX Music), who used it in the late 1970s to distinguish Italian disco performers regionally from other countries. Disco as a musical genre began to develop in Italy in the early 1970s; Martinelli cites Nessuno mai by Marcella Bella (1974) as probably the first Italian disco song. Boosted by the film Saturday Night Fever (1977), disco music also boomed in Italy, with early representatives including Alan Sorrenti with Figli delle stelle (1977) and Francesca Aliotta. In the late 1970s, bands such as La Bionda with One for You, One for Me, Barbados Climax with California U.S.A. and Gepy & Gepy with Body to Body released English-language disco songs, but established artists such as Giorgio Moroder and Umberto Tozzi also released disco versions of older tracks.
But it was not until the early 1980s, with performers such as Baltimora, Righeira and Gazebo, that Italo Disco began to develop beyond its mere significance as a regional demarcation criterion into a musically independent genre. This was reflected in 1983 in the compilation The Best of Italo Disco Vol. 1 published by ZYX Music. Since then, the genre was no longer limited to Italy; performers such as Mike Mareen (Germany) also released music in the Italo Disco style in other European countries. Furthermore, Italo Disco is considered to be an important initiator of Chicago House. From the mid/late 1980s, Italo Disco evolved into genres such as Italo House and Italo Techno. In mid-2003, the group Master Blaster revived the genre with their album We Love Italo Disco. Many old tracks such as Happy Children, Another Life and Hypnotic Tango were covered, and the album We Love Italo Disco achieved great success. How Old R U by Mike Mission became a summer hit and stayed in the charts for weeks.

CHARACTERISTICS
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According to Martinelli, Italo Disco is characterized by a stringently maintained 4/4 time with a bass drum on the downbeat and snare and handclap on the upbeat, with a constantly repeating bass line above. The melodies are simple and catchy, with vocals mixed into the foreground. The musicians used the most modern instruments and technologies: synthesizers (including Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Roland JP-8) and drum computers (e.g. LinnDrum LM-2, Oberheim DMX) dominate the pieces, rarely paired with acoustic musical instruments. The lyric concept of Italo Disco is mostly self-referential.

Artists:
Alba, Aleph, Baby's Gang, Baltimora, Band Aid, La Bionda, Alberto Camerini, Canton, Carrara, Nadia Cassini, Claudio Cecchetto, Max Coveri, Pino D'Angiò, Danuta, Tullio De Piscopo, Doctor's Cat, Tony Esposito, Fake, Fancy, Mike Francis, Fun Fun, Gazebo, Gepy & Gepy
Valerie Dore, The Flirts, Den Harrow, Jock Hattle, Tom Hooker (auch als Lou Sern), Eddy Huntington, Hypnosis (oder Hipnosis), Kano
Klein + M.B.O., Koto, Ken Laszlo, P. Lion, Gary Low, Mauro Malavasi
Mike Mareen, Martinelli, Sandy Marton, Max-Him, Miko Mission, Monte Kristo, Moon Ray (a.k.a. Raggio Di Luna), Giorgio Moroder, Mr. Zivago, My Mine, Novecento, Albert One, Ryan Paris, Silver Pozzoli, Pink Project, Radiorama, Raf, Righeira, Linda Jo Rizzo, Alexander Robotnick, Sabrina, Savage, Scotch, Claudio Simonetti, Gino Soccio, Spagna, Tracy Spencer, Taffy, Topo & Roby, Celso Valli, Vivien Vee, Via Verdi ... and many more

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bad disk - id
id x id - id
bad disk - id
bad disk - was failure an option
bad disk - id
bad disk - people pleaser (id remix)
bad disk - id
deadmau5 vs. london grammar - hey Cthulhu (bad disk mashup)
bad disk - id
ashe - human (bad disk remix)
suriv - epic flow (bad disk remix)
bad disk - purposeful reflection (mashup)
bad disk - id
bad disk - id
bad disk & kova kova - would you erase me again
morgan page, bt, sultan & ned shepard - in the air feat. angela mccluskey (bad disk remix)
id x id - id
bad disk - id
id x id - id
sylvia tousun - underlying feeling (bad disk remix)
bad disk - i forget to tell you again
bad disk - id
4 strings - take me away (bad disk remix)
adam k & soha feat. naan - wake up (bad disk remix)
deadmau5 - strobe (bad disk remix)

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Bad Disk is a South African electronic music producer and DJ based in Cape Town, known for his meticulous sound design and genre-fluid approach. His music blends techno, glitch, electro-house, and experimental bass, emphasizing clarity, depth, and innovation. With releases on respected labels like mau5trap, Emercive, and Tasty Network, he has built a diverse catalog that highlights different facets of his sound while maintaining artistic integrity. Bad Disk balances structure and experimentation, crafting tracks with intricate rhythms and layered textures that reward attentive listening. As a DJ, he curates immersive, genre-blending sets focused on flow and atmosphere. Avoiding trends and hype, he prioritizes long-term artistic growth, earning respect for his technical skill and authenticity. Emerging from South Africa’s electronic scene, Bad Disk offers music that combines substance, innovation, and a fresh perspective.

A small note on my own behalf: I have noticed that my playback figures have dropped dramatically. The statistics show that the number of playbacks has dropped from 2000 per week to just under 200.
On the one hand, this is frustrating, as everyone sees this as an indicator and confirmation of their work. On the other hand, figures are not particularly important, but one wonders what is wrong. In my opinion, SC has changed a lot, uploading tracks has become more complicated and constant security queries are annoying.
In addition, great artists are disappearing from the platform, partly by their own choice, partly because they have been banned, the algorithm has “recognized” them as spam and mercilessly deleted their account. I'm still a paying member, but my attitude towards this has changed...

Please let me know your experiences and impressions.

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When I don't have the time to actively listen to my favorite artists on soundcloud, I just leave the stream running...while washing up in the kitchen, for example 😆

By the way: this user-92853963 was my old link address and leads to the empty.... I AM NOT A ROBOT!

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A long, long time ago, there was an organ in the Christmas-decorated living room in his parents' house, where Frank grew up. Originally bought by his father for his two older siblings, they showed no interest in playing the organ. Frank, however, did. White and black keys and giving off strange sounds. 

So at the age of 9 he began to let his fingers circle on this instrument, searching for the right keys like on a typewriter. And another 9 years would pass before he could buy his first own instrument. Already at the age of 13 he made notes about the then current synthesizers, bought one magazine after the other and visited music fairs in Frankfurt, Germany.

His first keyboard was the Yamaha DSR-2000, which he bought in a music store near his hometown Biebertal. In installments! Finally he could develop himself further - away from the limited tonality of the small organ. The built-in 8-track sequencer helped him to reach unimagined heights. 
Little by little his equipment expanded and his ambition to create music like that of Jean-Michel Jarres came closer. Influenced by this and countless other musicians of the time, his interest grew, but he taught himself everything. Not even having attended a music school or being able to read music at all, he wrote one song after another and recorded them on the only medium available to him at the time: audio cassettes.
Many of these recordings are unfortunately lost forever, because cassettes are and were not the best recording medium. He has to try to play many of his songs from memory. 

In 2007, he fulfilled a long-awaited wish: to buy a KORG. He had always wanted to own one, but with the latest synthesizers at the time of their release having a purchase price of over 6000 D-marks (the currency of the time in the 1980s and 1990s), that dream of owning one was far away. So in 2007 he bought a used KORG 01W/FD at ebay. And as before with the purchase of the Yamaha keyboard, a completely new world opened up to him.

In addition, there were expanders and sound modules from Kawai, Roland and Yamaha (K1m, SC-55, QY10). Six years later his enthusiasm for making music ebbed and rediscovered his hobby (which it always was and still is). In 2018 in April he decided to present his music to a wider audience and uploaded his first song on the platform soundcloud. Since that time, thanks also to the ever-evolving software, he continues to evolve, experiment and relive his times through music.

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