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Retro Futurism- Italo Is Still Alive

Italo Disco had its peak time in the mid 80s, thank to such artists as Aleph, Fred Ventura, Scotch, Ken Laszlo, Den Harrow, Joe Yellow or Casco to name a few. From underground club music to catchy pop acts, italo had its footprint everywhere. It was also widely supported by DJs, from Chicago to London, from Berlin to Moscow, from Stockholm to Lisbon. When house music replaced it in Europe, some of the producers started to produce house music as well, some moved to Japan to continue their italo adventure in a bit faster form called euro beat. Years have passed but the catchy italo melodies, the warm sound of the synths and beat of the drums machines remained alive in the hearts of its fans. But in the 21st century it was reborn like a phoenix from the ashes. Old italo disco producers started to record again, using their old synths and bringing their cool sound back to live. We can also hear strong echoes of it in the music movement called synthwave, nu italo or nu disco, usually produced by young artists deeply inspired by 80s synth music, including italo disco. And finally there is also a music genre called "new generation" and the scene is really strong and full of artists trying to copy not only the sound, but also way of singing and melody lines of italo disco and euro disco. And this compilation is about all this great revolt. It delivers new tunes or fresh remixes of italo giants such as Digital Emotion, Aleph, Some Bizarre, Dyva or Fred Ventura accompanied by fresh synthwave, synth pop, nu italo or new generation acts such as Knights, Evanton, Maxthor, Andy Fox or Foreign Boy. An explosive selection of fresh sound inspired by retro.

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CD - 1 disk
Release date
23-06-2017
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504120
EAN
4042564177459
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TRACKS

Disk 1

1. DIGITAL EMOTION - FULL CONTROL (ORIGINAL MIX) 6:04
2. MAXTHOR - HUNTERS (EXTENDED EDIT) 5:28
3. ITALOCONNECTION - NEON DISCO (ALSO PLAYABLE MONO REMIX) 6:58
4. MAGIC SYSTEM DJ - FROZEN HEARTS(EXTENDED VERSION) 6:20
5. ALEPH - FLY TO ME (ITALOCONNECTION REMIX) 5:36
6. EVANTON - ILLUSION (ORIGINAL MIX) 5:55
7. KNIGHT$ - SO COLD (EXTENDED APM EDIT) 5:09
8. ANDY FOX FT. VANNA - DAYDREAM (ORIGINAL MIX) 6:36
9. ITALOVE & FRED VENTURA - NEVER SURRENDER (EXTENDED MIX) 4:12
10. SOME BIZARRE - DONT BE AFRAID(FLEMMING DALUM REMIX) 5:57
11. DYVA - HARSH WIND (CORBA B SHOCKING BELL MIX) 6:50
12. FOREIGN BOY - DISCO QUEENS (ORIGINAL MIX) 4:57