The disco sound swept the world throughout the 1970s, but nowhere did it find quite so warm a reception as it did in Italy. Of course, in Giorgio Moroder, the country featured one of the disco sound's ...

The folks behind Panic! Underground let the dour mask drop for an evening devoted to that most champagne of electronic-music subgenres, Italo disco. The evening features Robby Orlando (NM), Deca-Dance ...

In the second installment of his newly revitalized Rewind column, Finn Johannsen speaks with a true veteran, Flemming Dalum. The Denmark native discovered a passion for Italo disco in the early ’80s, ...

Anyone smell a cash in? Surely, surely not. But whatever the pong surrounding it, Disco Italia - Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-1985 is coming your way on June 23 via Strut. Currently all the ...

Eurovision paid tribute to the influence of Italo-disco music during last night’s first semi-final (May 10) – you can watch the colourful medley below. This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is taking ...

Alessandro Melazzini approaches the subject of 80s pop dance music from a particular perspective. Born in Sondrio, Lombardy, the Italian documentarian, who has filmed both nuns and porn stars, is ...

Last week, Billboard published a list of the top disco songs of all time, as chosen by one of the genre’s great architects, producer/songwriter/performer Giorgio Moroder. Moroder is probably best ...

I arrive in Naples after a 10-hour train ride through the Italian countryside. I’m here to discover a new breed of modern day Italo discos that are giving birth to what’s becoming known as ‘The Napoli ...