The history of italo disco, a musical genre that conquered the world during the incredible eighties, the most cybernetic decade; a style that was not just another kind of dance-pop music ...

Some say disco polo is comparable to italo disco, but after curious beginnings the genre became narrower and purer than its complex Italian equivalent. It is closer to turbo-folk and chalga ‒ its ...

An exhibition exploring the history of Italo disco is opening this week at Frankfurt’s Museum of Modern Electronic Music [MOMEM]. Titled, ITALO DISCO – Never Stop Dancing, the exhibition opens on ...

Much of the mood came from the shimmering sounds of Italo disco, the musical genre which proliferated in 1970s Italy, before being adopted by the British club scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s.