Daniël Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I bought a CD yesterday, and It reminds me of sega music when i listen. Anyway, i searched the net and it's a genre i didn't know was ever so big. I knew of synthmusic, but synthspace/italo disco was new for me. It's not worldshocking, but you should check it out if you're intrests go beyond 5 years of music. I bought it because i want to have a CD colllection of all electronic genres and this is my finest buy in months. Spacesynth, synthdance, spacedance, spacedisco or whatever you want to call it is instrumental upbeat synth music that focuses on melodies instead of rhythm. Driving basslines, catchy synth riffs, sci-fi influences and futuristic track titles and album covers have always been a major part of spacesynth. Spacesynth originated in the mid 80's. At that time synthesizers and electronic sounds had become an essential part of popular music and were widely used by such artists as Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk and Art of Noise. Synthpop hits like Magnetic Fields 2, Pulstar and Magic Fly are well known tracks even today. In the meantime in Italy a music style called Italo disco was dominating discos. Basically Italo Disco consists of rather simple vocals, melodic synth riffs and a four-to-floor beat. It had that recognizable 80's disco sound that people either love or hate these days. Italo disco became popular in other parts of Europe too. At first spacesynth was just an instrumental version of Italo Disco focusing on the synth side of Italo Disco. But eventually it became a genre of its own. Cyber People released successful singles "Polaris" and "Void Vision" for the Memory Records label. Koto developed his own Italo-inspired synth music style and the single "Visitors" was a big hit in 1985. Soon after there were other similar groups - also outside of Italy. Erik van Vliet from The Netherlands established Laserdance and together with Michiel van der Kuy Laserdance became the most successful spacesynth group ever. Their debut album "Future Generation" (1987) sold approximately 150 000 copies and the singles "Powerrun" and "Humanoid Invasion" were big hits in Europe. Koto and Laserdance could be considered the most popular spacesynth groups. They set the standards of the genre and since the golden era of spacesynth many producers have tried to replicate that sound. In the early 90's spacesynth started to lose its popularity and almost completely vanished during the 90's when eurodance, house, techno and its subgenres were dominating electronic music charts. Spacesynth was nearly forgotten until it showed some signs of recovering towards the end of the 90s. Now there's growing interest in spacesynth again as 80's melodic sound is getting more popular. During the last few years Hypersound Productions and Alpha Centauri (formerly known as AXIS Records) have released a numerous of spacesynth albums from many new artists. It will be interesting to see and hear how this music is going to evolve. Time will tell. samples: laserdance- Vast emptiness Anders Lundqvist SOURCE freemusic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Miko Mission - How Old Are You? Miko Mission - The World Is You (L) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phobium Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 What can I say, some Italo disco tracks are really cool. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 It's something I discovered and listened to for a short while... I thought it was really cool (actually, cheesy and cool at the same time).. but after a short while the thrill was over... I never really liked it that much again. What makes it nice are the fat analog leads, the catchy/funky rhythms and basslines and also the imperfection because it's not always as perfectly tight as todays dance music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Buddha Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 oh yea bro i love this totally!! i tell u bro , this stuff completely takes me back to the times of streets of rage , revenge of shinobi , and loads of old skool games , the only difference is that this music is real and high quality instead of chip tune music its amazing bro , great thread and thanks for making me to discover such great music !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Video game music or 1980s cartoon soundtrack? Kind of funny, really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sick Bastard Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 God bless Italo!! This freaky music is crazy Master Girogio Moroder, tracks like ''The Chase'' are all time classics And about those ultra freak videoclips?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnPH8nnkmQc...related&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55GYucGQiCQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTP Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 italo disco? whenever I hear the words "italo disco" I must think of crap like this: The thread title irritated me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Gergio Moroder sucks, judging from those samples. Miko Mission is SO much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sick Bastard Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Gergio Moroder sucks, judging from those samples. Miko Mission is SO much better. 601655[/snapback] Wich Georgio samples? i didn't link any... He's a misunderstood genius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Synthpop hits like Pulstar 601294[/snapback] Indeed another awesome track from the Greek maestro Vangelis. Stuff like that puts a lot of today's electronic musicians in their place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Wich Georgio samples? i didn't link any... He's a misunderstood genius 601663[/snapback] Oh, i thought those youtube videos were by him.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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