Tag: Italo-disco

• Alexander Robotnick is a true hero of dance music and is devoted to the underground, his ‘Radio Versions’ in 2021 is an enriching retrospective and undimming legacy of pioneering electronics

  Alexander Robotnick, legendary synth wizard of early ’80s proto-house and early pioneer of Italo-disco and electro is back again in 2021 with four volumes of Radio Versions.  You have to hand Robonick all of the plaudits for creativity and devotion to the underground electronic music scene, along with his individualism and focus that have cemented…

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  July 3, 2021

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  Alexander Robotnick, Chicago, Detroit, Electro, Freddie Freeloader, Herbie Hancock, Hot Banana, Hot Elephant Music, house, Impressions, Italo-disco, John Coltrane, Justin VanDerVolgen Edit, Maiden Voyage, Miles Davis, modal jazz, Music For an Imaginary Club, Radio Versions

• Cultures of Soul deliver a peerless selection of pop on ‘Saturday Night: South African Disco Pop Hits’ – drawing politically-driven classics from now priceless vinyl – out in the new year

  

  Cultures of Soul have another essential compilation set for release in the new year – Saturday Night: South African Disco Pop Hits – and having heard the selection, we at WTM (South African music obsessives) are once again blown away. The label identifies soul classics from all over the world, specialising in South Africa, the…

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  December 22, 2020

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  African techno-pop, Black Five, boogie, bubblegum, Cultures Of Soul, diva, Italo-disco, jazz-fusion, Madonna, Margino, mbaqanga, Nelson Mandela, NYC electro, NYC electro sounds, pop, Saturday Night: South African Disco Pop Hits, Soundburger, South Africa, Space Cats, Varikweru