Italodance
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| Total projects: |
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| Total songs: |
| 346 |
Italodance is essentially Eurodance music produced in Italy. More specifically, it is a subgenre of House music that was popular in nightclubs during the 1990's in most of Europe, but particularly in Italy. A typical song will have male rappers sing the verses and female singers perform the chorus, but variations of that formula are frequent. Songs featuring heavy sampling are not rare. Instrumental releases were also fairly frequent.
Italodance production covers the entire span of the 1990's, but reached its peak in 1993 up to 2000. During this era, production was absolutely massive; many records were being quickly produced, which leaded to inconsistent output quality between releases. Popular Italodance projects include Whigfield, Eiffel 65, Ice MC, Corona, and Alexia.
Production & style
While Eurodance was born out of cross-influence between various genres, including Hip-Hop, House, Disco and Hi-NRG, Italodance takes heavier inspiration from the 1980's Italo Disco, with several producers from the Italo Disco era crossing over, giving Italodance a distinct sound from Eurodance.
Very formulaic, this style makes heavy use of synthesizers: strong basslines, pounding beats, with a set tempo anywhere between 120 and 160 beats per minute.
Iconic Italodance Releases
Below are a selection of releases from well-known Bubblegum projects that feature "Italodance" tracks:
Featured Project
Misa
Misa is a bubblegum dance project produced in Italy, starring Japanese singer Misa Wajima.
Random Song
Happy Toyboys (Bubble Mix) by Jenny Rom
...A fully coloured symphony / A neverending flame / We represent the fantasy / And what the people like to play / / Together with a spiderman / You'll have some fun tonight / Hey mister lova superman / And everybody feel all right / / Na na na na na na / What's th... [more]
