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----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 12:15:29 +0100 To: [email protected] Subject: (313) italo > I was thinking. > > The origins of techno are pretty well documented right? > and we see, from what we read & hear, where some of the > sounds/ideas/structures come from. > > e.g. 'No UFO's', or 'Sharevari', or 'Clear' all had electronic music come > out before them, from which you can deduce that certain ideas or whatever > were taken from. (P-Funk/Kraftwerk/Italo/Chicago/Disco) > > But, I was thinking - what came before Italo Disco? where on earth did some > of those producers get some of their ideas from? It was early days, synths > and drum boxes were just coming on to the market, and were barely > affordable, but the prices were coming down. > > Anyone know anything about this? I picked up a copy of that Vangelis > Bladerunner thing on the car boot sale yesterday, and its fairly clear that > the Italo 'Hypnosis' versions were covers/dancefloor remakes of this. So, > did the italo guys remake alot of stuff does anyone know? Did alot of their > ideas come form electronic classical/experimental stuff? > > supposedly also Italy's 'cosmo' scene was pretty wild, someone said to me > they were doing/playing loads of wild stuff before Mr Hardy picked it up. > round about '79/'80/'81 onwards.... > > anyone know any more, or any info on the net anywhere? I'd be interested to > know. > > ta! > > Alex > _________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------- End of message text -------------------- > > This e-mail is sent by the above named in their > individual, non-business capacity and is not on > behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. > > PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming > e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and > telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you > give your consent to such monitoring > > > -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers
