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Confuzed Disco - A Retrospective Of Italian Records

THE REVIEW

The Bolognese Irma Records, in collaboration with Mantra Vibes, presents 'Confuzed Disco'. The protagonist of this production is a genre not very well known by its real name
and often underestimated; we're talking about Italo Disco.

A compilation created to take us back to the golden years of the Italo Disco phenomenon with artists
like Gaznevada, Confusional Quartet, A.I.M., Stupid Set, N.O.I.A., and Kirlian Camera, who between the years
1979 and 1982 created this movement that many would later draw inspiration from in their productions.
Two CDs with the flavor of the legendary '80s. The first contains songs from the aforementioned artists in their almost original versions, all tracks that made history, some of which are fundamental for many current productions and essential to understand them, to understand how the Italian electro scene was and is not only that. Tracks that, when listened to now, still sound current despite being two decades old.

The second CD largely reprises these tracks, but in remixed versions by established and emerging artists of the electro scene such as Franz & Shape, Ajello, Scuola Furano,
Fabrizio Mammarella, Kiki, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas. Presenting the tracks one by one would not convey how they truly are, the first disc for those who lived certain years needs no introduction, the second would require some more introduction but it would take away the pleasure of discovery.
Obviously, one should not expect anything minimal or techno, so fashionable today (techno, alas, one of the most mistreated terms in history, which, by being put everywhere, has lost its true meaning, that is, that music born mainly in Detroit practically coinciding with Italo Disco, from which it even drew inspiration in some instances. That techno has nothing to do with the music that everyone today labels as techno).

Those who appreciate house sounds (the real house, not the stuff passed off as house nowadays) will enjoy this album pleasantly. Two discs between past, present, and future of genres that have influenced and continue to influence electronic music. Here, however, we are mainly talking about Italo disco, hence an underground culture that many may not be so familiar with. Anyone wanting to discover where today's sounds come from should listen to Confuzed Disco, and much will become clear, also to know the names that will make (and some are even making the present) the future of electronics like Ajello, Franz & Shape (personally, to mention a track since I haven't mentioned any yet, I point out their remix of "Stranger In A Strange Land" by N.O.I.A., simply colossal) and Scuola Furano above all speaking for our Italy, which has always been at the forefront from the electronic point of view.

I would define 'Confuzed Disco' as an encyclopedia of Italo Disco but also of electronic music, essential for those who love certain sounds and to know for those not very familiar with them.

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