Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco 1977-1985

On today's electro-obsessed dancefloors, original Italo disco is now a big deal, a regular fixture with DJs and dancers seduced by the epic, spacey energy, the brash synths and heavy percussion breaks leaping from the grooves. Italo-disco has boasted a major role in dance music heritage since it first surfaced, with acts as diverse as Metro Area, Hot Chip, Pet Shop Boys and Ricardo Villalobos owing much to late 70s and early 80s Italian dance music.

Italo Disco brings together original classics and rarities by some of the genre's leading producers, from Claudio Simonetti and Giancario Meo (aka Kasso and Easy Going) to Peter Micioni and Balearic favorite Tuillio De Piscopo. Many tracks appear on CD here for the first time and the album features several exclusive re-edits by compiler Stevie Kotey, member of DJ/ Producer team Chicken Lips and label boss of Bear Entertainment.