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The Japanese video game company Konami has released a series of video games called Para Para Paradise as part of its Bemani series of music-based games. The games feature an octagonal platform with motion sensors above it. Players must trigger the sensors by moving their arms (or other body parts) under the sensors when the corresponding arrow ...
Italo disco (variously capitalized, and sometimes hyphenated as Italo-disco) [1] is a music genre which originated in Italy in the late 1970s and was mainly produced in the 1980s. Italo disco evolved from the then-current underground dance, pop, and electronic music, both domestic and foreign ( hi-NRG , Euro disco ) and developed into a diverse ...
Around this time, critics coined the term "spacesynth", which combines elements of Italo disco and Space disco. "Visitors" and "Jabdah" are considered part of the genre. In 1987, a megamix was released, combining elements of their previous four singles. In 1990 house and techno music was becoming popular, and Italo disco began to decline in ...
Japan experienced Italo disco through the success of the West German group Arabesque, which broke up in 1984. This did not prevent the release of two Italo disco-sounding singles in 1985 and 1986, produced and mixed by Michael Cretu (of Enigma). The later solo success of Arabesque's lead singer Sandra further introduced this sound to Japan.
Have Fun!, the band's first full album from 1984, featured Francesca Merola and Roberta Servelli as the on-stage faces for the group. The album featured other popular dance singles, including "Give Me Your Love," "Living In Japan" and the band's soft-ballad signature hit " Colour My Love ", which became popular in American nightclubs due to its ...
The following is a list of Italo disco artists and songs, divided in two sections. The first section includes notable Italo disco groups and solo artists. The second ...
Dubbed the "Father of Disco", [5] [6] [7] Moroder is credited with pioneering Euro disco and electronic dance music. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] His work with synthesizers had a significant influence on several music genres such as hi-NRG , Italo disco , synth-pop , new wave, house, and techno music.
The group first appeared in Japan in 1979 for a television special, performing Hello Mr. Monkey on the "11PM" TV show. Lauer even spent her 18th birthday in Japan while they were on tour there in May 1980. They later took part in the Seoul Song Festival, in 1981. Further, the group performed a number of concerts in Japan between 1980 and 1982.