Tuesday, 11 February 2020

Italo Disco (Still Cosmic..?)

With my research progressing into the cosmic/space disco scene I ended up tracing the whole thing right back to where it very first began, which was in Italy in the 1970s/80s. Here it is often referred to as 'Italo Disco', but also 'Cosmic Disco'; which is after one of the first big clubs opened in Italy that played this specific type of dance music. Upon further reading I have learnt that although similar, Cosmic and Italo disco are not the same thing.

I can sense that trying to get a wealth of information on this specific scene is going to be a challenge as I'm already struggling to find an abundance of information online! But will persevere. For the mean time here are some photos I could find of the clubs etc. 



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