Italo disco has never completely disappeared from the scene as an important cultural heritage of our southern neighboring country. Just in time for the opening of the bathing season, it returns as surely as the Amen in prayer. In addition to their well-known evergreens, Adriano Celentano, Umberto Tozzi, Eros Ramazotti and Gianna Nannini always have lighter and shallower music intended for dancing. To put it positively, you can describe it as sexy discount music for adults, which can be easily entertained with easy-to-remember children’s melodies and under-complex plastic beats. The German author Eric Pfeil puts it in his book Azure. With 100 songs through Italy to the point: “Italo disco is superficial, shameless, flashy, sugary and cheap. And sometimes really great.”
