music Italo-disco/Eurobeat Music Discussion

[Ashbad 969]

I've lately become a fan of both Italo Disco genre music and also to a decent extent, it's successor Eurobeat. Some of you may have heard some Eurobeat mixes from Eurobeat Brony's creations. I thought I'd find a few people here who also enjoy these very nostalgic genres of music, and since it was never a real "mainstream" style, discussion could probably be held to a single thread.

 

What are your favorite mixes/groups who have produced these genres of music? My favorite is actually Koto, I simply adore their mixes. They're somewhat a mix between Space-Synth and Italo-Disco, so the melodies will make you think star wars or 80's science fiction pretty quickly. Their most popular mix was "Visitors" (in what I think was 1986), but I actually like "Japanese War Game" and "Dragon's Legend", both below:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8955y3fQu34

 

 

I enjoyed Japanese War Game because the ambient beats in the background, and the melody is quite calming and extremely 80's retro; it just brings me good vibes all around. As for Dragon's Legend, I enjoyed that also for the 80's feel, but also while being very mellow it's also quite adventurous feeling. The instrument choice is rather nice, it's not too heavy on the synths nor the percussion; it feels nicely balanced, and far from intrusive to my ears. The cryptic voices in the background of both songs at regular periods also adds a slight eeriness to them (Koto did that in seemingly all of their mixes; in fact, "Jabdah" did that a very heavy amount, which was cool, but I thought it got in the way of the cool italo riffs spread throughout the song).

 

I also like Koto's post 1989 music, like their mix "Time", though this isn't really "official" Koto music really, since the Koto name was bought out from the two artists that produced under it until that point by another single artist, until it was bought back by the surviving original artist in ~2005.

 

 

As for Eurobeat, I don't really have a favorite artist, I haven't listened to enough to really make a decision. I guess I could comment on Eurobeat Brony's works. I'd rate all of them in a range from 6.5 (good) to 9 (great) out of 10. One thing that gets me on most of his MLP remixes are the insanely long intro sections. They're generally rather the same in style (add a new inst every 8 or so beats until he builds up to a Eurobeat riff), and kind of decrement my enjoyment of the whole song. His actual synth riffs are pretty intense, albeit short. His choruses stay rather true to the songs he remixes, but I think at times they fall short, and need more heavy synth in them to liven them up. Other than that, I highly enjoy his works

Edited April 18, 2012 by Ashbad

[Jon the VGNerd 885]

My favorite Eurobeat music is this, which was from Dave Rodgers:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_1t9yotKsU

 

EDIT: I apologize for changing the vid, since I chose the wrong song. ^^'

Edited April 19, 2012 by Jon the VGNerd

[Viscra Maelstrom 3,718]

i enjoy eurobeat, yes. only problem is i don't know enough artists and albums of the genre. if anyone knows any then please let me know.

 

so far, if you enjoy eurobeat, you ought to check out this compilation album, since it is awesomecauce: http://eurobeatforever.bandcamp.com/

and yes, Eurobeat Brony has contributed a track to the album, Gas Love, under the alias Mortimer.

 

aside from this compilation album, and Eurobeat Brony, only other artist/label-thingy i know of is Disko Warp Music, which produces a substantial amount of quality cheese music, ranging from eurobeat to hi-nrg to happy hardcore.

 

like i said, if you know any artists, albums and whatnot of the genre, please let me know. i need more quality cheese-music in my collection.

[Jon the VGNerd 885]

i enjoy eurobeat, yes. only problem is i don't know enough artists and albums of the genre. if anyone knows any then please let me know.

 

so far, if you enjoy eurobeat, you ought to check out this compilation album, since it is awesomecauce: http://eurobeatforever.bandcamp.com/

and yes, Eurobeat Brony has contributed a track to the album, Gas Love, under the alias Mortimer.

 

aside from this compilation album, and Eurobeat Brony, only other artist/label-thingy i know of is Disko Warp Music, which produces a substantial amount of quality cheese music, ranging from eurobeat to hi-nrg to happy hardcore.

 

like i said, if you know any artists, albums and whatnot of the genre, please let me know. i need more quality cheese-music in my collection.

 

Here's the link for the Eurobeat artists: http://en.wikipedia....urobeat_artists

[Viscra Maelstrom 3,718]

Here's the link for the Eurobeat artists: http://en.wikipedia....urobeat_artists

 

erf. i meant like, personal recommendations of artists, albums and the like. most of the names there aren't even documented in any Wikis.

[Jon the VGNerd 885]

erf. i meant like, personal recommendations of artists, albums and the like. most of the names there aren't even documented in any Wikis.

 

Oh. My bad, then. Even though I do listen to Eurobeats, I mainly listen to it from Initial D, so have little knowledge of artist, albums, etc etc. So yeah. Sorry about that. ^^'

[Viscra Maelstrom 3,718]

Oh. My bad, then. Even though I do listen to Eurobeats, I mainly listen to it from Initial D, so have little knowledge of artist, albums, etc etc. So yeah. Sorry about that. ^^'

 

ah, okay then. and no worries. i'll find some eurobeat in the near future hopefully.

[Twiliscael 3,960]

Basically everything said here before. From what I've actually been able to find, it's pretty sweet. Nice break from all of the ear splitting stuff i usually listen to (:

[Ashbad 969]

I am very jealous of this hairstyle.

 

Edited August 6, 2012 by Ashbad