How did you discover ItaloDance?

I'll tell my story here too then

When I was about ten years old, in 2000, I was very fond of L'Amour Toujours, so I bought the album of Gigi from the money I got for my birthday. I really liked it, but I didn't know that the style had a name of it's own.

Then I forgot it for a couple of years, and in 2004 or 2005 I started listening to a show, every sunday on a dutch local radio station, with italo music, italodisco as well as italodance. And I listened that a lot, it also appeared to me by then that I had some Italodance on my pc, without knowing it was italodance (Like Dj Ross - Dreamland)

And last december I was bored, so I was ripping some old cd's to my pc, including L'Amour Toujours 1. And when I listened that again, I liked it, so I googled a bit, and found other artists. Later I found IDN and m2o, en some italodance forums, and now I am addicted to it Also with a little help of Maaike, who helped me with ordering some albums

So has occurred, that I was DeeJay all my life: at first at school, then at institute, in clubs... And the most popular dancing music came from Italy. In those times it was Italo Disco. But there was time and have come 90's years. Music became more rhythmic and Italo Disco trained for a new Italo House. But also it changed nothing - all that was pleasant to me on former came from Italy. Then I began to be engaged in advertising buziness (makin' of commercial video and 3D graphics). It was 2000 year. We have bought the satellite and began to look advertising videoclips which do in the world. Our sputnik was Hot Bird. And somehow in the evening I began to look what channels at us is, and at the same time have checked up all list radio station on the HotBird also. I was very glad, when have found DISCORADIO. Here then I also have got acquainted with Italo Danza. THAT IT were FOR MAD THEMES: Mabel, Mash, the first Eiffel65, Gigi Dag, Magic Box, Paps'n'Skar, Madras, J An Project, The Soundlovers, Peach. . I recollect till now those times, as almost 3 years ITALO DANZA music was the most fashionable (but also very rare) on radio and a disco! So I also remained the devoted fan of the given style...
p.s.
And I as accustom the daughter to this style

Haha...how I discoverd Italo Dance?
Well..it all started when I began listening to russian techno and european techno/dance dance sort of music. Of course eiffel 65..is like da legend...but never really into it much, the really big interest in italo dance came to me about two years ago, when the song anima libera was like totally popular in lithuania and my friend told me about it, from then on I discovered Gabry ponte......and so on to where I am now.

Anima libera is the song that got me into italodance too! <3
one of the greatest songs of all time (L) <3<33<3<33<3<3<3

well... yeah! at least is was super mega über awesome for me... (L) <3333<33<33<33<

I'm new and just want to share.

I have been listening italo dance for long time without knowing the genre. I referred it as just 'dance' or 'disco' music. This was back in the 80's when I was about 10 year old or so, starting with "I Like Chopin", "Tarzan Boy" and Den Harrow's "Catch The Fox".

Then fast forward to 90's and early 2000 when Eiffel 65 "Blue" and Gigi "I'll Fly With You" were big. I loved these songs. I bought Gigi's album. I listened to euro dance music on DI a lot. DI played some italo songs like Hotel Saint George & Molella. I still didn't know what Italo dance was.

Then in 2004 or 05.. I played FIFA05 on Xbox a lot with my friend. There was one song that stuck in our heads... (take a guess?) .... it was Deici Cento Mille. My friend downloaded the Brother's album and I got a copy. The songs are so "cheesy" that they are awesome... catchy-simple tunes, cheesy english lyrics (the ones in English).

From there, I started searching for other italian dance music and discovered the term "italo dance". I found IDN and listened to it all the time. Internet is the only source which I can find the music. The genre is pretty much unknown in US.

At the end... Deici Cento Mille is still one of the best songs until now.

DI = http://www.di.fm/

One of the largest internet radio stations playing electronic music on the net.

And welcome to the site henfen! you are our 500th member
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My backround with ItaloDance isn't much different from others.

The year is 1999 and the radio stations in Finland are playing this little song called 'Eiffel 65 - Blue'. I liked it straight away. So christmas comes and me and my brothers wish the album for christmas present. I listen to it again and again... but I'm slowly moving towards trance. Accuface, Svenson&Gielen... that very good stuff from the years 2000-2003. Even today I haven't completely forgotten trance. But it runs the second place in my heart to some other genre as you might guess

So approx. 5 years ago I returned to listen E65 - Europop. By then old scratchy disc that barely plays. Inside notes nowhere to be seen. I dig in a little deeper. So this Gabry Ponte has a solo-career. Hmm... not bad stuff. So I buy his albums and I by the other two albums by E65.

Then I start to notice in the internet that they're somehow linked to this genre called 'ItaloDance'. So I find out info about other artist, like their style immediately and buy albums. Danijay (who's my favourite these days), Luca Zeta and later Dj Sanny J... you name it. Best time I ever had was listening to Danijay's tribe set @ m2o back in the year 2006. There was always some new tracks.

And so he listened to the style happily ever after.

My friend introduced to me m2o musica allo stato puro of the year 2003 ! It was like an instant drug. It was like heroin to me. I was addicted to Italian dance music !

nice stories, m2o was indeed very addictive back then.. I remember going to italy and listen it most of the time

nnloso wrote:

wow wow, do you mean heavy metal or black metal like dimmu borgir ?

More Metallica, Iron Maiden... like that kind of music

now i never listen to it