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Autumn 1984: Giacomo Maiolini, 21, founds Time Records in Brescia. With the duo Farina-Crivellente - the label becomes one of the biggest in Italo Disco. Atrium, Albert One, Ken Laszlo. In 1988, the shift to Eurobeat for Japan.
January 1984: Pete Waterman, Mike Stock and Matt Aitken open PWL Studios on Borough High Street. In six years - 44 UK #1s, 100+ top-40 hits and 120M records sold. Conveyor method: a single a week, £25-40K each. In August 1988, 15 SAW tracks sat in the UK top-40 at once. The trio split in 1991.
Trevor Horn was born 15 July 1949 in County Durham. By 2024 - 34 UK #1s, 3 Grammys and 9 Ivor Novellos. From Buggles' “Video Killed the Radio Star” (1979) through ABC, ZTT with Frankie Goes to Hollywood to Seal's “Kiss from a Rose” (1994). The “studio as instrument” method shaped 80s production.
How much did it cost to record an Italo Disco single? What were the runs, royalties, margins? The financial side of the genre with concrete numbers, rarely discussed.
The story of a family label that released Italo Disco's defining hits - from Raf's "Self Control" to Gazebo's career.
The story of one of the '80s most prolific Italian labels - Il Discotto, which dozens of landmark Italo Disco artists passed through.
The story of the German label that licensed Italian hits and made Italo Disco accessible across Europe - from founding to the present day.
The story of one of Italo Disco's main labels - Discomagic Records, which put out more records than you could listen to in a lifetime.
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