It originally appeared in the film Thank God It’s Friday. The Academy Award-winning track, co-produced by Moroder and Bob Esty, is notable for starting out as a ballad before launching into a giddy disco delight. “Nobody, including me, was thinking it could become such a hit and revolutionize the use of synthesizer in the electronic dance world,” Moroder admits.īlondie’s Chris Stein adds, “ told me he had the idea for ‘I Feel Love’ in the ‘60s, but he just couldn’t pull it off with anybody because it was too weirdly ahead of its time.”ĭonna Summer’s “Last Dance” has somehow always managed to make bittersweet situations seem a bit more euphoric, whether it be the bust-up of a romantic relationship or closing time during a great night out at the local dive. And by opting for a fully electronic bed of sound rather than using live strings, Giorgio Moroder set the wheels in motion for a universal overhaul for the sound of the dancefloor. The other-worldly “I Feel Love” kicked the budding singer’s career into high gear. Though she would go on to become a disco icon by the end of the decade, up to this point, Summer had only attained moderate success, with one sole Top 40 hit to her credit (1975’s “Love To Love You Baby”). You can trace the origins of any number of dance genres (Italo disco, Hi-NRG, techno, electro) back to this one lusty, pulsating track, released as the second single off Donna Summer’s 1977 I Remember Yesterday album. Head below as Debbie Harry and Blondie‘s Chris Stein, Terri Nunn of Berlin and Moroder reminisce about the music of Donna Summer and some of Giorgio’s biggest milestones. Still, he offered many insights regarding the classic tracks he produced throughout the ’70s and ’80s - not to mention a certain song recently recorded for Daft Punk‘s upcoming LP Random Access Memories. Rest assured, Giorgio is a man whose calendar in 2013 is getting busier by the week. She even tried to convince me to lose weight with the special diet. “She was always ready for a joke, even in the last months, never indicating that she was suffering. ![]() “The thing I miss most about Donna is the vitality with which she surrounded herself,” Moroder reflects. To commemorate the first year since the passing of Summer and celebrate the extensive work of Moroder, we reached out to the producer, who turned out to be as thoughtful as he is candid. The disco queen kept her battle with lung cancer private, but it’s Summer’s enduring legacy of revered songs like “I Feel Love,” “Last Dance,” “MacArthur Park” and “Bad Girls” that lives on. Special thanks to: DJ Mr.Giorgio’s longtime collaborator and close friend Donna Summer passed away one year ago today, at the age of 63. Graphis & design: Kitty Eißmann, Sandra Stein, Tom Sky ![]() Photos: DJ Stevy ( production: Tom Sky & Roskow Kretschmann ![]() The track "Disco Delight" is ONLY AVAILABLE on VINYL and will be digital available here from the 01.09.21 !!! On the B-side MUDEGG presents with "Disco Delight" a musical collage of only german Disco dub-parts, drum breakdowns, breaks, loops and interesting parts all combined in a 19 minutes homogeneous dance mix. On the A-side Black Pearl Records selected a few songs to present a cross-section of the german Zeitgeist from the classic 70 disco years to Cosmic Disco to NDW Synth Pop.Īs a big special the track by the extra-ordinary West-Berlin Funk band „MODYVATION“ is a premiere and can be heard for the first time since it was recorded and put on ice in 1978. It was a very welcome big playground with it´s own authenticity & stylistics. is a much more interesting & creative understood underground scene than most can imagine. German Disco music - which is mostly associated with Boney M. Black Pearl Records is very proud to present our new Disco compilation EP "DISCO DE:LIGHT" with songs by artists from Germany only!
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