Italian House

**nrgbeat** · November 6th, 2004, 05:13 PM

Anybody here like the early 90's Italian house records like "Touch Me" by the 49ers, "Everybody, Everybody" Black Box or "Keep Warm" by Jinny?

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**Noman** · November 7th, 2004, 03:58 PM

I like some late 80's early 90's - Italian House and Garage

Black Box and Jinny as mentioned
Double Dee - Found Love
Joy Salinas - Rockin Romance
Double You - Please Don't Go
Candice - Move It (Sounds like Salsoul Orchestra)
etc..

I've got 49ers on Vinyl and it says -89

**nrgbeat** · November 10th, 2004, 06:27 AM

Are there not a lot of fans of Italian House or are you not familiar with what Italian House is?

**analogbass** · January 2nd, 2005, 08:23 AM

Actually, Black Box & 49ers was IMO the best house out there at the time because of the musicality and lush production that's always part of the Italian sound. Italian dance music dating back to the early 80s was always great and definitely similar to the best of the NYC sound in any era.

**martinus** · January 13th, 2005, 01:50 PM

Some of my Italian house favourites are:
JT Company: Don't Deal With Us
Don Carlos: Alone & Mediterraneo EP's
Alex Neri: The Wizard
Keytronics Ensemble: We Need Music
Be Noir: Give Me Your Love
Soft House Company: What You Need
Korda: Moving Power To The Music
Jill Jones: Bald
Morenas: Cuando Brilla da Luna
Double Dee: Hey You
Riviera Traxx EP's 1-3
49ers: The Message (Absolute & Gemolotto mixes)

**passaro** · January 18th, 2005, 08:24 PM

i advise you to check out a compilation on "dino" records, called casa italia, some of the best italo house tracks i have heard are on it, actually its the first ever house music i heard! my mother owned a copy of the tape around 94-95. my favoutire track being. "maude - get on the move" 8)

**Ivana Tinkle** · January 25th, 2005, 07:16 PM

There was a time when I used to play quite a lot of Italo house, the ones that stayed with me were:
Cool Jack "Just Come" Francois K. played this brilliantly at M.O.S.
D.Rail "Come on down" (?)
Jhonnie Parker "Love It Forever"
DJ Franco Zaferella(?) We Gotta Do It
Esta La Musica ( used to mix with the Cegan Bekic Relight My Fire / Let's Get Horny thing )
Lots of happy memories - if only I could remember them!

**Bona boy** · January 26th, 2005, 07:17 AM

My favourite Italian house track is 'Satisfy Your Dream' by Paradise Orhestra from '89. Very deep & lush. 8)

**Phoster** · February 8th, 2005, 08:01 AM

Heard about a good italian house label called "heartbeat"...
everytime I hear a good and deep house-track from the 90's,
it's always this label.

**buckaroo** · February 8th, 2005, 09:26 AM

:P
Sueno Latino? Anyone?

**Phoster** · February 8th, 2005, 03:31 PM

Sueno Latino?

Of course, man! what a tune!
How could I forget about it... 8)

There was a quite good series of 12" remixes on "distinct'ive" ten years later (2000). But the original paradise version still sounds so fresh, no new versions needed.

**born2disco** · February 9th, 2005, 08:46 PM

For some recent Italian house, check out Tutto Matto... I have rarely heard anyone do funk and disco better than these crazy Italians.

**SandraDee** · February 13th, 2005, 02:45 PM

Yes, my favourite disco was often Italian (Giorgio, Kasso, Jacques fred Petrus stuff, Tantra, Baciotti, Juliano Salerni stuff, The Ring etc.etc.) & it has to be said, those Italian stallions are the best at house music too. 8)

**buckaroo** · February 15th, 2005, 04:55 AM

Kasso? Were they Italian?
I remember their wicked choon from 1982 on Ramms Horn called "Kasso"
Wouldn't it be classed more as a disco track, not Italia house?

**SandraDee** · February 15th, 2005, 03:25 PM

Yes it was disco, as was everything else I listed; I think you missed my point. Do you mean to say you aren't familiar with the other artists? They are all quite well-known (or so I thought) disco artists.

**buckaroo** · February 16th, 2005, 04:50 AM

I knew about Jaques Fred Petrus because of Change, etc. And "Kasso" because it had a lot of airplay back in '82. During the latter part of the '80s in the UK, Italio House sprang up, Sueno Latino among others was doing well, but I wasn't a great big fan of the genre and just liked the odd choon, and therefore didn't make the effort to find out more about artists and song titles.

**Rylan** · September 11th, 2005, 05:30 PM

this week I'll be featuring some Italian style house at the end of my internet radio show, mixed by a local guy here in LA. it's very cool, very different than the sort of house music you normally hear.
f anyone wants to hear it you can go to my website and click on the internet radio tab at the top and there is a timer counting down till show time for those of you in other timezones, or if you're in pacific usa (california etc) its 2 pm on tuesday...
my web address is
http://www.ALLHOUSEMUSIC.com
I will be playing other styles of contemporary house music for about 2 and a half to 3 hours, then the Italio-House duiring the last hour and a half..

**dacha** · January 21st, 2006, 01:47 PM

The key man in Italian house were Gianfranco Bortolloti. He is behind everything i personaly like, such as: 49'ers, Sharada House Gang, Capella, Club House and many more. Maybe some of you know his song in Italo Disco style: Paul Sharada - Florida.

**discokicks** · January 21st, 2006, 02:16 PM

I loved that Italian House sound at the beginning of the 90's....favourite song was Capella's Helyom Halib on the Media label.

**SandraDee** · February 4th, 2006, 04:32 PM

A personal fave Italian house track of mine is 'I Say Yeah' by Secchi featuring Orlando Johnson from '91. Pure class. 8)

**K-Bee** · February 5th, 2006, 01:11 AM

remember this?

Sounds cheesy today but I loved it back in 1989 when it came out.

**jam master jay** · February 6th, 2006, 12:04 PM

I loved both the 49ers and Black Box. I actually saw Black Box perform at the Palladium in NYC (actually, just a few singers with backing music) in the early 90's. Two great albums!

I don't think it qualifies in the same category, but I also loved the D-Mob album, and Captain Hollywood Project from that same era.

**dacha** · February 7th, 2006, 07:15 AM

Yea, you're right it's not yhe same categorie, it's more eurodance and eurobeat but i also like it. Captain Hollywood was great in the beginning and then in the end i could not stand them how bad they sound!

**Davicillo** · February 7th, 2006, 01:19 PM

I liked some of the Italo stuff;

Sueno Latino (Classic!!!!!)
Soft House Company - What you need
49'ers - Touch me
DJH and Stephy - Think about
Double Dee - Found love