TEMPO DISCHI ITALY ************ Distr. : IT - NE - Shiny Beast/ UK - Norman/Boomkat/Piccadilly/ Style : disco / boogie / funk / TD 01 STEEL MIND BOSS MAN 12" 03.2019 1 Boss Man (Original Mix) 2 Boss Man (Tempo Dischi Edit) 3 Lionel (Original Mix) 4 Summer In The City (Original Mix) Tempo Dischi are reissuing a bunch of Italo Disco classics. Boss Man by Steel Mind is a 12” that’s been loved by DJs and those in-the-know since the early '80s. It is the work of Piero Torsani who was previously in the band Caelestium. Two tracks - Boss Man and Lionel incorporate elements of Krautrock to his disco leanings. Tempo Dischi have also unearthed a worthy nugget from Torsani’s archives - Summer In The City, which features vocals by Caelestium singer Marisa Luca. 4 track 12” on Tempo Dischi. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TD 02 AUTOMAT AUTOMAT LP 08.2019 1 Automat Rise - Advance - Genus 2 Droid 3 Ultraviolet 4 Mecadence Automat by Automat is, for the uninitiated, what can only be described as a space disco album. The Italian duo of Romano Musumarra and Claudio Gizzi were inspired after meeting ground-breaking electronic instrument maker Mario Maggi. The album includes the track ‘Droid’, a classic piece of early electronica. Originally released in 1978, Automat is reissued by Tempo Dischi. https://www.normanrecords.com/records/177555-automat-automat --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TD 03 CONTACT MUSIC KEEP ON DANCE 12" 05.2020 The third release on Tempo Dischi is 'Keep On Dance' by Contact Music, a gem that is part of the Italo disco history, but has characteristics of the early proto house sound. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TD 04 LOGIC SYSTEM UNIT/CLASH 12" 08.2020 1 Unit 2 Clash (Tempo Dischi Edit) 3 Unit (Mito Version) Logic System is the solo project of Hideki Matsutake, ace synth programmer and ex-member of Yellow Magic Orchestra. Unit and Clash are tracks taken from his 1981 proto-techno debut album, Logic. This 12” also comes with an Italo Disco version of Unit, produced by Italian production group Mito, on the flip. On Tempo Dischi. https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=181992 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TD 05 ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK COMPUTER SOURIRE 12" 05.2021 The fifth release on Tempo Dischi comes from one of the true pioneers of Italian disco: Maurizio Dami a.k.a. Alexander Robotnick. 'Problemes d'Amour' and 'Computer Sourire', included in the mini album 'Ce N'est Q'un Début' are two fundamental songs in the history of electronic music made in Italy. www.shinybeast.nl =======================================================================================