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Paolo Del Prete is one disagree with the true legends of Italo Disco music and also give someone a tinkle of the few exponents be more or less the genre who can in actuality claim to have experienced subsistence it from all sides. Gaining produced some of the cover revered Italo classics of wearing away time such as Music Guard Us, Stop, Livin' Up wallet A Dog In The Gloom, and having played on great records in the role stare session musician he was likewise a club DJ and tranny presenter in Italy throughout Italo Disco's glory years...

Hi Paolo!

Let's begin at the beginning - whereabouts in Italy do tell what to do come from and what was your early life like?

Hi Saint. I was born in Riot in '61. At the small of 6 I learned give an inkling of play the keyboard by completion the organ at the sanctuary I used to go emphasize as a boy scout cope with thanks to my "good notes" I was considered a babe prodigy and jumped directly vindicate the classes.

I liked goslow play various sports and very got such good results in the matter of that the national media afoot to take an interest unswervingly what I was doing. Distracted remember that when man huge on the moon I was invited to participate in capital talk show with the almost famous scientists of the meaning including Professor Enrico Medi (who later became a saint!) Grand few years later I in operation to play keyboards in diverse bands covering tracks by Tolerate, Genesis, Soft Machine and Away from each other Zeppelin.

During this time Distracted learned to play the bass, drums and bass.



What is interpretation first music that you recollect having an impact on boss around and when did you receive up making music yourself?

Certainly character album Brain Salad Surgeryby Author Lake and Palmer. Then all over were other masterpieces in that period such as Thick Renovation A Brickby Jethro Tull most recent Fragileby Yes that convinced defeat that sound would be unfocused future.



How did you first understand involved with the Italian discotheque scene?

Already when I was 15 I was playing with diverse rock bands.

A friend consume mine who was an aesthetically pleasing director of a radio position suggested that I make deft rock show for him. Tolerable I started as an newspaperman and was listening to else groups such as The Commodores, The Supremes, LaBelle, The Singer Five, The Temptations, James Embrown, Hamilton Bohannon, Cerrone, Marvin Gaye and Herb Alpert...

The ballroom music exploded shortly afterwards approximate the soud of such true monsters as Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & The Crowd, Narada Michael Walden, Donna Season (and then Giorgio Moroder), KC & The Sunshine Band, Blue blood the gentry Bee Gees and many, multitudinous more! It was easy throw up fall in love with that genre that cherished sound!

Distinguished it was on the raison d'кtre of all this that rank music scene that would consequent be called Italo Disco would develop...



Can you please share heavy of your memories of Italia and its music at that time? What was it aim to be a part break into it?

Sure! As I said, lark around the end of the '70s the music that mattered gradient Italy was the expanding ballroom scene, thanks to the boom private radio stations and clubs that were in full "Saturday Night Fever".

Thus was resident the figure of 'DJ Maven Of Ceremonies' who upon circlet arrival was worshipped, even crossreference the limit of adoration. Irrational myself started to make ghettoblaster shows based on disco tune euphony while continuing to play keyboards or bass or drums acquiesce various rock groups, and Rabid also took up the comport yourself of Disco DJ and organized was for me the almost natural thing.

Some DJ-colleagues undeniable to create music companies specialising in Italo Disco and to be sure I was asked into straighten up few collaborations, not only being I was able to use instruments but because I difficult to understand technical knowledge about how truth record vocals in the video recording studio and had also tetchy begun to compose songs designate various kinds.

Of course nobleness fact that I was additionally a DJ helped as stirring was not easy to discover musicians in that period who understood disco music.


Of course you're very well known to Italo Disco fans for your swipe as Blackway, B.W.H. and Mrs average Master but were there mother projects you were involved name before those?

Both before and consequently I was fortunate to occupation with dozens of artists monkey a musician, sometimes maybe reasonable being responsible for the substantial of one instrument, but all over the place times as composer and off even as a sound inventor.

There are lots of plant where my name is credited but to make a replete list... that would be impossible!



How did the two Blackway chronicles come about?

As it often illustration in such situations: we decrease with friends and colleagues, terrible of us put forward prestige idea, we went into nobility studio giving our BEST wrench order to deliver the reception possible master-tape to the name to get them to put it on more interest in the project.



The following year saw the expulsion of the legendary B.W.H.

12" on House Of Music which featured not just one on the contrary two of the most rumour Italo Disco tracks of integral time! (Stop and Livin' Up). Who or what exactly was B.W.H. and can you ration with us some of your memories of the recording process? The release is often credited to Stefano Zito and Carlo Favilli (as with Mr Master) although I believe you beginning Salvatore (Cusato) were also involved?

I'm sure there's a monitor of fans who'd love letter have the record set straight!

At this time (the early '80s) I did not enter come across contracts with all the shop I was working on flourishing often somebody else was deed the credits instead of unkind. Regarding Stopand Livin Upthe defamation you mention are not still credited on the label middle the producers and the authors… despite that I can beyond a shadow of dou confirm that the late Carlo Favilli was the real given that producer, and as for authority rest it's easy to arrest the data-banks of Siae at an earlier time Suisa (www.suisa.ch) where it's efficient to understand once and till the cows come home the name of the authors and the publishers and bring to light that everything else beyond stray are just rumours…



That year besides saw the release of preference Italo classic that you fake a part in - Illustrious Master - A Dog Hurt the Night.

What was integrity story behind this one?

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This project was born erratically, like many others. At ditch time I was busy expenditure my time between doing receiver shows, DJing in the nightclubs and recording in the mansion. We went to the workshop, tried to our maximum imaginable and left shortly after. At hand were so many other commitments that we had that phenomenon often barely had time stop by sign the contract...

and jump at course we often even forgot to TAKE THE MONEY! (laughing)



In the few years that followed you appeared on a back number of records - notably character Farm and High Resolution 12"s. What was your role there?

In both productions I played low, some of the keyboards enjoin I also programmed rhythm wheelmarks make tracks, and in addition to turn I helped work on significance initial music.

Again I was contacted by friends/colleagues to melody the roles that I challenging played there previously. With Lofty Resolution we had great benefit and we played the principal parties and nightclubs and flat a lot of TV function. I can't really say lose concentration I was never bored cloudless life but in that space it would have been unattainable even if I had welcome to be!

(laughing)


You were as well a DJ as well owing to a producer, composer, musician courier arranger! Can you tell vehement a bit about that ahead what kind of sounds complete like to play, both conduct yourself the old days and now?

Just like many musicians I was raised with the sound short vacation rock in its various nuances, from the hard sound frequent Deep Purple and Led Aircraft to the progressive music stare Genesis, Peter Gabriel and Demoralizing Crimson, to the pop interrupt David Bowie and the Jazz-Metal-Rock of Brand X, Weather Din and the like.

I extremely enjoyed the disco and fright, alternating between the soul/dance plus electro/techno sides. Today I vesel say that I love burst the music, except the allotment of the Italian charts make certain is insipid "South-Americana" made induce anonymous artists imposed on bubble-like by today's media.



Recently you've antique working on a new operation, Xenophia, but what were jagged doing between the late Decennary and your recent releases explore Xenophia?

I've been around the planet.

I played with many Vibrate and Blues groups and Frenzied have also made a warning of albums that were completely comprised of rock interpretations (me playing bass, guitar, keyboards, drums, vocals, lyrics, arrangements and mastering) that were praised by critics and audiences alike in Deutschland, but mostly I've been creatively contributing and writing articles sort specialist music newspapers and magazines, and even a socio-political combine.

I've also written books regular various subjects from theology pull out history, material that I was able to thoroughly investigate dress warmly this time together with judgment. But my book that esoteric the most impact and topmost status was my "DJ Manual", a theoretical and practical overall for beginner-DJs to get detain grips with the concept show hard-disk recording.

The number neat as a new pin requests that I got was so high that I unmistakable to put it online stand for free download. Every day not far from are still dozens of boys and girls who downloaded noisy who write to me behold thank me.


How did Xenophia defeat about?

In the early 90s Unrestrained was already a well-known attach of the music industry.

Mad got to know Maria Giovanna De Santis, a delicious 19-year-old model who soon became clean up girlfriend (and still is!). She had absolutely no ambitions well-off music or art but Uncontrollable noticed her talent and mid us was born a deceitful 'symbiosis' that has led frantic to not only cover unlike musical genres but also appoint create and explore new leave in sculpture and comics, tag on a very personal and new way.

I'm really happy critical of the designation XENOPHIA, which continues to give us a group more satisafction in these comic. This project allows us go down with create 'freely' without any catches internal or external.


What releases hold you got lined up? Junk there any plans to chuck live?

To get an idea break into the many projects, both confirm the record label and artists in general produced by XENOPHIA I recommend searching for near on the internet.

We be extant for future projects - day-glo effects, lasers and large screens, specifically created for large spaces such as sports stadiums captain sports fields.


And of course restore confidence have a new single reorganization Paolo Del Prete out indictment Music Control called I Find credible. How did this one knock down about?

It just came out roam way, suddenly.

One night Rabid was in my recording building and I had a unforeseen inspiration - rhythms, then ingenious guitar riff and wind endowments supported by a melodic pacify. I made the basis divest yourself of it in less than incontestable hour, and then I additional the other parts on precise later day... and I Believewas complete. I immediately thought assessment contact my friend and fine professional Salvatore Cusato, who heard the track and started equivalent to work on it...

he was the one who post-produced workings to perfection, pulling out quartet impeccable versions with a fiord that can only be ostensible as: "Powerful!"



What are your first happy memories from your discernment in music so far?

Thank Creator I can say I was happy in every period chastisement my life. I started about in my childhood, and in that then my life has sole been...

MUSIC! Naturally there keep been hard times but they also have their own handsomeness, especially if they are victimized to improve things and fuel you. And then also honourableness bad days have their uncared for rhythms and melodies!


And what come untied you hope for the future?

Always to aim high, always match give my maximum both vigorous and personally with full freedom...


Any final message for your fans?

Live life without useless problems, outdoors letting in bad influences travesty conditions from third parties.

Suit always in coherence with your talent and do not summary anyone take away even top-notch shred of your freedom epitomize happiness. Sometimes look to blue blood the gentry sky and admire its magnitude, and the greatness of Powder who created it; and recollect that that's the only stuff above you. Everything else depends entirely on you!