Archive - Italian Disco Stories

Sanremo Fashion: When Costume Met Couture

Between the 1970s and 1990s, Sanremo’s costumes were meant for (moderate) shock and awe

10 hrs ago • Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey and Angelica Frey

Inside Fiorucci’s Multi-Sensory Revolution

Tracing the lineage of Elio Fiorucci’s cultural epicenter, where Keith Haring painted the walls, Loredana Bertè was the main brand ambassador, and a…

Feb 21 • Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey and Angelica Frey

Italian Disco Visual Stories: The Art of Guido Manuli

How Guido Manuli merged “fantasy animation” with the electronic and disco sounds of the 1980s

Feb 12 • Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey and Angelica Frey

From the Archives: Disco Sanremo (1976 -- 1979)

The rise of disco music culture at Italy’s most popular music event of the year.

Feb 4 • Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey and Angelica Frey

January 2026

Italian Variety Shows: The 1980s, Loud and Wondrous

Enter the rise of Fininvest and color TV as a toolkit of endless possibilities

Jan 30 • Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey and Angelica Frey

When Italian Disco Divas Make Concept Albums

How music, aesthetics, and performance fuse into cinematic storytelling.

Jan 23 • Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey and Angelica Frey

Madonna Covers Patty Pravo For Dolce & Gabbana

How her version of Patty Pravo's "La Bambola" turned into an even bigger homage to Italian music

Jan 8 • Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey and Angelica Frey

Giuni Russo Part II: Giuni, Album, A Casa di Ida Rubinstein

How, along the byway, Giuni Russo did it her way

Jan 7 • Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey and Angelica Frey

December 2025

Brazilian Standards + Belgian Disco = Italy’s Ultimate New Year’s Hit

On "Disco Samba" by Two Man Sound

Dec 30, 2025 • Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey

A Very Italo Christmas Cheer

Happy Holidays, stay on the 4/4 beat.

Dec 24, 2025 • Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey

Italian Variety Shows Part 1: From Canzonissima to Stryx

We examine the theme songs, the innovations, and the leading players of this entertainment format.

Dec 16, 2025 • Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey and Angelica Frey

Giuni Russo Part I: Solar Energy, Voice, and Mediterranean Longing

Record executives said no, but she did it anyway.

Dec 11, 2025 • Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey and Angelica Frey

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