Review: It's another meeting of different Italian disco generations as cosmic disco veteran Daniele Baldelli and young(ish) hotshot Marco Dionigi team up for another joint EP. "Cosmic Efficacy" is a linear arpeggiated electro-disco journey to the stars, complete with electro-housey drum fills. In its "Slow Motion Remix" guise the tune is even spacier and highlights it's Moroder-isms even more. "Parallelo" on the other hand is much more abstract, with retro films samples woven over a coarse, electronic backdrop that resembles distorted cosmic interference. Far out!
Review: Cosmic hero Marco Dionigi must have found something out in space that has increased his creativity to that beyond us mere mortals. He's been knocking out up to two hefty EPs per month (and that's not even including his long players!), and shows no signs of stopping. And if it's working, then why not? Here we have yet more quality productions - "Base Terra" touches on bouncey but moody electro-disco, "Water Drops" toys with operatic/Gregorian vocals, "Mission For The Nature" is dreamy downtempo stuff, "Another Day On Planet Earth" is pulsating peak timer (for Dionigi anyway) and "Strong Strategy", with its suspended chiming melodies, is probably our favourite.
Review: Marco Dionigi is the veteran Italian DJ and producer who is known for being part of Funkadiba (with legend Daniele Baldelli) and the man behind the Quantistic Division label. Mainly an outlet for his own productions, he has also found time for other worthy contributors in recent times such as Discoscuro, Simon Faz & Fabio Slider. Dionigi's next terrific offering is the Neon EP, featuring the moody modern Italo disco of the title track or "Hypnotize Zone", jacking house jams like "Life Light Love" or even moments of downbeat experimental electronica as heard on the haunting closer "Night Dreamer".
Review: The Marco Dionigi cosmic assault continues afoot with this new long player. Marking a shift from some of his more Italo-ish productions, this album is more of a nine song deep trip into space (with a little house on the side). Highlights include the slo-motion Balearica of the title track, the spacey electro nebula of "Astromantik", the mechanical body music of "Refracting" and the creepy dungeon-beat of "My Body Is A Metronome".
Review: Cosmic disco stalwart Marco Dionigi returns to action, and this time he's wielding one of those ludicrously over-sized alien-hunting guns sported by Will Smith in Men in Black. I'm A UFO Hunter is loosely based around the search for extra-terrestrial life forms, with many of the tracks boasting vocal samples from B-movies and wacky American TV reports about suspected spaceship sightings. Musically, the album flits between stargazing cosmiche vibes (see the rather lovely "What Star Did You Come From"), alien Italo ("The Higgs Boson is Real") and vaguely Balearic curiosities ("UFO Sightings in the Middle East"). It's arguably his best album for some time, and certainly the most interesting.
Review: Having spent most of the last few years releasing a new album every few weeks, Marco Dionigi seems to have calmed down a little of late. This is his first digital-only full-length for a good few months, and arguably one of his strongest to date. Musically, it's similar to previous outings, offering a heady, intoxicating blend of disco-centric jack tracks ("Drumphobia", "The Big One", "Transfer Agent"), contemporary cosmic disco ("Infected Mushroom", "Eternal Flame"), psychedelic slow jams ("Snake Poison", "Mr Santiago Don't Be Afraid") and saucer-eyed reworks of much-loved cosmic disco anthems ("Nostalgy 80"). If you're a fan, you'll love it.
Review: Following his recent return to action after a brief hiatus (a few months, which in his terms is an eternity), Marco Dionigi drops another selection of stargazing new wave Italo floorfillers. There's much to admire in the shimmering synths and electronic rhythms of "We Move" and "Euclidean Space", a bright and breezy foray into midtempo futurism. Dionigi is often at his best, though, when sidestepping convention. That's certainly the case here, as the curious electronics and downtempo grooves of "Cos 2013" and "Peaceful Occupation" stand out. You know what you're getting, but it rarely disappoints.
Review: For his latest assault on the download charts, popular cosmic disco DJ/producer Marco Dionigi mines his vaults of unreleased recordings. Strange Archives From The Past features 13 previously unheard cuts produced between 1997 and '99, before his association with Daneile Baldelli (and most notably their excellent Cosmic Disco, Cosmic Rock comp for Eskimo) reignited his career. Musically, it's as you'd expect, offering a range of spacious, slow motion jams that touch on Italo, cosmic disco, acid and mystical electronica. There's also a couple of fantastically heavy drum tracks, of which the intoxicating "Go" is probably the pick.
Review: There are two possible explanations for Marco Dionigi's impressive productivity. Firstly, he works very quickly. Secondly, he has secretly bred a super-race of genetically modified monkeys and locked them in a cellar with a bunch of old synthesizers, a Mac and a copy of Logic. While the latter is highly improbable, it would explain the Dr Who-does-Italo Disco vibe of this latest 10-track missive. Like the best of Dionigi's original compositions, the best cuts here sound like they were beamed down from the stars, possibly by a man in a tweed blazer and bowtie who cures all of the universe's problems with a flashing screwdriver and a bunch of tired one-liners. Or cyber-monkeys.
Review: Following their recent collaboration focusing on remixing the work of avant electronic composer Richard Bone, Daniele Baldelli and Marco Dionigi once again join forces. This time round, the inspiration is the music that Baldelli played at Italy's most famous disco venue: the Cosmic Club. As a result, Cosmic Eagle offers a mix of new productions and sneaky remixes that touch on everything from hypnotic synth weird-outs and curious cosmic rock to progressive synth-funk, chiming early eelctronica and wobbly space disco. It's all floor-friendly and tightly produced - perhaps a little too tightly, in some cases - and fits snugly into Baldelli's infamous cosmic disco sound.
Review: What is there left to say about one-man-production-line and cosmic disco stalwart Marco Dionigi? Over the last couple of years, we've consistently sung his praises, despite a release schedule so packed it makes keeping up almost impossible. The Dirty Analogic Party series has always been one of his most trustworthy and floor-friendly brands, gathering together groovy, sample-heavy tracks and sneaky re-edits that blend elements of analogue house, cosmic rock, weirdo disco, Italo and Balearica. This eighth volume boasts plenty of playable fare, from the 808 boom and Robotnik-ish electronics of "Hiccups", to the cowbell-driven Euro-dirt of "I'm A Disco Machine", via the slo-mo pulse of cosmic rock oddity "Justice".
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