Koto - Chinese revenge (1982)

This is the first release of this Italian synth-group. In the end 80s the name KOTO was still alive but it wasn't longer an Italian but a Dutch project because the original founders of KOTO (Anfrando Maiola and Stefano Cundari) were selling the rights of the name KOTO to the German ZYX-label. These guys asked the Dutch producer Michiel van der Kuy to re-record and remix some of the old KOTO tracks. In the early 2000s the rights went back to Italy.

Peru - Savane (1983)

This is the second one I described in the post before. I still can see the green laserlight... Simply a timetrip back in my young days.

Peru - Continents (1983)

This is the B-side of the Oriental 12inch and has been also released first on the Continents album. This album is really great and contents at least two tracks that remembers me on the lasershow in my hometown disco back in the mid eighties. One of these tracks is "Continents".

Peru - Oriental (1983)

Very nice and ambient tune made in the Netherlands. It was released first on the album "Continents" and two years later as a 12inch.

Sylvi Foster - Hookey (1982)

Italo classic from the early era. The real name of Sylvi Foster is Domenico Ricchini we also know as Joe Yellow or Bob Salton. The instrumental version on the B-side is definitely the better one.

Spacelex - Pretty face/Happy birthday (2009)

"Pretty face" is a massive electro oriented track with a very fat bassline and vocoder. Whereas "Happy birthday" - the second track on this release - is a pure NuItalo gem. The vinyl is released as a 200 copy limited one sider edition on "Dissident".

Ago - Computer (in my mind) (1986)

It comes from the late Italo era from 1986. That's normally not the best stuff in this time but this one sounds very okay :-)

You can hear here both sides of the 12inch - the vocal and the instrumental version. Decide yourself what you like more. Both "videos" will show you some pictures of the artist Agostino Presta. Kind of funny as I think ...

The Hasbeens - Ain't the same as before (2008)

Another slo-mo track that's very melancholical. Good work from the Netherlands though. Produced amongst others by Martijn Hoogendijk aka Alden Tyrell.