Cosmic Disco

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Cosmic disco[1][2] (also called "Cosmic music,"[3] "the Cosmic Sound,"[4], etc.) is a style of dance music named after the "Cosmic" nightclub in northern Italy,[3] which the cosmic disco scene was centered around.[5][6] The Cosmic scene's most notable DJ was Daniele Baldelli,[6] who was hired as Cosmic's DJ in 1979;[3] Stylus Magazine has described Baldelli and Beppe Loda as Cosmic Disco's pioneers.[1] The Cosmic Sound included a very diverse range of musical styles, from electro and funk to jazz fusion and Brazilian music.[6] Peter Shapiro described Baldelli's music as a "combination of spaced-out rock and tribal percussion."[3] One genre that was usually not part of this mix was Italo disco,[6] which Baldelli believes was generally too mainstream and commercial.[3] The music's speed has been characterized by different sources as slow[7][2] and mid-tempo;[1] Baldelli himself states that he usually played at 90-105 bpm.[3] Baldelli would also play 45 RPM records at 33 and vice versa.[7] Cosmic music has been cited as a "touchstone" for contemporary "space disco" artists like Lindstrøm collaborator Prins Thomas and Andy Meecham of Chicken Lips.[6] It has also been cited as an influence on some later Italian house songs, such as Sueño Latino.[7]

The Cosmic club itself was located in Lazise, a small town on Lake Garda.[3] The club had a capacity of 1000 and decor inspired by American clubs like Odyssey 2001 (where Saturday Night Fever was filmed) and Studio 54.[3]

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  1. ^ a b c Gill, Michael (December 22, 2006), “Beatz By The Pound #31: 2006 Best Of…”, Stylus Magazine, <http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/beatz_by_the_pound/31-2006-best-of.htm>. Retrieved on 21 April 2008  “Looking over to the blogosphere, the largest hipster tremors came from the rediscovery of the Italian ‘Cosmic Disco’ sound (a mid-tempo stew of balearic disco pioneered by Beppe Loda and Daniele Baldelli)…”
  2. ^ a b Segal, Dave (February 20, 2007), “Data Breaker (music reviews)”, The Stranger, <http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=161437&mode=print>. Retrieved on 21 April 2008  “Originally championed by Italian DJ Daniele Baldelli, cosmic disco funkily trudges along at about 80–105 bpm, as if Robitussin replaced coke as the producers' and dancers' drug of choice. In these slow-mo dance anthems, every element somehow becomes more dilated and psychedelic.”
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Shapiro, Peter (2005), Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco, New York: Faber and Faber, Inc. 
  4. ^ Mylo (June 10, 2006), “Head space goes to Miami”, The Guardian, <http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2006/jun/10/restandrelaxation.miami.unitedstates>. Retrieved on 21 April 2008  “Dave smokes and provides the soundtrack - late 70s mixtapes by Daniele Baldelli from Rimini, original purveyor of the ‘Cosmic Sound’, which is to say disco 45s played at 33 rpm.”
  5. ^ Tantum, Bruce (August 17, 2006), “Puff daddy”, Time Out New York (no. 568), <http://www.timeout.com/newyork/article/clubs/5277/puff-daddy>. Retrieved on 12 November 2007  and Tantum, Bruce (August 24, 2006), “Fully Loda”, Time Out Chicago (no. 78), <http://www.timeout.com/chicago/article/16718/fully-loda>. Retrieved on 12 November 2007  “The Afro sound is sometimes lumped in with the similar ‘cosmic disco,’ another wide-ranging sonic cioppino that was centered around Lazise, Italy’s Cosmic Club in the same era, championed by DJs such as Daniele Baldelli and Stefano Secchi.”
  6. ^ a b c d e Leone, Dominique (February 6, 2006), “Space Disco”, Pitchfork Media, <http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/10255-space-disco>. Retrieved on 21 April 2008 
  7. ^ a b c Brewster, Bill (2005). "Daniele Baldelli". Wax Poetics (Spring). 

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