Electro-Pop Pioneers New Order’s “Blue Monday” Kicks Off SXSW Music

ACL Live show brought in former clubgoers and curious newbies alike

"...their 2015 dance floor anthem “Plastic” crossed post-punk with Giorgio Moroder’s electronic coloring...."

March 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

The Queen of More Than Disco in Love to Love You, Donna Summer

Director Brooklyn Sudano looks beyond the mirrorball at the woman she called Mother

"...daughter, like her working relationship with electronic music pioneer Giorgio Moroder, who Summer praised for redeeming other men by..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Christina Garcia

How Did Legendary DJ and Londoner Paul Oakenfold Land in Bastrop?

The Londoner finds his way to a Texas ranch

"...late Seventies/early Eighties filings, including Trans-Europe Express), Italian producer Giorgio Moroder, and New Wave/electronic pathfinder Gary Numan in the..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Lou Rebecca Album Review

Restless (Holodeck)

"...the chanteuse also reflects Italo's popularity. Masters such as Giorgio Moroder evolved the genre as France's Marc Cerrone created..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

Live Music Recommendations: April 13-19

Texas Independence Fest grinds, Ibeyi smooths it out, and more

"...a product of influences including Stockhausen, musique concrète, and Giorgio Moroder, among others. The five-member dark synth group is..."

April 12, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

SXSW Music: Must-See EDM

Dance your ass off to these 11 EDM acts

"...summer on a steady diet of Pet Shop Boys, Giorgio Moroder, Bananarama, Sparks, Siouxsie & the Banshees, the B-52s,..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Stranger Things Blasts Local Synth Quartet Survive Into Orbit

Scoring the Netflix summer hit

"...to the Eighties horror aspects of Stranger Things – Giorgio Moroder, John Carpenter – it pushes Survive forward as..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

And on Keyboards, John Carpenter!

Horror master successfully re-tunes his career

"...that Carpenter’s new compositions, with their nods to Goblin, Giorgio Moroder, and Jeff Lynne, can command a concert stage..."

June 24, 2016 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Deadmau5 vs. Drake: Saturday ACL Face-Off

Which Saturday headliner?

"...Surely unintentional musical influences: Mickey Mouse, Giorgio Moroder's disco divas, Nintendo..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Mo' Music Monday: February 2

Dance magic dance your week away

"..."Right Here, Right Now" Giorgio Moroder featuring Kylie Minogue..."

Feb. 2, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Fun Fun Fun Fest Interview: Sparks

A two-man show promises to get bigger and better

"...idiom of Erasure and its fellow travelers on late-Seventies Giorgio Moroder collaborations No. 1 in Heaven and Terminal Jive...."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Daft Punk

"...An interview with Italian producer Giorgio Moroder introduces the third track of Random Access Memories...."

July 5, 2013 Music Review by Abby Johnston

SXSW Review: 'The Lords of Salem'

A series of micro-nightmares bolstered by Rob Zombie's style

"...Bedazzled bell-bottoms with platform discotheque boots clearly expatriated from Giorgio Moroder's mothballed wardrobe, Rob Zombie remains a singularly unique..."

March 13, 2013 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

Spike Lee, Amy Heckerling to present films

"...
FORBIDDEN PLANET 7:15pm Tues, 9:05pm Weds, 7:15pm Thurs
GIORGIO MORODER PRESENTS METROPOLIS 9:20pm Tues, 7:15pm Weds, 9:20pm Thurs
..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Toot Toot, Hey, Beep Beep

Disco diva Donna Summer returns to the stage and record racks 17 years later with ‘Crayons.’

"...had taken a path down Etta James instead of Giorgio Moroder. “Bad Girls” toot-tooting and, hey, beep-beeping straight into..."

Aug. 21, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Moreover, the tracks she labeled as Giorgio Moroder-influenced sound nothing like the producer, which leads me..."

July 22, 2005 Column

No Thanks! Only Review Our Band If You Get It Right!

"...and drum machines. Moreover, the tracks she labeled as Giorgio Moroder-influenced sound nothing like the producer, which leads me..."

July 15, 2005 Postmarks

Ghostland Observatory

"...Ross Turner spits out diametrically danceable dissertations on the Giorgio Moroder-infused "Shoot 'em Down" and "Candy Rider." "Silver City"..."

July 15, 2005 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

The Age of Restoration

Reviled at the time of their release, silent cinema classics Metropolis and The Thief of Bagdad get their due at the Paramount Theatre this weekend.

"...feet for posterity. A 1984 reissue, overseen by composer Giorgio Moroder, attempted to retool the surviving Metropolis for modern..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

After a Fashion

Harken back to the days of yore … on the dancefloor, as "After a Fashion" trips the disco ball fantastic in this boogie down Memory Lane.

"...tripped-out, zeroed-in sound, and not since the heyday of Giorgio Moroder, Patrick Cowley, and Bobby "O-- Orlando, in the..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"..."Love to Love You, Baby" engineered by electronica genius Giorgio Moroder, and the fate of dance music was sealed...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Machine Soul: An Odyssey Into Electronic Dance Music (Rhino)

Reissues

"...are you going to find the genius and seminal Giorgio Moroder/Donna Summer disco masterpiece "I Feel Love" back-to-back with..."

May 19, 2000 Music Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW News: Saturday

"...the "beautifully restored imagery and modern, swift pace" of Giorgio Moroder's tinted and re-subtitled 1984 salvage job, yet "by..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

The Sound and the Fury

Local theatre Alamo Drafthouse teams silent films with live musical scores by favorite Austin acts.

"...recent efforts, a score written by Italian synth prodigy Giorgio Moroder and executed by such Eighties luminaries as Freddie..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...sound that's reminiscent of everyone from Kraftwerk to the Giorgio Moroder. (Bob Popular East, 9pm) -- Marc Savlov..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Live Shots

"...1984, an edited version of Metropolis was re-released with Giorgio Moroder, who also scored Midnight Express and Cat People..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Lights! Camera! Gilmore!

"...end up in territory somewhere between "Jellybean" Benitez and Giorgio Moroder. The mix even includes singer Doug Sahm shamelessly..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Column

Johnny 100 Pesos

"...Andres Pollak's score, which sounds disturbingly like a 1980s Giorgio Moroder soundtrack. An entry in last year's Sundance Film..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor