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Italo disco

Music genre Italo discoStylistic originsEurodiscopost-discohi-NRGsynth-popCultural originsLate 1970s – early 1980s, ItalyDerivative formsEurobeatItalo houseItalo danceelectroclashsynthwavespace discovaporwaveOther topicsList of artists and songsAfro/cosmic music Italo disco or Italodisco (variously capitalized, and sometimes hyphenated as Italo-disco) is a music genre which originated in Italy in the early 1980s. Italo disco evolved from the then-current post-disco dance music and synth-pop, both domestic and foreign (hi-NRG, Euro disco) and developed into a diverse genre.

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