Giorgio Moroder

The disco thread got me to thinking more about the man.

He is a fucking genius.

I'd prefer any of his stuff over Kraftwerk, any day.

Lets talk about the man... the music... the moustache.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E817rpX-PoU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OU7Hka_--U&feature=fvw <--- godfather of techno

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6mclovd27E <--- my favorite of his collaborations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MccmHwA-c4U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDk6bH_bJm4 <--- early shit from '69!

  On 2/16/2010 at 9:55 PM, jefferoo said:

Lets talk about the man... the music... the moustache.

...the CAR!

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In the mid 1980s, Giorgio Moroder and sports car specialist Claudio Zampolli decided they wanted to create something truly unique. Their vision was of the ultimate super-luxury, super-performance sports car. This car borrowed from the realm of rich men's daydreams would offer everything the wealthiest might want in such a vehicle-bold innovative styling, custom manufacturing, greatly enhanced performance, and infinite luxury. Combining their names (Cizeta is Italian for C.Z., Zampolli's initials), the two men decided to refer to their supercar as the Cizeta-Moroder.

To create a look worthy of such a supercar, Moroder and Zampolli turned to Marcello Gandini. This accomplished sports car designer had become famous by producing the styling of many Lamborghinis such the Countach and the Lancia Stratos. And the two visionaries were rewarded for their choice with a design that is rich, sleek, sporty and dramatic.

Cizeta-Moroder Photo

But where do you go to build a car the likes of which the world had never seen? Moroder and Zampolli went to the Mecca of fine Italian car production-Modena, Italy. Here a crew gathered that included many who had worked on Marcello Gandini's Lamborghini Countach years earlier.

The car was shown at the Geneva Auto Salon in 1988 with enormous success. By 1991, the attractive Cizeta-Moroder V16T was delivered to the world and available for purchase. This exotic car offered many intriguing features, with its powerful 16-cylinder engine being without a doubt the most impressive. Packed with 540 horsepower, this V-16 granted drivers the amazing ability of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph within 4 seconds and an exhilarating, top running speed of 204 mph.

To accomplish such high performance, Oliviero Pedrazzi-the chief designer for Cizeta-Moroder-conceived a powerful engine that would combine the best of available sports car technology. Though it might be roughly imagined as two V-8s working together, this finely executed engine is actually much more sophisticated. For instance, the engine is transversely mounted just ahead of the rear wheels, and the design incorporates 64 valves and a total of eight camshafts. Two radiators keep this powerplant cooled.

With a price tag of $600,000 each, the Cizeta-Moroder came with many other enhanced features besides the inspired engine. For instance, the luxurious and roomy interior sported full leather, and high-end audio and air conditioning systems were standard. Aluminum formed the body of the automobile except for the roof which was built of steel as an added safety feature. Its immense brakes were provided by Brembo. And the tires, manufactured by Pirelli, were the largest available (245/40 front and 334/35 rear) at the time of car's introduction on the market.

Cizeta-Moroder Interiro shot

Even the design of the sports car's logo received maximum thought and attention. In 1988 Moroder received the Philadelphia award for design excellence for his attractive logo concept for the Cizeta-Moroder.

Once production was up and running, the plan was to produce one of these super Italian sports cars a week. And other designs and models were envisioned for the future. But despite some orders, including one from an impressed Sultan of Brunai, a world recession forced production of the Cizeta-Moroder to come to a halt. And that's where the story of this dream car rests, at least for now.

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Yello also have their own car. Clearly this is the sign of true electronica godhood.

In terms of production, he's good, but he's no Patrick Cowley.

  On 2/17/2010 at 12:08 AM, Masonic Boom said:

In terms of production, he's good, but he's no Patrick Cowley.

get the fuck out of here, Patrick Cowley wouldn't exist if it weren't for Giorogio. I love Pat Cowley just as much as the next american Gay discos aficionado, but he just doesn't have the range that Giorgio did. Maybe if his career lasted longer we'd see him flourish into something more insane.

and you guys are probably sick of me talking about Einzelgänger , Giorogio's early 70s kraut rock attempt. It is really worth checking out, it has some fo the later electronic poppish elements from 'here to eternity' but tranposed over early cluster tangerine dream style atmospheric electronics.

it's been posted to a couple of mp3 blogs recently

This might be Giorgio's masterpiece right here. The single is actually just part 2 of the LP version. It's supposed to spend like 3 minutes building up to the proto-acid modular arpeggigasms...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc_x2-rCFWI

  On 2/17/2010 at 5:12 AM, analogue wings said:

This might be Giorgio's masterpiece right here. The single is actually just part 2 of the LP version. It's supposed to spend like 3 minutes building up to the proto-acid modular arpeggigasms...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc_x2-rCFWI

woah never heard this thanks for posting

zomg.

download the album now. you gotta hear the arps ping ponging in stereo....

  On 2/17/2010 at 2:56 AM, Awepittance said:

  On 2/17/2010 at 12:08 AM, Masonic Boom said:

In terms of production, he's good, but he's no Patrick Cowley.

 

get the fuck out of here, Patrick Cowley wouldn't exist if it weren't for Giorogio. I love Pat Cowley just as much as the next american Gay discos aficionado, but he just doesn't have the range that Giorgio did. Maybe if his career lasted longer we'd see him flourish into something more insane.

 

Au contraire, I think that Cowley has a kind of weirdness and sexuality that his music where Moroder is all bombast and arpeggios. I love Moroder as much as the next Disco Diva but I think Cowley had a quality that transcended Moroder. I mean, compare Moroder's mix of I Feel Love to Cowley's 18 minute epic. It just goes further, longer, wilder, weirder, deeper, higher.

But, lucky, we don't have to choose! We can have chocolate and peanut butter! And we can even have them together.

have you heard this - http://www.discogs.com/Patrick-Cowley-Jorge-Socarras-Catholic/release/1937024 ? it was recently reissued (supposedly never been heard before) , i haven't gotten a chance to listen yet

OK, if you guy want a Patrick Crowley conversation then start a fucking Patrick Crowley thread.

Back on track!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1a_ikfUico

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW5iSjFNPXI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILWSp0m9G2U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25ckwdcBEzk <--- :aphexsign: :aphexsign: :aphexsign:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH3Q_CZy968

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk30a0qsVIk

Amen.

I just realized the video I posted for the Scarface theme gets cut short.

Blasphemy!

Here is a longer version...

:aphexsign: :aphexsign: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOSctvrUf24 :aphexsign: :aphexsign:

great stuff on this thread, especially that Sparks album, wow!

i need to keep going through his discogs production credits and youtube the shit out of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_mQkQbCrBE

Giorgio Moroder. What a guy. His LP gets a spin every now and again.

And when I grow up I want to be Ron Mael.