space is the place! science fiction always played an important part in many music styles, from techno to p-funk, jazz, cosmic, electro etc. this styleguides edition is all about the high class synthesizer trash of early electronic space themes.
bonus music video is the famous doctor who theme composed by ron grainer and realised by delia derbyshire at the bbc radiophonic workshop in 1963, creating one of the first electronic music signature tunes for science fiction tv:
italo disco received it’s stigmata of bad taste for several good reasons: cheesy hooks, plastic sound signatures, neon record covers, awful english etc. nevertheless the genre gave birth to some obscure gems and essential dance classics leaving footprints behind in pop worldwide.
one of the true styleguides in this compilation is adriano celentano’s ‘prisencolinensinainciusol’ – not only because it was the first ‘rap’ record made in europe (1974!), but also because of it’s classy music video: