Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder is an Italian singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer. Moroder is frequently credited with pioneering Italo disco and electronic dance music...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionMusic Producer
Date of Birth26 April 1940
CountryItaly
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I was involved with a sports car called Cizeta-Moroder, which was the first 16-cylinder car, beautiful. I think we sold about eight cars, and then in '92 the economic crash came, and we had to close the shop.
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I had an idea for a technologically advanced luxury watch. I got involved in digital art and neon painting and put on shows of my work.
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Even when disco went out, I could still make hits. Once I had so much success, every idea became concentrated. I had so much confidence. I knew how the bass should sound, what rhythms would work. The tempos I knew: 110 to 120 BPM. I knew they would dance in the clubs in New York or anywhere.
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In the early '80s, my sound - especially that mysterious kind of synthesized sound that was used so much - every relatively cheap TV show eventually had it because it's not expensive. It's just one guy doing the whole soundtrack. So it was overdone.
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Once you free your mind about the concept of harmony and of music being correct, you can do whatever you want. So nobody told me what to do, and there was no preconception of what to do.
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Every business is there to make money, and making a record is business. This tends to be forgotten by many.
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In both pop and disco, the meaning of the lyrics is not too important. I have nothing I feel I particularly want to say.
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I have to admit, I do not listen to much rock music.
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Disco does work better with black artists or players. They just feel it more.
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What Skrillex does with Ableton it's like being a little god. It's not just pushing loops - that's easy - but to do the effects he's a genius.
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When I'm dead, somebody can write my biography. I wrote a national hymn, an anthem, which I don't want to present to that country. But I have a deal with my wife - when I'm dead, she should offer it, because then I'm safe.
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I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do.
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Once you free your mind about a concept of music and harmony being correct, you can do whatever you want.
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I like the sounds of EDM; the guys create new sounds, beautiful sounds. The melodies, it's a little less. I like the kind of melodies I did with Donna Summer, or 'Flashdance,' where you have a verse, a chorus - a song setup.