Synth pioneer. Disco architect. Film composer. Giorgio Moroder has had an undeniably heavy if cloaked hand in popular music since the ’70s when he helped Donna Summer craft “Love To Love You Baby.” ...
You won’t meet a lot of 74-year-old musical innovators friendlier than Giorgio Moroder. Despite maintaining a distant persona during his heyday as the disco genius behind the dark sunglasses and thick ...
Giorgio Moroder won a bet. His brothers challenged him to play as well as they did — three months later, he returned home during Christmas break from boarding school and played for them. They lost.
Synthesizers pump through the heart of contemporary pop music, but in the early ’70s, machine-made music seemed like a sci-fi fantasy. That is, until 1976, when disco queen Donna Summer recorded her ...
I spoke with Giorgio Moroder recently about "I Feel Love," which is just the latest sign that after decades in the music business, his career is hotter than ever, thanks mostly to a new generation of ...
Daft Punk's long, long-awaited new album Random Access Memories arrives next month, and it features collaborators with a few of the duo's fellow dance-music geniuses. A new Creators Project video ...
With “Giorgio by Moroder”, an entirely new generation of fans had their first exposure to the man largely responsible for bringing the synth and electronica sounds to the forefront of commercial music ...
“When it comes to new technology, I was always right there.” Chances are if you’ve ever stepped onto a dance floor, you’ve bobbed your head and shuffled your feet to grooves pioneered by dance-music ...
American composer and producer Raney Shockne first worked with Italian production pioneer Giorgio Moroder on a cover of Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner” (featuring Britney Spears on vocals) for 2015’s ...