(The beat wasn’t the song’s only attraction its extended version was 17 minutes long and filled with Ms. “For people like me, who don’t dance, I need the support of a great kick and a great bass,” he said. Moroder put a thumping kick drum on every beat: a foundation that every club D.J.
Summer’s 1975 international breakthrough, “Love to Love You Baby,” Mr. He learned English from her later, as her fame grew, he followed her to settle in Los Angeles. She was an American singer living in Munich, and he was a young pop composer from South Tyrol, where Italy borders Austria and Switzerland, with ambitions toward the international market. Listen to some of the best new recordings here. Classical Music: 2021 was a year of reawakening for the art form.Jazz Albums: Even the big-statement albums this year had a feeling of intense closeness.Pop Albums: Recordings with big feelings and room for catharsis made the most powerful connections.
Best Songs: A posthumous political statement and a superstar’s 10-minute redo are among the 66 best tracks of 2021.Moroder has found a wave of younger admirers, along with record companies willing to bet that he’ll be profitable.įrom Lil Nas X to Mozart to Esperanza Spalding here is what we loved listening to this year. Lately, as the fondly remembered beats and atmosphere of disco have resurfaced in pop hits by Pharrell and Robin Thicke, Mr. Moroder had proved himself with disco standards, pop hits and soundtrack scores like “Midnight Express” and “Scarface.” But for much of the 1990s and 2000s, he all but retired from music, producing only a handful of songs. On a glass table were two Oscars, two Golden Globes, a People’s Choice award and three Grammys, including the one he shared for his appearance on the 2013 Album of the Year, Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories.” On the walls there are gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums - in the form of vinyl, CDs and even cassettes - for his writing and production on Donna Summer’s hits, the “Flashdance” soundtrack and “ Take My Breath Away,” the ballad sung by Berlin for “Top Gun.”īy the end of the 1980s, Mr. Moroder often described himself as lucky before mentioning the work he had put in. Jovial and avuncular as he discussed his songs, old and new, Mr. Moroder greeted a visitor with a fist bump - not as a hip-hop pose, he explained, but to protect a broken finger. White-haired and mustachioed, wearing a loose white shirt with gray pants, Mr. A few steps away is a subtly high-tech studio with a custom-built high-speed computer and digital keyboard where Mr. In his high-rise apartment in the Westwood neighborhood here, a white Yamaha baby grand (with digital recording built in) and a life-sized golden statue of Buddha flank glass doors to a terrace with a panoramic view. Moroder, who recently turned 75, is about to resume. LOS ANGELES - Giorgio Moroder’s living room proudly displays souvenirs from a career as a disco pioneer and pop hitmaker - a career that Mr.
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