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Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder Melt! 2015 02.jpg
Giorgio Moroder at Melt! Festival 2015
Background information
Birth name Giovanni Giorgio Moroder
Also known as Giorgio
Born (1940-04-26) 26 April 1940 (age 76)
Urtijëi, South Tyrol, Italy
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • DJ
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Synthesizers
  • vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
Years active 1969–1992; 2013–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website giorgiomoroder.com

Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ˈdʒordʒo moˈrɔːder]; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer. Moroder is frequently credited with pioneering Italo disco and electronic dance music.

When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records. He produced singles for Donna Summer during the late-1970s disco era, including "Bad Girls", "Last Dance", "Love to Love You Baby", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", "Dim All the Lights", "MacArthur Park", "Hot Stuff", "On the Radio", and "I Feel Love", and is the founder of the former Musicland Studios in Munich, a recording studio used by many artists including Electric Light Orchestra, Led Zeppelin, Queen and Elton John. Moroder also composed the soundtrack for the film Midnight Express, which won an Academy Award and contained the international hit "Chase".


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