Some people believe Eurobeat started in Initial D (1998), that's why the video is cut in 1997. This video was actually made to show people how this amazing genre was prepared before the anime. I didn't pick up the most popular meme songs because these are protected by copyright. Also, I picked up most of the songs from Time Records and some little labels because I have listened enough to these to properly spot the evolution of this amazing genre.
@@piotrmalewski8178Because: 1) Spacesynth in general borrowed a lot from Eurobeat. Essentially a classic Spacesynth is largely a derivative of Eurobeat. For example, look at Why Not - "Smile/Comet 059" from 1986, which is probably the first classic Spacesynth tune (i.e. not just instrumental progressive Italo) and made by BMS - one of the founders of Eurobeat. Spacesynth is the closest genre to Eurobeat (and vici versa), and their structure is almost completely similar to each other (the accents are only different, for example, Eurobeat prefers galloping bass, and Spacesynth prefers double octave, although Spacesynth with gallop and Eurobeat with double octave are also found). The same rich percussion, the same thrashing chords, the same straightforward bass. Vocal spacesynth was even released on early SEB compilations (eg Claudia T. - "Watch Me" or Gina - "Rush"). 2) Laserdance and MvdK in particular "stole" a lot from Eurobeat songs. For example, Laserdance - "Endless Dream" interpolates the melodies from Argentina's "Baby, Don't You Break (My Heart)" and Fred Ventura's "It's My Time".
those noobs hahaha the eurobeat ( and hi-energy) coming from the 70's italodisco they think it started in initial D?! .. its like those 2000's kids that think the synthwave was real in the 80's and not something invented in retro style around 2010.... i come from the Bacalao> hi.nrg branch but we are all in the same tree
It would be good if you add the UK variants (Stock Aitken Waterman sound, Taco, Objetivos Birmania, Carol Hitchcoc, Lana Pellay, Debut de Soiree) and the first Eurobeat Song : Lauren McKane, let the night take the blame. Finally you can add the new Eurobeat Style, "Magellan and Mospeada, Travis Stebbins, Apollo, and of course MandieNRG and Dj Timotei, Violet Delta)
Seriously, why are Eurobeat and Italo Disco so criminally underrated?! Ever since I found Eurobeat I rarely listen to my other favorite genres like Rock and rap. The unique melodies made by great producers like Savage, Giacomo Maiolini and Mauro Farina, and great voices of Elena Ferreti and Clara Morroni are enough to make a masterpiece everytime they work together. Elena Ferretti ending up in the second place in Voice of Italy 2020 after years of inactivity explains! And the crazy thing is, you'd never run out of good songs to listen to. I have over 400 Italo Disco/Eurobeat songs and they are just the ones I found good enough to save. I hope these genres get more recognition, and I hope I can meet these great artists some time in the future ❤
Italodisco, I guess it's because Americans basically one day woke up and thought "what the fuck am I listening?" regarding disco music. White men suddenly came to dislike it cuz it was pretentious, sexually diverse and un-American. Black people thought it was Hollywood producers exploiting their music for profit. This attitude, however, didn't make it to Europe, where italians kept listening to it, becoming italodisco and then eurobeat. Then it happened to eurobeat the event that has shaped so many genres in an unexpected twist: Japanese people liked it.
@@iloveanimemidriff Well apparently it was very popular in Europe and Japan in the 80s and 90s but got overshadowed by pop R&B etc and now most disco clubs in Japan and Europe have been closed :(
As someone who has listened to Eurobeat since 2006 it honestly saddens me how it's only thought of today as Initial D and Meme music when there's so much more to it. I'll never forgive Avex Trax for allowing Eurobeat to die the slow and painful death that it did over the past decade. I actually conversed with Clara Moroni through emails several years ago and the stories she told me of how Avex treated both the producers is both sad and disgusting. Towards the end of the 90s, partly thanks to Initial D, the producers wanted to bring Eurobeat to other markets outside of Japan but Avex wouldn't let them no matter how hard they tried. They wanted Eurobeat to remain Japan exclusive only.
I could be mistaken but I believe Avex only has the distribution rights in Japan, so they had no incentive to push internationally, where only other rightsholders would benefit.
Avex isn't amazing but to have this imaginary beef with them and pretend like they owned the genre, when other non avex artists in Japan and Europe were already adopting it along with House music, is weird. Eurobeat didn't catch on in other places and that's fine also trends come and go. The more rock infused high kick jpop was the go to in the 2000s so other genres were phased out bc...that happens in pop music
Man the 90s eurobeat was peak, early 2000s eurobeat started adding more guitars making it more rock-y, nowadays eurobeat feels quite barebones with no club-like "oomph" beats to it, also something about the sfx used for the 90s tracks made it alot more catchy and sound better. It really hit that balance of clublike itallo disco and speedy high energy catchiness around mid to late 90s. I've been genuinely thinking about getting some of those old popular 90s electronic sfx and making my own "90s" eurobeat track. Would be fun
IMHO the period from 1989 to 1991 is the second most important in the history of Eurobeat after 1995-1996 in terms of the evolution of the genre. tbh According to Time, this, however, is not so clearly noticeable, because it was the very first who made this transition and for it this was quite sharp.
Its really cool how you can see the change from basically disco to eurobeat we know now Also its pretty cool that the longer it went for the songs became faster, its hearable, and some familiar names of authors start poping up too, it just feels so interesting in a way
Ever since i discovered eurobeat about 4-5 years ago, it has become my favorite type of music. Today i just found more eurobeat songs that I've never heard of and that i like and im probably going to listen to non-stop for the rest of the day... Even japanese rock is a little below Eurobeat in my book. No other genre of music gives the same energy as eurobeat. eurobeat just "intensifies" (lacking a better term) emotion, whether its melancholic eurobeat or cheerful music. IT JUST MAKES YOU WANT TO VIBE WITH THE BEAT. i cant live without eurobeat that's just how good it is.
I love how precise you did every decade from its inception to its evolution in the late 90s, eurobeat is my favorite genre and I enjoy every stage it has had over the years
To me is seems that Eurobeat has narrowed in scope by quite a lot in the past 20 years. While some of the softer 80s Eurobeat is showcased in this, there were also songs like Big Brother, and Fire on the Moon, both of which are by Aleph in 1988. Those two songs, and Aleph are not unique for being on the more intense side of Eurobeat all the way back in the 80s. I hear a lot of the classic Eurobeat themes and variations in Aleph's Blackout Album though, so that's why I bring it up. That album is worth a listen. It would seem to be on the late90s side of the spectrum for how we generally think of Eurobeat, but is in fact from the late 80s. What we lack in modern Eurobeat are those more upbeat disco themes that are featured from the late 80s to the early 90s section of this video. Great video btw max2veri. Thankyou for putting this together. What I said above is not the detract from your video, but more to add to it. In fact, I think it helps to prove your point even more so. The music from Initial D had been around well before the Anime aired.
Nice song selection! Really captures the feel of early Eurobeat! Thanks for making and sharing this! Eurobeat is way too under-represented and deserves to be more well known!
i would like to share another Eurobeat songs that u haven't heard it before in Lithuania, LEDI-DISKO releases an album called "Šok Su Manim", with the songs in Eurobeat style (except for one ballad song) and there's one more Eurobeat song called "Kalėdų Naktis" by Vaidas
Hey, thanks for making this video! I was feeling a little bored with the eurobeat songs on my playlist. But after watching your video and especially listening to the song "Soft Time", I've now become interested in the early eurobeat genre and rearranged my playlist. So, thank you for giving us a little education about Eurobeat!
An amazingly executed sampler, highlights so many of the most notable shifts in the sound. The way 90's eurobeat evolved was nothing less really some kind of miraculous, crazy-ass cambrian explosion of styles and experimentation. It's crying shame that more people don't pay attention to the lesser-appreciated producers and the production itself during this period which wassss.... inarguably its peak.
Thank you for a good collection of music! I listened to the songs "Don't stop" and "Lies" in the 1990s on the cassette "Italo Beat mix". Probably, in the 1980s, this style of music was not called "Eurodance". Thank you for reading this.
Eurobeat. Not Eurodance. These are different genres. The term “Eurobeat” itself was already actively used in the 80s and in particular for this music, but in a some different sense than the one in which it is used now: then this term denoted initially slower European derivatives of Hi-NRG, where the emphasis was on powerful percussion and a strong groove, and Italian Eurobeat, coming from a combination of Italo-disco with Hi-NRG, was just one of the forms here. In its modern meaning, the term began to be used in the West only after the release of “Initial D” in 1998 and the acquaintance of Western otaku with Italian Eurobeat, which had already changed greatly over a long time, which at that time was made exclusively for export to Japan. In Japan itself, by the way, the term continues to be used in its original meaning.
@@KrikIDDQDI would also note that Hi-NRG and Italo-Disco both evolved out of American disco styles that had made their way over to Europe, especially as the style fell out of favor in the US (but still maintained popularity overseas).
A great mix with a good emphasis on the production emphasizing how the beats changed over time (along with some truly iconic choruses). My suggestion would have been to include Make Up Your Mind by Wain L (SEB Vol. 44) and Ever and Ever by Queen of Times (Maharaja Night Vol. 11 - Released 1994), as both tracks featured in Initial D but still show much of the earlier style within them.
"Seventies" by Mega NRG Man despite not appearing in Initial D is also incredible because it sounds like it was from late 90s but it was produced in 1993 and released in 1994
Thank you for this video, showing the light on the hidden gems and treasures of pre-1998 Eurobeat. Kudos to you, I’m glad people appreciate these early years ^^
Thank you for the video. It was great to know about eurobeat and its origin and early days. Love to hear and learn more about your channel. Just subscribed bro. Keep up the good work.
Im surprised you didn't include Make Up Your Mind considering it's the oldest Eurobeat song (1994, well within the timeframe of this video) to be featured in Initial D
It's in the alt version of this video that includes stuff by Giancarlo Pasquini (Time Records, Flea Records, A.Beat-C), Bratt Sinclaire (A.Beat-C) and GoGo's Music
This video just had stuff from Time Records because my theory is that Farina / Crivellente inspired Laurent Gelmetti to start his own Eurobeat style (1989) and for 1993, Laurent Gelmetti inspired Sergio Dall'Ora. Laurent Gelmetti left Time Records and Dall'Ora took his place Laurent Gelmetti used to mix Farina / Crivellente's music in the 80's There are some artists who sadly went uncredited in some stuff of Time Records
I was actually waiting for someone to ask for Dave's stuff as confirmation. I got like 33% of it, I'll finish it then It will be an alternate version. Let's see which one of both gets more views
You could make video like this but with Italian cars and other things from respecting years along it, it would be perfect, world changed and music reflected them. ItaloDisco could be Alfa Romeo Sprint, then early eurobeat could be Alfa 164 and so on, things progressed so fast from late 80s to early 2000s.
All eurobeat from all eras is good but my favourite era is 1987-1992 era. This era has a slower but more memorable,dreamy,sentimental and impactful sound than modern eurobeat. Slightly faster Italo Disco in short. I have a theory that Touhou soundtrack may be inspired from this era of eurobeat. For example Occasional Dream by Valentina sounds like it came straight out of a Touhou game but its 4 years older than the first Touhou game. This might explain why Touhou Eurobeat sounds so good. I recommend artists like Micheal Dream, Aleph, Big Brother, Virgin and Norma Sheffield for this era.(I know those are aliases and Micheal Dream,Aleph and Big Brother is all Giancarlo Pasquini(Dave Rodgers) but i dont know what to call them other than artists). My second favourite era is the one that comes right after that. 1992-1995 era. This era has a more experimental and weird(not in a bad way)sound to it that is not heard in modern eurobeat because this is the era that Eurobeat develops its style we know today. Fast paced and crazier. Most famous ParaPara dancing songs came rom this era. I recommend artists like Mike Skanner, Annalise and DJ NRG and songs like Shotgun Killer;Extacy and Wanted that has this new and weird style of faster eurobeat. After this era we have the Initial D era 1994-1998. This is the most popular era of eurobeat. Meme songs like Dejavu and Running In the 90s is from this era. I recommend the First Stage soundtrack of Initial D. After the Initial D era Eurobeat doesnt have a massive change like in the early 90s. In the 2000s Eurobeat becomes more techno styled and its still like this today. I think Initial D's association with Eurobeat changed the development process of this genre so much because Initial D introduced many people to Eurobeat( me too) and that created a massive demand for the style of Eurobeat heard in Initial D. If Initial D didnt used Eurobeat for its soundtrack we could have gotten a much more different Eurobeat today. I wanted to talk about these things for a long time but didnt find a good place that i could. Thank you MAX2VERI for posting this.
An excellent video that I dreamed of making myself, but never got around to. As for remarks, Mama Radio is missing in the video. And the period 1985-1987 at all seems a little reduced, although it seems to me quite important and interesting: although there are not many songs (I'm not sure there will even be 50 songs), this is exactly the moment when Italian Eurobeat was already born and formed its main features, but has not yet became self-aware, which is why it often does not follow its standard formula, a kind of period of extremes of a swinging pendulum. And in general, the Italobeat period (1985-1991) in the video seems to be presented extremely monotonously, without expressing all its diversity of forms (which, it seems to me, Eurobeat subsequently lost).
Yeah, I was considering Mama Radio for another video titled "From ITALO DISCO to EUROBEAT" I was even considering some stuff from Memory Records from around that time
I was considering to add more diversity for 80's Eurobeat, but I didn't do it because I thought this video was going to be spotted by only a few subs I'm planning an alternate version with Giancarlo's stuff
I planned different versions of an EVOLUTION OF EUROBEAT for different styles This time, was for mostly Laurent Gelmetti's and Dall'Ora's stuff starting with Farina/Crivellente productions I have in mind another for Giancarlo Pasquini's stuff
@@max2veri I usually prefer Dave Rodgers when talking about Giancarlo's stuff. I think it's the best known artist name he's used, another hugely known is of course Aleph. See my Dave Rodgers playlist for some of his best tracks.
@@wenuyjuonya Milano76 (TheNetz22) also has good early Eurobeat shared and UnexpectedDiscovery has Hi-NRG from 80's that really sounds like the roots of Eurobeat
I think as it got very fast it took away some of the same emotion as the earlier ones. The lyrics and melody stayed beautiful, but they should have had some restraint going too fast with it .
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Some people believe Eurobeat started in Initial D (1998), that's why the video is cut in 1997. This video was actually made to show people how this amazing genre was prepared before the anime.
I didn't pick up the most popular meme songs because these are protected by copyright.
Also, I picked up most of the songs from Time Records and some little labels because I have listened enough to these to properly spot the evolution of this amazing genre.
Take a Chance and Soft Time actually sound a lot like Michel Van der Kuy's Laserdance and Spacesynth genre in general.
@@piotrmalewski8178Because:
1) Spacesynth in general borrowed a lot from Eurobeat. Essentially a classic Spacesynth is largely a derivative of Eurobeat. For example, look at Why Not - "Smile/Comet 059" from 1986, which is probably the first classic Spacesynth tune (i.e. not just instrumental progressive Italo) and made by BMS - one of the founders of Eurobeat. Spacesynth is the closest genre to Eurobeat (and vici versa), and their structure is almost completely similar to each other (the accents are only different, for example, Eurobeat prefers galloping bass, and Spacesynth prefers double octave, although Spacesynth with gallop and Eurobeat with double octave are also found). The same rich percussion, the same thrashing chords, the same straightforward bass. Vocal spacesynth was even released on early SEB compilations (eg Claudia T. - "Watch Me" or Gina - "Rush").
2) Laserdance and MvdK in particular "stole" a lot from Eurobeat songs. For example, Laserdance - "Endless Dream" interpolates the melodies from Argentina's "Baby, Don't You Break (My Heart)" and Fred Ventura's "It's My Time".
I love the SEB of this era.
those noobs hahaha the eurobeat ( and hi-energy) coming from the 70's italodisco they think it started in initial D?! .. its like those 2000's kids that think the synthwave was real in the 80's and not something invented in retro style around 2010....
i come from the Bacalao> hi.nrg branch but we are all in the same tree
It would be good if you add the UK variants (Stock Aitken Waterman sound, Taco, Objetivos Birmania, Carol Hitchcoc, Lana Pellay, Debut de Soiree) and the first Eurobeat Song : Lauren McKane, let the night take the blame. Finally you can add the new Eurobeat Style, "Magellan and Mospeada, Travis Stebbins, Apollo, and of course MandieNRG and Dj Timotei, Violet Delta)
Modern day Eurobeat is great but Old Eurobeat is so nice from the fast paced songs we have now. All of Eurobeat are straight bangers no matter what
I love italodisco, so it was quite nice to see that eurobeat was born from it 👌🏻
Seriously, why are Eurobeat and Italo Disco so criminally underrated?! Ever since I found Eurobeat I rarely listen to my other favorite genres like Rock and rap. The unique melodies made by great producers like Savage, Giacomo Maiolini and Mauro Farina, and great voices of Elena Ferreti and Clara Morroni are enough to make a masterpiece everytime they work together. Elena Ferretti ending up in the second place in Voice of Italy 2020 after years of inactivity explains! And the crazy thing is, you'd never run out of good songs to listen to. I have over 400 Italo Disco/Eurobeat songs and they are just the ones I found good enough to save. I hope these genres get more recognition, and I hope I can meet these great artists some time in the future ❤
В моём плейлисте насчитывается около 1200 песен, из которых ~200 это TOHO Eurobeat. Крайне советую, кстати.
Italodisco, I guess it's because Americans basically one day woke up and thought "what the fuck am I listening?" regarding disco music. White men suddenly came to dislike it cuz it was pretentious, sexually diverse and un-American. Black people thought it was Hollywood producers exploiting their music for profit. This attitude, however, didn't make it to Europe, where italians kept listening to it, becoming italodisco and then eurobeat. Then it happened to eurobeat the event that has shaped so many genres in an unexpected twist: Japanese people liked it.
@@iloveanimemidriff Well apparently it was very popular in Europe and Japan in the 80s and 90s but got overshadowed by pop R&B etc and now most disco clubs in Japan and Europe have been closed :(
Old eurobeat is such a mood and nothing can compare ro the magic of it.
Yes! Nothing else has the same energy Eurobeat offers
イニDで使われるペース速いのは90後半くらいでまだこの辺はカッコよくて個性的な曲多くて好き。平成後半はもうマンネリには勝てんよなって感じで…。
でも個人的には80後半から90前半くらいがガチで名曲多くてめっっちゃいい。
ペース早め＝ユーロビートなのが勿体ないから是非ともこの年代位の奴を聴いて欲しい。
何年も聴いてるけどいまだに発見あるし、ユーロビートまーじで大好き。
From Italo-disco to Hi-NRG to Eurobeat.
EVOLUTION
As someone who has listened to Eurobeat since 2006 it honestly saddens me how it's only thought of today as Initial D and Meme music when there's so much more to it. I'll never forgive Avex Trax for allowing Eurobeat to die the slow and painful death that it did over the past decade. I actually conversed with Clara Moroni through emails several years ago and the stories she told me of how Avex treated both the producers is both sad and disgusting. Towards the end of the 90s, partly thanks to Initial D, the producers wanted to bring Eurobeat to other markets outside of Japan but Avex wouldn't let them no matter how hard they tried. They wanted Eurobeat to remain Japan exclusive only.
I could be mistaken but I believe Avex only has the distribution rights in Japan, so they had no incentive to push internationally, where only other rightsholders would benefit.
Avex isn't amazing but to have this imaginary beef with them and pretend like they owned the genre, when other non avex artists in Japan and Europe were already adopting it along with House music, is weird. Eurobeat didn't catch on in other places and that's fine also trends come and go. The more rock infused high kick jpop was the go to in the 2000s so other genres were phased out bc...that happens in pop music
Also there are plenty of music communities still making eurobeat. doujin music circles have especially kept the genre going even nowadays
Man the 90s eurobeat was peak, early 2000s eurobeat started adding more guitars making it more rock-y, nowadays eurobeat feels quite barebones with no club-like "oomph" beats to it, also something about the sfx used for the 90s tracks made it alot more catchy and sound better. It really hit that balance of clublike itallo disco and speedy high energy catchiness around mid to late 90s.
I've been genuinely thinking about getting some of those old popular 90s electronic sfx and making my own "90s" eurobeat track. Would be fun
Самое время начать слушать Toho Eurobeat
I love the '94-'95's speed increase
Hi Robioctaft
@@alphatown71 Hi alphatown71
I appreciated that you added some underrated songs, such as Up and Down, Don’t Go, Funky Warriors, and May-day May-day.
I'm a big fan of Time Records music
When I finish listenint to all of its music, I'll go for ABeatC
@@max2veriGreat!
Every Song makes me wanna drift my car down the mountain
The evolution/progression that happened between 1988 - 1990 of eurobeat still blows my mind
IMHO the period from 1989 to 1991 is the second most important in the history of Eurobeat after 1995-1996 in terms of the evolution of the genre.
tbh According to Time, this, however, is not so clearly noticeable, because it was the very first who made this transition and for it this was quite sharp.
Its really cool how you can see the change from basically disco to eurobeat we know now
Also its pretty cool that the longer it went for the songs became faster, its hearable, and some familiar names of authors start poping up too, it just feels so interesting in a way
The "basically disco" ones are Italo Disco, if you like eurobeat go listen to some italo disco megamix you should really enjoy it !
Cool educational vid! The idea that eurobeat was started from Initial D is quite goofy... surely very few believe that haha
I used to believe Initial D was the artist of every eurobeat song hahahhaha
Ever since i discovered eurobeat about 4-5 years ago, it has become my favorite type of music. Today i just found more eurobeat songs that I've never heard of and that i like and im probably going to listen to non-stop for the rest of the day...
Even japanese rock is a little below Eurobeat in my book. No other genre of music gives the same energy as eurobeat. eurobeat just "intensifies" (lacking a better term) emotion, whether its melancholic eurobeat or cheerful music. IT JUST MAKES YOU WANT TO VIBE WITH THE BEAT. i cant live without eurobeat that's just how good it is.
man the initial transition from Newfield to Dall'ora was rough, but created some very unique eurobeat.
I love how precise you did every decade from its inception to its evolution in the late 90s, eurobeat is my favorite genre and I enjoy every stage it has had over the years
I love how it gradually gets faster over time lmao
To me is seems that Eurobeat has narrowed in scope by quite a lot in the past 20 years. While some of the softer 80s Eurobeat is showcased in this, there were also songs like Big Brother, and Fire on the Moon, both of which are by Aleph in 1988. Those two songs, and Aleph are not unique for being on the more intense side of Eurobeat all the way back in the 80s. I hear a lot of the classic Eurobeat themes and variations in Aleph's Blackout Album though, so that's why I bring it up. That album is worth a listen. It would seem to be on the late90s side of the spectrum for how we generally think of Eurobeat, but is in fact from the late 80s. What we lack in modern Eurobeat are those more upbeat disco themes that are featured from the late 80s to the early 90s section of this video.
Great video btw max2veri. Thankyou for putting this together. What I said above is not the detract from your video, but more to add to it. In fact, I think it helps to prove your point even more so. The music from Initial D had been around well before the Anime aired.
I'll make an alternate version with Giancarlo Pasquini's music
Nice song selection! Really captures the feel of early Eurobeat! Thanks for making and sharing this! Eurobeat is way too under-represented and deserves to be more well known!
i would like to share another Eurobeat songs that u haven't heard it before
in Lithuania, LEDI-DISKO releases an album called "Šok Su Manim", with the songs in Eurobeat style (except for one ballad song)
and there's one more Eurobeat song called "Kalėdų Naktis" by Vaidas
Hey, thanks for making this video!
I was feeling a little bored with the eurobeat songs on my playlist. But after watching your video and especially listening to the song "Soft Time", I've now become interested in the early eurobeat genre and rearranged my playlist.
So, thank you for giving us a little education about Eurobeat!
An amazingly executed sampler, highlights so many of the most notable shifts in the sound. The way 90's eurobeat evolved was nothing less really some kind of miraculous, crazy-ass cambrian explosion of styles and experimentation. It's crying shame that more people don't pay attention to the lesser-appreciated producers and the production itself during this period which wassss.... inarguably its peak.
Soft time is a big personal fave! A coupole i haven't heard in here too! Love those pre-SEB 150, Post 25ish tracks!
To the people who say that Eurobeat came from Initial D, they are also the folks who say "Space Boy" was the first one. If you catch my drift.
Dave Rodgers has a lot of bangers from the 80's too, they should give a chance to Aleph's discography
Thank you for a good collection of music! I listened to the songs "Don't stop" and "Lies" in the 1990s on the cassette "Italo Beat mix". Probably, in the 1980s, this style of music was not called "Eurodance". Thank you for reading this.
Eurobeat. Not Eurodance. These are different genres.
The term “Eurobeat” itself was already actively used in the 80s and in particular for this music, but in a some different sense than the one in which it is used now: then this term denoted initially slower European derivatives of Hi-NRG, where the emphasis was on powerful percussion and a strong groove, and Italian Eurobeat, coming from a combination of Italo-disco with Hi-NRG, was just one of the forms here.
In its modern meaning, the term began to be used in the West only after the release of “Initial D” in 1998 and the acquaintance of Western otaku with Italian Eurobeat, which had already changed greatly over a long time, which at that time was made exclusively for export to Japan. In Japan itself, by the way, the term continues to be used in its original meaning.
@@KrikIDDQDI would also note that Hi-NRG and Italo-Disco both evolved out of American disco styles that had made their way over to Europe, especially as the style fell out of favor in the US (but still maintained popularity overseas).
I need a version from the first eurobeat song to 2024. I really do need it.
Thanks for the banger songs I gotta add to my playlist, it was cool to see how Eurobeat slowly got faster
8:22 my man Chester just took a bunch of pics of the Mandelbrot Set and used it as his album cover, what a legend
No matter what they say, for me Eurobeat will always be progressive Italo-Disco!!!! We also need another documentary for ItaloDance.
crazy for you by stop limit line is just 👌
A great mix with a good emphasis on the production emphasizing how the beats changed over time (along with some truly iconic choruses). My suggestion would have been to include Make Up Your Mind by Wain L (SEB Vol. 44) and Ever and Ever by Queen of Times (Maharaja Night Vol. 11 - Released 1994), as both tracks featured in Initial D but still show much of the earlier style within them.
Make Up Your Mind is in the alt version of this video
(Spoiler: It's extended to 2008)
"Seventies" by Mega NRG Man despite not appearing in Initial D is also incredible because it sounds like it was from late 90s but it was produced in 1993 and released in 1994
Thank you for this video, showing the light on the hidden gems and treasures of pre-1998 Eurobeat. Kudos to you, I’m glad people appreciate these early years ^^
It started with Trans-X "Living On Video" & Yazoo "Don't Go"
thanks for this video, italians know a lot about italo but eurobeat is less known
Thank you for the video. It was great to know about eurobeat and its origin and early days.
Love to hear and learn more about your channel.
Just subscribed bro. Keep up the good work.
Me gusta el Eurobeat, gracias por esta compilación.
Thank you very much for this video. For a long time i was curious how exactly the evolution of eurobeat from an italodisco to modern went.
Cool video and i must say i enjoy more early eurobeat from the late 80s, Malcolm J Hill Take a Chance favorite on this video.
need a playlist with all these songs
great video, covering my favorite era of eurobeat 👏
can you please do a video on how eurobeat is doing so far from 1998 onwards?
Yes, I have an alt version by other producers in other styles, it's extended to 2008 !
much needed video. Love you and you all.
Im surprised you didn't include Make Up Your Mind considering it's the oldest Eurobeat song (1994, well within the timeframe of this video) to be featured in Initial D
It's in the alt version of this video that includes stuff by Giancarlo Pasquini (Time Records, Flea Records, A.Beat-C), Bratt Sinclaire (A.Beat-C) and GoGo's Music
This video just had stuff from Time Records because my theory is that Farina / Crivellente inspired Laurent Gelmetti to start his own Eurobeat style (1989) and for 1993, Laurent Gelmetti inspired Sergio Dall'Ora. Laurent Gelmetti left Time Records and Dall'Ora took his place
Laurent Gelmetti used to mix Farina / Crivellente's music in the 80's
There are some artists who sadly went uncredited in some stuff of Time Records
Man, eurobeat is amazing.
Holy shit, this is 100% exactly what I pictured 80's Eurobeat sounding like
Can you do an A Beat C version? A bit disappointed it was mostly time
I was actually waiting for someone to ask for Dave's stuff as confirmation. I got like 33% of it, I'll finish it then
It will be an alternate version. Let's see which one of both gets more views
@@max2veriI totally want the evolution of ABeatC’s tracks!
You could make video like this but with Italian cars and other things from respecting years along it, it would be perfect, world changed and music reflected them.
ItaloDisco could be Alfa Romeo Sprint, then early eurobeat could be Alfa 164 and so on, things progressed so fast from late 80s to early 2000s.
early eurobeat is fire
nice.
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there's the hypnotic tango tho and faces in the 80s, fast forward it will be a eurobeat lol
Hold You is from 1993 - the 1994 is a typo on the back of the jacket
The creation/production date often differs from the release date
All eurobeat from all eras is good but my favourite era is 1987-1992 era. This era has a slower but more memorable,dreamy,sentimental and impactful sound than modern eurobeat. Slightly faster Italo Disco in short. I have a theory that Touhou soundtrack may be inspired from this era of eurobeat. For example Occasional Dream by Valentina sounds like it came straight out of a Touhou game but its 4 years older than the first Touhou game. This might explain why Touhou Eurobeat sounds so good. I recommend artists like Micheal Dream, Aleph, Big Brother, Virgin and Norma Sheffield for this era.(I know those are aliases and Micheal Dream,Aleph and Big Brother is all Giancarlo Pasquini(Dave Rodgers) but i dont know what to call them other than artists).
My second favourite era is the one that comes right after that. 1992-1995 era. This era has a more experimental and weird(not in a bad way)sound to it that is not heard in modern eurobeat because this is the era that Eurobeat develops its style we know today. Fast paced and crazier. Most famous ParaPara dancing songs came rom this era. I recommend artists like Mike Skanner, Annalise and DJ NRG and songs like Shotgun Killer;Extacy and Wanted that has this new and weird style of faster eurobeat.
After this era we have the Initial D era 1994-1998. This is the most popular era of eurobeat. Meme songs like Dejavu and Running In the 90s is from this era. I recommend the First Stage soundtrack of Initial D.
After the Initial D era Eurobeat doesnt have a massive change like in the early 90s. In the 2000s Eurobeat becomes more techno styled and its still like this today. I think Initial D's association with Eurobeat changed the development process of this genre so much because Initial D introduced many people to Eurobeat( me too) and that created a massive demand for the style of Eurobeat heard in Initial D. If Initial D didnt used Eurobeat for its soundtrack we could have gotten a much more different Eurobeat today.
I wanted to talk about these things for a long time but didnt find a good place that i could. Thank you MAX2VERI for posting this.
Love this video a lot
All eurobeat simply slaps.
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An excellent video that I dreamed of making myself, but never got around to.
As for remarks, Mama Radio is missing in the video. And the period 1985-1987 at all seems a little reduced, although it seems to me quite important and interesting: although there are not many songs (I'm not sure there will even be 50 songs), this is exactly the moment when Italian Eurobeat was already born and formed its main features, but has not yet became self-aware, which is why it often does not follow its standard formula, a kind of period of extremes of a swinging pendulum. And in general, the Italobeat period (1985-1991) in the video seems to be presented extremely monotonously, without expressing all its diversity of forms (which, it seems to me, Eurobeat subsequently lost).
Yeah, I was considering Mama Radio for another video titled "From ITALO DISCO to EUROBEAT"
I was even considering some stuff from Memory Records from around that time
I was considering to add more diversity for 80's Eurobeat, but I didn't do it because I thought this video was going to be spotted by only a few subs
I'm planning an alternate version with Giancarlo's stuff
I planned different versions of an EVOLUTION OF EUROBEAT for different styles
This time, was for mostly Laurent Gelmetti's and Dall'Ora's stuff starting with Farina/Crivellente productions
I have in mind another for Giancarlo Pasquini's stuff
And yep, that's why I love early Eurobeat a lot, it had more diversity
@@max2veri I usually prefer Dave Rodgers when talking about Giancarlo's stuff. I think it's the best known artist name he's used, another hugely known is of course Aleph. See my Dave Rodgers playlist for some of his best tracks.
I have Blackbird from gipsy queen in my playlist it's a cool song
I find songs from alphatown71 on yt idk who is he
@@wenuyjuonya Milano76 (TheNetz22) also has good early Eurobeat shared and
UnexpectedDiscovery has Hi-NRG from 80's that really sounds like the roots of Eurobeat
I think as it got very fast it took away some of the same emotion as the earlier ones. The lyrics and melody stayed beautiful, but they should have had some restraint going too fast with it .
0:20 i thought this was produced by stock aitken & waterman tho.
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FLEA Records and Time Records provided the best eurobeat of the time tbh.
Eurobeat peaked in 1995 to 2006
Tracks after devolved into non-melodic note spam thats hard to follow. That's why 4/5 j-euro songs stink
Muy bueno
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Where can i find more great early songs?
So what's the difference between early Eurobeat and Italo Disco?.
While both genres co-existed at the same time, the tunes of Early Eurobeat catered more to Japanese tastes.