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🚀 Hills of Katmandu: How Italy Sent Disco Back to America and Changed the Dancefloor Forever

The Twelve Inch 210 - The A Side (Extended) : Hills Of Katmandu (Tantra)

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Apr 24, 2026
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I remember it well, the first time I came across Italian Disco.

It happened when Raffaella Carrà almost reached number one in the Benelux at the end of 1977, early 1978, with the irresistible earworm “A far l’amore comincia tu.”

Prophetic words, considering my later love for Italy, its language, its music and, naturally, its cuisine. I could fill pages on…

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