is one of the pioneers of electronic music and club culture in Italy. Throughout most of the 80's Beppe was resident DJ at the legendary Typhoon in Brescia. Besides Daniele Baldelli he is the developper of a style one now calls «Cosmic Disco». He has been DJing since 1973 and hasn't stopped to this day doing so.
A lot of different songs. It depends in what mood I am. From blues to afro.
you relax on a beach?
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
you ride a bicycle?
Jefferson Starship - Ride The Tiger
you prepare a candle light dinner?
Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun
I’m not a romantic, I’m a troglodite.
you go to a club?
Biancaneve E I Sette Nani (Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs )
you cook?
Arthur Brown - Fire
you want to disturb your neighbours?
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
you drive a car late at night?
A lot of different music. From electronic to old rock.
you fall asleep?
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence
you go fishing?
Widespread Panic - Fishing
you are love sick?
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
you make love?
Phil Collins & Mark Mancina - Tarzan (Soundtrack)
you paint your apartment?
The Fifth Dimension - Let The Sunshine In
you jump out of a plane with a parachute?
Domenico Modugno - Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu)
you sit in a plane?
Voyage - Let's Fly Away
you play a game of chess?
I don’t play chess.
you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
No music!
you sit in the subway?
Where I live there isn’t a subway.
you wake up?
I don’t listen to music when I just woke up.
a song that reminds you of school
Santana - Abraxas
best Beatles song
Too many of them are beautiful.
best concert you ever attended
Rare Earth
In Innsbruck.
a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Pink Floyd
record you were looking for the longest
Dark Day - Window
It’s a minimal synth record. I have been looking for this since the early 80’s. Not it sells for at least 200 Euros.
a record you fell in love to
There are maybe 10’000!
first record you remember
Shocking Blue - Venus
the song to be played at your funeral
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
your ultimate heartbreak song
Beppe Loda - Impressioni
perfect anthem for Milano
Giovanni D’Anzi - Oh Mia Bella Madonnina
It’s the unofficial anthem of Milan. It refers to the little golden statue of the Virgin Mary on the spine of Milano Cathedral, visible all over the city. The song is very popular in Milan.
your party anthem
Beppe Loda - Electronica Virtuale
first record you bought
Shocking Blue - Venus
a song that reminds your friends of you
Schaltkreis Wassermann - Lux
A group from Basel.
a song you would use as a ring-tone
Beppe Loda & Marco DJ - Sognando
A track we did for an EP called «Italowerk».
your sunday morning song
Actually, on sunday mornings I sleep.
a song you wish you'd written yourself
There are lots I wrote myself and which I’m proud of, for instance: «Impressioni».
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