Italian disco hero Pino D’Angiò dies at age 71

EPAPino D’Angio on the Sanremo Competition

NOS Nieuws•gisteren, 15:01

Disco legend Pino D’Angiò has died in Italy. He was internationally identified for his hit However which conceptThe enduring 1980 dance quantity depends closely on his smoky, low voice.

The spouse and daughter of Giuseppe Chierchia, as his actual title is, have introduced the dying of the singer. The 71-year-old artist will probably be buried on Tuesday in his hometown of Pompeii, writes the Italian information company Ansa. Chierchia had been affected by severe well being issues for years. For instance, he had a lung tumor and a throat tumor.

One other hit

Pino D’Angiò has been within the highlight extra typically currently. The younger Italian collective Bnkr44 made a remix of However which concept. On the in style San Remo Competition, the singer carried out with Bnkr44. Final yr, Chierchia toured Europe. His hit additionally retains popping up in new and previous variations on social media like Tiktok.

EPAPino D’Angio along with Bnkr44

The unique However which concept is described by the media as the primary Italian rap. It was nonetheless new at the moment to not sing the textual content, however to say it out loud in rhyme. Within the US, The Sugar Hill Gang had simply scored the primary worldwide rap hit with Rappers Delight.

Leather-based jacket and cigarette

The track by Pino D’Angiò can also be a disco/funk monitor. The attribute bass line is, in hip-hop type, sampled from different artists. Particularly from the track Ain’t no stoppin’ us now van McFadden & Whitehead.

Within the clip, Pino D’Angiò is on stage in a brown leather-based jacket. With a lit cigarette in his hand, he spoons out the ironic lyrics he wrote. Chierchia’s character is a caricature within the disco:

Additionally within the Netherlands However which concept a success. In 1981, the track reached quantity three within the High 40. It will even be Chierchia’s final hit in our nation. Pino D’Angiò launched a number of albums and singles within the eighties, however they didn’t obtain the good standing of his breakthrough track. All in all, he bought an estimated a number of million information in that decade.

Age of Love

Chierchia additionally mixes in different kinds. Along with producer Bruno Sanchioni he based the dance challenge Age of Love in 1990. The remix of the eponymous Age of Love would develop into one of many first worldwide trance hits.

“We wish to keep in mind the legend, an icon that made the world fall in love and dance,” say the members of Bnkr44 about Chierchia’s dying.