Black Box

Yeah.

He did stuff with Black Box.

It's the same song.

Yeah, he didn't do Strike It Up, but he did soundtracks.

And this song got sampled a lot in the early 90s.

Okay.

By Black Box for Ride On Time.

Okay.

Number eight, House of Power forward slash Love Power by Luther Vandross.

Number nine, Strike It Up by Black Box.

Thanks.

And number ten, I Like the Way, open parenthesis, The Kissing Game, close parenthesis, by High Five.

So we're gonna start with three absolute classics and bangers.

So you got Robin S with Show Me Love, then we got Black Box, Ride on Time, which is just on the edge of the '90s.

It was '89 actually, but definitely the start of dance and, uh, Italian house Um, Living Joy with Dreamer.

Uh, three absolute bangers to start the show with.

On the end of the year, Record Mirror Disco Job, which is skewed this time because we're in December, it got to 48, Record Mirror End of Year, so I would presume that it would have been around for a little while before this.

Italian house track featuring the trio behind Ride On Time by Black Box, Daniel Davoli, Mirko Limoni and Valerio Semplisi, collectively known as Groove Groove Melody.

Davoli, the DJ from Bologna Club, Starlight would subsequently grace the decks at the Hacienda Cream, Renaissance, Hard Times and many more.

Well-produced and constructed pop rave, which could have been a lot bigger, you know, I think from listening to it.

Italo House, very much literally flavour of the month right now.

So there must be people going, oh, wow, there's all these amazing Italian acts breaking through.

There's Black Box, there's Starlight, there's Wood Allen.

It's the same three guys just working

And Italy is playing a major role in this story.

F.P.I. Project, Black Box, 49ers, Stefano Secci.

While elsewhere in Europe, acts like Snap!, Technotronic, and 24/7 are helping to create a completely new sound.

But tonight, we're not simply going through a list of records released between January and December 1990.

Get down.

Get down.

We stay in Italy, but with a project that sounded completely international, Black Box.

In 1990, they took a classic by Earth, Wind & Fire and brought it straight onto the dance floor.