origins to science fiction themes (outer space, robots, and the future) in the titles, lyrics and cover artwork of dance music in the late 1970s. Plausible associations are drawn between the popularity of Star Wars (released mid-1977), the subsequent surge of interest in science fiction themes in popular culture, and the release of a number of science fiction themed and "futuristic"-sounding (synthesizer and arpeggiator-infused) disco music worldwide. The most commercially successful space disco tracks were "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" (1977) by Meco, and "Automatic Lover" (1978) by Dee D. Jackson, with each song reaching the top ten in a number of countries, including the United Kingdom. Additional examples of space disco usually include the compositions "Just Blue" and "Symphony" (both 1978) of French band Space, the same for the track Magic Fly; additional tracks by Dee D. Jackson during the 1970s and 1980s, and "I Feel Space" by Lindstrøm. Labels producing this type of music include Whatever We Want Records (Brooklyn, NY, USA) Feedelity (run by Lindstrøm) (Europe) Eskimo , Bear Entertainment/Bear Funk, Prins Thomas' Full Pupp (Belgium) Tirk (UK) and D. C. Recordings (UK). Post-disco and house music New York City-based post-disco record label Emergency Records specialized in reissuing/selling records from Italy (e.g. Kano "I'm Ready"), since the 1970s. Kano, a moniker of Anglo-Caribbean DJ Glen White, is noted for incorporating American musical elements ("heavy funk" influences, "breakbeat" rhythm, the use of vocoder) with electronic music while using rudimentary synthesizers, constituting one of the earliest forms of Italo disco. This form of Americanized Italo disco, that also includes Klein + M.B.O. ("Dirty Talk", "Wonderful", "The M. B. O. Theme"), re-entered the States and was known to be influential on the development of house music. Doctor's Cat ("Feel the Drive"), likewise, was one of the earliest "house music" songs. Record labels include Emergency Records (NYC, US; 1980s) See also List of Italo disco artists and songs List of Euro disco artists Disco polo References Bibliography Peterink, Jeroen (2012). I Venti D'Azzurro presents The History of Italo Disco. Catalda Verrina, Francesco (2015). The History Of Italo Disco Todesco, Raff (2020). ITALO DISCO: History of Dance Music in Italy from 1975 to 1988 Halve, Michael (2022). Crazy About Italo External links Eurodance Magazine - music blog about Eurodance and Italo disco Club Disco The World of Italo Disco interviews Scene and heard: Italo-disco The Guardian Italo artists' real names Italo song lyrics