Laserdance
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Laserdance is a Dutch Italo disco studio project consisting of producer Erik van Vliet and composer Michiel van der Kuy. The studio project has been categorized as part of subgenre known as spacesynth and has been generally considered as a major influence for the subgenre and has remained popular around Europe in the mid-1980s. Many of Laserdance's tracks are known to feature basic analog synthesizers, drum machines and vocoders. The name of the studio project comes from the first single with the same name published in 1984. Numerous hit singles from Laserdance include "Goody's Return", "Human
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Laserdance
- Musical artist.image
- Laserdance.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Laserdance's two producers
- Musical artist.origin
- Netherlands
- Musical artist.genre
- Synth-pop, Italo disco, spacesynth
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1984–1995, 2000, 2016–present
- Musical artist.instrument
- Synthesizer, drum machines
- Musical artist.label
- Break Records, Hotsound Records, ZYX Music
- Musical artist.current_members
- Erik van Vliet (1984–1995, 2000, 2016–present)Michiel van der Kuy (1984–1995, 2016–present)
- Musical artist.past_members
- Julius Wijnmalen (2000)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Laserdance.jpg
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- inception
- 1981-00-00
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
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9 sectionsContents
- History
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Compilation albums
- Singles
- Megamixes
- See also
- References
- External links
Laserdance is a Dutch Italo disco studio project consisting of producer Erik van Vliet and composer Michiel van der Kuy. The studio project has been categorized as part of subgenre known as spacesynth and has been generally considered as a major influence for the subgenre and has remained popular around Europe in the mid-1980s. Many of Laserdance's tracks are known to feature basic analog synthesizers, drum machines and vocoders. The name of the studio project comes from the first single with the same name published in 1984. Numerous hit singles from Laserdance include "Goody's Return", "Humanoid Invasion", "Power Run", "Fear" and "Shotgun (Into The Night)".
Van der Kuy and Van Vliet are known to be key members of the studio project, while other members such as Ruud van Es, Rob van Eijk and Julius Wijnmalen, the composer of the studio album Strikes Back from 2000, have been involved as well. The very first single of Laserdance was published in 1984, and the first album Future Generation was released in 1987 with successful sales for the studio project, generating a lot of interest towards the spacesynth genre.