Giorgio Moroder – E=MC2 (Rodion Gran Manigheo Remix)

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Here’s another fabulous remix from the new Moroder Italian Connection release. This time it’s a more recent name giving us his take on the classic. Dubbed “the new genius of italian dancemusic”, Rodion – or Edoardo Cianfanelli – is an up-and-coming Italo House and crazy country disco producer from Rome with several releases on cool labels such as Gomma, Eskimo, and Nang under his belt.

According to Gomma, Rodion’s music fits “somewhere between German synthesizer funk and Italian horror movies, and heavily influenced by the Japanese science fiction animation soundtracks of the 70’s and the cosmic music culture.”. We say: he’s darn good. And a perfectly nice bloke too. We had a word with him.

- Ciao Ed! When did you first get in touch with a Moroder production?
I was born in 1977, same year as “I feel love”, so Moroder was in there from the very beginning. First time I thought “Wow! Whose is this lovely music? Ah, Moroder!” It was in 1984, after watching “The Neverending Story” with my grandma. Shit, we both loved that “na na na” theme so much!

- What has Moroder meant to you and your music?
Quite a lot of things, both when I was a kid and later on when I decided to move to electronic music production. As a kid I have always had a certain crush on electronic keyboards and synthesizers, and also on robots, space and technology: my childhood heroes were futuristic robots fighting in outer space to save and protect mankind from alien’s menace. Moroder’s music was the perfect incarnation of the spirit of those times. There was a lot of music television in Italy during the 80ies: the vocoded Kraftwerks they scared me to death with robot faces and evil voices, like the evil aliens of my japanese tons. Moroder and YMO tunes, they were definitely hero-sounding tunes to my young ears. Since then, I’ve heavy traces of Moroder influences in 90 % of my music production.

- What’s your favorite Moroder song?
Very difficult question to answer, but I’d probably choose “I feel love”. It’s such a perfect classic, one of the very first and most effective blends of sensuality with cybernetics. It started quite a revolution back in 1977 and countless people (including myself) keep on producing I-feel-love-inspired music since then.

- Which other Moroder song would you give your right arm to remix?
I’d say “I feel love”. But I’m already left with a single arm after having remixed E=MC2, so that’s enough arm-cutting action for me ;)