Scotch
Scotch is an Italo disco group active in the years 1983-2003. Key releases appeared on American Disco Records, Many Records, High Fashion Music. The lineup included Manlio Cangelli, Vince Lancini, Fabio Margutti, Franz Rome. Within the MixPerfect Radio library, 18 tracks are part of the rotation.
About
- Key labels: American Disco Records, Many Records, High Fashion Music, Zyx Records (from the MixPerfect Radio catalog)
- Members: Manlio Cangelli, Vince Lancini, Fabio Margutti, Franz Rome, Franz Felleti
Italo disco group active in the years 1983-2003.
Notable tracks
Chart-tagged and most-played productions by Scotch in the MixPerfect Radio catalog.
- Disco Band (1984) 15 plays American Disco Records
- Penguins' Invasion (1983) 9 plays American Disco Records
- Money Runner (1986) 9 plays American Disco Records
- Penguin's Invasion (Vox) (1983) 7 plays American Disco Records
- Loving Is Easy (1984) 17 plays Many Records
- Disco Band (Remix) (1985) 11 plays High Fashion Music
- Take Me Up (1985) 7 plays American Disco Records
- Take Me Up (Remixed Version) (1985) 13 plays American Disco Records
Tracks & releases
All 18 Scotch tracks in the MixPerfect Radio database, with play counts (1983 - 2023).
| Track | Year | BPM | Label | Country | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penguin's Invasion (Vox) | 1983 | 119.81 | American Disco Records | Italy | 7 |
| Penguins' Invasion | 1983 | 119.74 | American Disco Records | Italy | 9 |
| Disco Band | 1984 | 112.73 | American Disco Records | Italy | 15 |
| Disco Band (New Remix) | 1984 | 112.17 | Zyx Records | Germany | 5 |
| Disco Band (Remixed) | 1984 | 111.93 | American Disco Records | Italy | 9 |
| Disco Band (Swedish Beat Box Remix) | 1984 | 111.24 | Beat Box Records | Sweden | 6 |
| Loving Is Easy | 1984 | 121.56 | Many Records | Italy | 17 |
| Delirio Mind (Remix) | 1985 | 108.88 | High Fashion Music | Netherlands | 9 |
| Disco Band (Remix) | 1985 | 113.92 | High Fashion Music | Netherlands | 11 |
| Evolution | 1985 | 110.77 | Many Records | Italy | 7 |
| Primitive Man | 1985 | 110.14 | Many Records | Italy | 4 |
| Take Me Up | 1985 | 117.03 | American Disco Records | Italy | 7 |
| Take Me Up (Remixed Version) | 1985 | 116.25 | American Disco Records | Italy | 13 |
| Mirage | 1986 | 124.98 | American Disco Records | Italy | 6 |
| Money Runner | 1986 | 122.69 | American Disco Records | Italy | 9 |
| Man To Man | 1987 | 128.99 | American Disco Records | Italy | 8 |
| Pictures | 1987 | 104.37 | American Disco Records | Italy | 6 |
| Penguins' Invasion (Eddy Mi Ami Remix) | 2023 | 121.52 | I.D. Limited Records | Italy | 2 |
Other tracks under this name
These 5 tracks in the MixPerfect Radio database share the artist name but could not be verified as this act (they may belong to a different artist with the same name):
| Track | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Delirion Mind (Remix) | 1985 | Beat Box Records |
| Loving Is Easy (Re-Edit) | 1985 | Beat Box Records |
| Take Me Up (A Swedish Beat Box Remix) | 1985 | Beat Box Records |
| Mirage (Swedish Re-Edit) | 1986 | Beat Box Records |
| Pictures (Extended Vocal Remix) | 1987 | Beat Box Records |
Catalog by decade
Of these, 17 from the 80s golden era (1982 - 1988) anchor the classic MixPerfect Radio sound.
BPM profile
7 of 18 tracks fall inside the mix-friendly 119 - 129 BPM band, with Pictures (104.4 BPM) at the slow end and Man To Man (129.0 BPM) at the fast end. That places them within reach of the station's ±3 BPM beat-matching window, so they mix together comfortably in the non-stop mix.
Airplay
Plays per week across the Scotch catalog (last 8 weeks):
Most-played tracks:
- Loving Is Easy 17 plays 1984
- Disco Band 15 plays 1984
- Take Me Up (Remixed Version) 13 plays 1985
- Disco Band (Remix) 11 plays 1985
- Penguins' Invasion 9 plays 1983
Play counts are generated live from the MixPerfect Radio airplay log and update continuously.
Mixed with on MixPerfect Radio
The tracks most often mixed directly before or after Scotch's tracks in the MixPerfect Radio non-stop mix (150 plays). Every transition is beat-matched within the station's ±3 BPM window and is always 32 beats. The element badge marks transitions that also satisfy the engine's rule of no overlapping bass / melody / vocals.
- P4F - Diamond before 1x · after 2x 116.9 BPM 1986 element ✓
- Marzio Dance - Marinero before 2x 109.0 BPM 1984 element ✓
- The Duke Of Burlington - Flash '83 before 1x · after 1x 109.0 BPM 1983 element ✓
- Contact Music - Keep On Dance before 1x · after 1x 113.0 BPM 1983 element ✓
- Lenroy - Everytime before 1x · after 1x 114.1 BPM 1988 element ✓
- Mr Pauli - At Night before 2x 111.7 BPM 2017 element ✓
- Koto - Chinese Revenge (Flemming Dalum Remix) before 1x · after 1x 108.0 BPM 2022 element ✓
- Implantation - Choose Your Lover (Shoo-Wa Shoo-Wa) before 1x · after 1x 112.9 BPM 1984 element ✓
- Shane - Simba before 1x · after 1x 116.5 BPM 1986 element ✓
- Simon Bennett - I Wanna Tokyo'u after 2x 109.9 BPM 1984 element ✓
Small sample - observed connections from the airplay log, not recommendations. A partner can be another track by this same artist: those were mixed consecutively on air. If no element data is recorded for a transition it is counted as BPM-only.
Genres & labels
Genres in the database:
Dominant labels:
- American Disco Records (10 tracks)
- Many Records (3 tracks)
- High Fashion Music (2 tracks)
- Zyx Records (1 track)
Frequently asked questions
Similar artists
Artists in the MixPerfect Radio library sharing genre tags with Scotch.
Sources
Factual information on this page was researched using the following sources:
- Data provided by Discogs.
The biographical text on this page is an original summary based on independently selected factual information; no source text has been reproduced. Release data (year, label, catalog number) comes from the MixPerfect Radio catalog. Facts may contain errors - see the legal information page for the full disclaimer.