Born on April 26th, 1940, Giorgio Moroder spurred a dramatic shift in pop music through his pioneering use of synthesizers and the hit songs he composed for Donna Summer and many others. As the long ...

Italian producer and composer Giorgio Moroder is largely responsible for disco, house and techno's popularity to this day, his innovative work with synthesizers and boundary-pushing sounds and lyrics ...

When dance music inevitably builds a hall of fame (probably somewhere on the Vegas Strip), Giorgio Moroder could ­justifiably be the first inductee. As one of the founding fathers of disco, Moroder… ...

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of Giorgio Moroder to pop and dance music in the late ’70s and throughout the ’80s and beyond. His influence has been enormous. The 73-year old Italian ...

Given the cyclical nature of contemporary popular music, it’s little surprise that the now 75-year-old Giorgio Moroder is experiencing something of a career renaissance. Massively influential during ...

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Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The 74-year-old Italian electronic music pioneer, who’s worked with everyone from Donna Summer to Daft Punk, opens up about his craft. Marc Tirl/EPA/Corbis ...

Well, here's a K-pop music video concept you probably didn't see coming. Sistar, one of the reigning troupes on the South Korean girl group scene, recently teamed up with the legendary Giorgio Moroder ...

Decades after his heyday, dance music pioneer Giorgio Moroder is back in the spotlight. By Andrew Hampp On April 18, Italian disco/synth-pop pioneer Giorgio Moroder posted a picture of two sound waves ...

A few years ago, Giorgio Moroder was sitting around his home in Italy, not doing particularly much. In his heyday in the Seventies and Eighties, Moroder was a pop superproducer, responsible for ...

Giorgio Moroder won a bet. His brothers challenged him to play as well as they did — three months later, he returned home during Christmas break from boarding school and played for them. They lost.

Forget all that talk about robots taking our jobs. At the age of 75, disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder has more work than he ever could have imagined, all thanks to a pair of famous French robots.