There’s few individual tracks that can be said to be singularly groundbreaking, most innovations happen hand-in-hand with larger trends or in tandem with bigger shifts in popular culture, however back in 1977, one song’s pulsing, synth-driven momentum would bridge the then-disparate worlds of electronic and chart music, and firmly lay the sonic foundations for practically everything that followed.
The song, ‘I Feel Love’ by Donna Summer, was produced and co-written by electronic music titan Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Its kinetic arrangement bristling with Moog-constructed arpeggios, and a throbbing, motorik beat.
