Giorgio Moroder’s 1977 album From Here to Eternity stands as a cornerstone in the evolution of electronic disco. Released on July 22, 1977, and recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, this album was groundbreaking in its exclusive use of electronic keyboards, including the Roland MC-8 Microcomposer, Moog Polymoog, and EMS Vocoder 3000.
The title track, co-written with Pete Bellotte, exemplifies Moroder’s futuristic vision, blending relentless 4/4 rhythms with shimmering synths and vocoder-processed vocals. This approach not only defined the Eurodisco genre but also influenced the development of techno and house music. Critics have lauded the album for its innovation; Pitchfork rated it 8.6/10, calling it “a marvel for disco historians,” and in 2004, they placed it at number 88 on their “Top 100 Albums of the 1970s” list.
Now it’s 2025, and that white-hot streak of cosmic intuition named Ilya Santana has taken the controls of Giorgio Moroder’s synth-drenched time capsule. With reverence and voltage, Santana re-animates From Here to Eternity. The original’s hypnotic pulse is still there, like neon veins beneath the surface, but now it’s bolstered by fat, disciplined drum kicks and lush, modern synth work that swells like a sunrise over a Martian dance floor.
Santana’s grasp of texture and tone is surgical—his synths don’t merely accompany Moroder’s vision, they lock into it with clockwork precision, like gears forged in the chrome dreams of 1977 and lubricated with moonlight. It’s a shimmering transmission through time, a remix built for forward momentum, roaring out of the past like a DeLorean screaming past 88mph and tearing a hole in the fabric of now.
Out on all good digital music stores as of today.
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