Delft, since 1984

Mezza It's all about Italo

Collector, DJ, radio maker and author. Michael Halve fell for Italo in the early eighties and never recovered.

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Forty years of Italo

From Soos Dinguss in Delft to a studio basement in Alessandria.

1966: Michael Halve is born.
'80s: Early eighties: falls in love with Italo. The collecting starts.

Record collection
1984: Starts his own disco chart and becomes resident DJ at Soos Dinguss in Delft.

Soos Dinguss
1986: His Italo Disco Show goes on air at Radio Eldorado.
1992: Soundchecks at Le Mouton, on video: Scotch (1992), then Mauro Farina & Giuliano Crivellente and Brian Ice (1993).

Mauro Farina & Giuliano Crivellente
1994: Radio Liguria 103 on the Riviera. A studio visit in Alessandria and free records from a black crate.

Claudio Accatino & Federico Rimonti
2013: His book Gek van Italo is published.
2020: Documentary Starting a Revolution: three friends try to bring Martinelli to the stage.
2022: Crazy about Italo: the English edition.
2024: DJ set in Italy at Druso, Ranica.
2026: Third print of Gek van Italo and the documentary series Forever Lovers.

Pictures story

Soundchecks, studios, distributors and record shops. Photos from the book.

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Books

Goosebumps on paper.

Gek van ItaloMichael Halve

Gek van Italo

3rd print (2026)
370 pages
43 photos

The Dutch edition. Michael Halve (1966) falls in love with Italo in the early eighties. Collecting takes over and promoting the music becomes a mission. A book about goosebumps, about finding that one missing record, and about record shops that turn out to be closed.

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Crazy about ItaloMichael Halve

Crazy about Italo

1st print (2022)
353 pages
43 photos

In the early eighties Michael Halve (1966) falls in love with Italo. Collecting grips him and promoting the music becomes a mission. Crazy about Italo is about the goosebumps you get when someone plays a crazy record you do not know yet. About the hunt that puts pressure on family life and holidays. Because you must have that one record. Even the jazz collector will recognise himself, but only Italo lovers know who Albert One, Fred Ventura and Mauro Farina are.

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Hier komt stront vanMichael Halve

Hier komt stront van

Novel
362 pages

A Dutch novel. Axel Faase starts an affair with his new colleague Vera. A summer of double lives and invented sailing trips ends when Vera gets pregnant. Then they know for sure: this is going to end badly.

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“No no, it’s yours,” Accatino replies.

Crazy about Italo, Alessandria 1994

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Video tapes

Documentaries, soundchecks from the nineties, DJ sets and the yearly Ode.

Forever Lovers

Forever Lovers – 1. Wat is Italo?

Forever Lovers

Premiere ‘Forever Lovers’
Forever Lovers

Promo
Italo stuff

Afterfunmovie Italo Party Cultuurlab Delft – 24 juni 2023 – Fred Ventura – Virgin
Italo stuff

Hey hey guy – KEN LASZLO (crowd surfing!) – Vääksy 2012
Italo stuff

REEDS (Live @ Wesseling 7-9-1996 / part 7) – ‘Imagination’
Italo stuff

REEDS (Live @ Wesseling 7-9-1996 / part 6) – ‘Reeds says thanks to Marcello’
Italo stuff

REEDS (Live @ Wesseling 7-9-1996 / part 5) – ‘Marines’
Italo stuff

REEDS (Live @ Wesseling 7-9-1996 / part 4) – ‘Kees Jan enters the stage’
Italo stuff

REEDS (Live @ Wesseling 7-9-1996 / part 3) – ‘In Your Eyes’
Italo stuff

REEDS (Live @ Wesseling 7-9-1996 / part 2) – ‘Drumming with ladles’
Italo stuff

REEDS (Live @ Wesseling 7-9-1996 / part 1) – soundchecking: ‘In Your Eyes’ / ‘Straight Down’
Italo stuff

Brian Ice / D.Essex (Afternoon soundcheck @ Le Mouton 18-12-1993) part 3: Brian Ice – ‘Tokyo’
Italo stuff

Brian Ice / D.Essex (Afternoon soundcheck @ Le Mouton 18-12-1993) part 2: D.Essex
Italo stuff

Brian Ice / D.Essex (Afternoon soundcheck @ Le Mouton 18-12-1993) part 1: preparation
Italo stuff

Mauro Farina & Giuliano Crivellente (Soundcheck @ Le Mouton 01-05-1993) part 9: ‘Aliens 2’
Italo stuff

Mauro Farina & Giuliano Crivellente (Soundcheck @ Le Mouton 01-05-1993) part 8
Italo stuff

Mauro Farina & Giuliano Crivellente (Soundcheck @ Le Mouton) part 7: ‘Hey Hey’ – RADIORAMA
Italo stuff

Mauro Farina & Giuliano Crivellente (Soundcheck) part 6: LOVABLES Mark Farina en RADIORAMA
Italo stuff

Mauro Farina & Giuliano Crivellente (Soundcheck @ Le Mouton) part 5: ‘It’s Beautiful’-LOVABLES
Italo stuff

Mauro Farina & Giuliano Crivellente (Soundcheck) part 4: ‘Let it be’ & ‘Flight of Fantasy’
Italo stuff

Mauro Farina & Giuliano Crivellente (Soundcheck @ Le Mouton) part 3: ‘Aliens 2’ & ‘So Long’
Italo stuff

Mauro Farina & Giuliano Crivellente (Soundcheck @ Le Mouton 01-05-1993) part 2
Italo stuff

Mauro Farina & Giuliano Crivellente (Soundcheck @ Le Mouton 01-05-1993) part 1
Italo stuff

SCOTCH (Vince Lancini & Franz Felleti) Soundcheck @ Le Mouton 24-10-1992) part 5
Italo stuff

SCOTCH (Vince Lancini & Franz Felleti) Soundcheck @ Le Mouton 24-10-1992 – part 4
Italo stuff

SCOTCH (Vince Lancini & Franz Felleti) Soundcheck @ Le Mouton 24-10-1992 – part 3: ‘Disco Band’
Italo stuff

SCOTCH (Vince Lancini & Franz Felleti) Soundcheck @ Le Mouton – part 2: ‘Penguins Invasion’
Italo stuff

SCOTCH (Vince Lancini & Franz Felleti) Soundcheck @ Le Mouton 24-10-1992 – part 1: preparation
Italo stuff

Italo Party – Stockholm – Nalen – 2014
Italo stuff

Italo Party – Helsinki – 19 & 20 sep 2014 (The Dutch visiting)
Italo stuff

Fantasy Radio: Interview Ryan Paris (march 2021)
Italo stuff

Crazy about Italo (English book 2022)
Italo stuff

Marcello Catalano (live in Stompwijk, Holland – 5 November 2022)
Italo stuff

Virgin – Tell Me Why (live @ Cultuurlab, Delft – June 2023)
Italo stuff

Miko Mission – Live @ Cultuurlab Delft (13 april 2024)
Italo stuff

Starting a Revolution
DJ sets

DJ set B2B Mezza & ReneDJ – Stompwijk – November 2022
DJ sets

DJ set Mezza (part 2) – Stompwijk – November 2022
DJ sets

DJ set Mezza (part 1) – Stompwijk – November 2022
DJ sets

ITALO DJ set MEZZA & DYNAMIC D (Back2Back) live @ Cultuurlab – June 2023
DJ sets

ITALO DJ set MEZZA live @ Cultuurlab (pt. 4) – June 2023
DJ sets

ITALO DJ set MEZZA live @ Cultuurlab (pt. 3) – June 2023
DJ sets

ITALO DJ set MEZZA live @ Cultuurlab (pt. 2) – June 2023
DJ sets

ITALO DJ set MEZZA live @ Cultuurlab (pt. 1) – June 2023
DJ sets

ITALO DJ set Mezza (part 5) – live @ Cultuurlab – 13 april 2024
DJ sets

ITALO DJ set MEZZA (part 4) – live @ Cultuurlab – 13 april 2024
DJ sets

ITALO DJ set MEZZA (part 3) – live @ Cultuurlab – 13 april 2024
DJ sets

ITALO DJ set Mezza (part 2) – live @ Cultuurlab – 13 april 2024
DJ sets

ITALO DJ set Mezza (part 1b) – live @ Cultuurlab – 13 april 2024
DJ sets

ITALO DJ set Mezza (part 1a) – live @ Cultuurlab – 13 april 2024
DJ sets

New Generation Italo 2.0 mix by Mezza
DJ sets

DJ set MEZZA – Druso, Ranica BG (11-10-2024) – ITALO DISCO PERU
Ode

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Ode 2022
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Jaarlijkse ode aan de overledenen van het afgelopen jaar. Een mix van rock, hiphop, disco, R&B en pop. Ode 2022.
1. Marva Hicks – Never been in love before
2. Vader Abraham – Het Smurfenlied
3. Coolio – Gangsta’ Paradise
4. Procal Haram – A Whither Shade Of Pale
5. Julee Cruise – Fallin’ (Twin Peaks Theme)
6. Vangelis – Dervish D.
7. Joyce Sims – Come Into My Life
8. Nazareth – Love Hurts
9. Mtume – Juicy Fruit
10. The Specials – A Message To You, Rudy
11. Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together
12. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John – You’re The One That I Want
13. Dhuo – Walkin’
14. Darius Campbell – Colourblind
15. Lamont Dozier – Goin’ Back To My Roots
16. Doe Maar – Sinds Een Dag Of Twee (32 jaar)
17. Depeche Mode – Everything Counts
18. Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere
19. Mark Shreeve – Legion
20. Meat Loaf – All Revved Up With No Place To Go
21. La Bionda – One For You, One For Me
22. Jesse Powell – You
23. Margriet Eshuijs – Black Pearl
24. Pointer Sisters – Fire
25. Robert Gordon – Fire
26. Irene Cara – Flashdance…What A Feeling
27. Jan Rot – Counting Sheep
28. The Judds – Why Not Me
29. Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart
30. Faithless – Insomnia
31. Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls Of Fire
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Ode 2024

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