Giorgio Moroder, "Chase," or "The Chase," in memory of Art Bell, who died on April 13, 2018.

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Fri Apr 14, 2023: On April 13, 2018, Art Bell died.

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Giorgio Moroder - Chase (live by Kebu @ Sthlm Italo Disco Party 2015)
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This tune is now available on Kebu's "Live in Oslo" album:
http://ZYXDance.lnk.to/LIYi6KIp

Still a few copies left of the Limited Twilight Edition of my new album "Urban Dreams":
http://kebu.bandcamp.com

The regular version of "Urban Dreams" is also available on other music platforms and stores:
https://zyxdance.lnk.to/UrbanDreams
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Kebu's all-analog synth cover of Giorgio Moroder's The Chase, performed live at the Sthlm Italo Disco Party 2015 at Nalen, Stockholm, 16.5.2015.

Thanks to Jean-Paul Meulendijks, Alexander Guskov, Heidi Väisänen, Tuulikki Väisänen, and Renaud Guérin for operating the cameras!

The first minute is my own composition, "Prelude to Chase", that I composed as an intro to Chase. My arrangement of Chase is a mixture of both the original version and JAIA's Express Remix - with a few of my own additions thrown in.

The song was performed using only analog synthesizers, either played live or sequenced. The performance was recorded directly from the mixer to a stereo track and later mixed together with the ambience from the room. A few mistakes have been cut out and replaced with the audio from a rehearsal take.

Equipment used in this song: Logan String Melody II; MXR EVH117 flanger; Roland TR-808, Juno 60, Alpha Juno 1&2; Korg Polysix, Poly 61, Mono/Poly, Micro-preset M500; Moog Source; DSI Tetra; Jomox AirBase99; Touched-by-sound DRM1; Oberheim Matrix 1000; Marion Prosynth; Akai MPC2500 (only for MIDI sequencing), M-Audio Trigger Finger; Yamaha 01v96; Lexicon MPX500 & MPX550, as well as a midi patchbay and additional preamps for my mixer.

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Chase (instrumental)



Single by Giorgio Moroder from the album Midnight Express: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Released: 1978
Recorded: 1978
Genre(s): Italo disco, electro-disco, space disco, hi-NRG
Length:
13:06 (maxi single)
8:26 (LP version)
3:38 (single version)
Label: Casablanca Records
Songwriter(s): Giorgio Moroder
Producer(s): Giorgio Moroder

"Chase" ( also known as "The Chase" ) is a 1978 instrumental composition by Italian music producer Giorgio Moroder. It was released as a single during 1978 from his Academy Award-winning soundtrack album Midnight Express (1978), and was a disco instrumental that was subsequently extended and released as a maxi single. It made the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1979, peaking at number 33, and the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 48.

Background

Created especially for the film Midnight Express, Alan Parker, the director of the film, explicitly asked Moroder for a song in the style of "I Feel Love", which Moroder composed for Donna Summer. It was Moroder's second time composing a movie soundtrack after his work on 1972's German softcore sex film "Sex Life in a Convent". The song's main melody was played on a Roland SH-2000 synthesizer, while the bass lines were played on a Minimoog synthesizer. The track also has a flanging effect produced by the MXR Flanger, while other instruments used include an ARP/Solina String Ensemble, Fender Rhodes, Hohner Clavinet, and piano.

Although a disco piece, "Chase", along with "I Feel Love", is more specifically considered the pioneering introduction of the hi-NRG genre, which came to prominence in the early 1980s. The music was arranged by Harold Faltermeyer under the leadership of Giorgio Moroder.

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