Beppe Loda was the resident DJ at Typhoon from 1980 to 1987 with the exception of September to November in 1984 where he played at Cosmic Club.
Typhoon was open Mondays and Saturdays, with the ‘Non-stop’ all nighter taking place once a month.
This is what Beppe had to say about Typhoon when we spoke to him earlier in the year.
Typhoon has been a victim of its own success and had ’structural’ insufficencies: The club was in the centre of Gambara, bordering private houses, there was no parking and could only facilitate some like 450-500 people. You just can imagine how it was when there were 3,000-4,000 people standing outside waiting to enter… and it was one in, one out.
Anyway, the music and the club were alternative, yes, that’s because radio’s broadcast mainly italo-disco and some British stuff (New-Romantic etc.), a kind of music heard also in the mainstream clubs… and when you came to Typhoon you’re about to enter another world, where Olatunji was mixed with Tangerine Dream while a laser beams crossed the air…alternative, yes, but I think that this could be considered ‘Alternative’ also today.
Beppe is responsible for over 200 mixtapes featuring the music of Tyhpoon. Thanks to the internet (do you think it will take off?) tape trading via web sites and instant messaging has become easy and accessible. We dropped onto this mixtape sometime ago and thought it would nice to share via our web site. Enjoy.