Influenced by the sound of classics like Professor X, Egyptian Lover and the Den Haag sound (see many Bunker Records and Clone records releases) a bunch of guys coming from Milan, Italy, decided to form a collective called The Villains Inc. Their second release is a 12" EP which sees Gab.Gato and XBeat collaborating at the creation of four original tracks plus a mixed version of the main title. The EP opens with Gab.Gato vs XBeat "No Light or Shadow" Electro mix, a mysterious analog tune based on an acid bass line coupled by an analog drum machine and synth pads. On this one Gab.Gato deep vocals help giving the right thing that helps to impress the listener. The following version is more 90's sounding, more Detroit. On this one the vocals are filtered, the atmosphere changes a little but it's always cool. The B-side opens with Gab.Gato vs XBeat "Subterrania", an electro funk cool tune with pumping rhythms (lovers of the fore mentioned artists have been warned). The side follows with two tracks where XBeat alone performs "Autobody", another electro analog song with pumping bass and drums and sinuous synth pads and Gab.Gato presents "The Villains Inc", a nice mid tempo tune with vocals coming from an old educational toy which spells the words. The solo tracks are nice but the collaborations are cool and I'm proud of these guys because I'm Italian myself and it's good to see that someone is making this musical genre also on this country. Let's not forget that this is the place where Italo Disco born...