eanwhile, in 1985, the term "eurobeat" moved to Japan's music market, to describe all the European (non UK based) dance music imports. Those imports were "Italo-disco" hits, produced mostly in Italy and Germany. That sound became the soundtrack of the Para Para nightclub culture, that has existed, since the early 80's. Japan knew the "italo-disco" sound, through the success of the German group "Arabesque", that parted on 1984 but released 2 singles in 1985 and 1986, produced and mixed by Michaele Cretu (of Enigma), that sounded very "italo-disco"-like. The later solo success of Sandra (she was the lead singer or Arabesque) helped even more to the introduction of this sound in Japan. That situation, took the attention of many italo-disco producers (mostly Italians and Germans) and by the late 80's, a new sound created by them especially for Japan, virtually unknown on the rest of the world. This was called Eurobeat.