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first in stock on
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threads:
psych-prog
1970s-electronic
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| | | die schachtel (italy) #ds 14 cd art fleury “i luoghi del potere” compact disc - uno spettrio si aggira per (4:36)
- brigate hans eisler (4:41)
- fabbrica rosa (11:32)
- e=mc2 (5:01)
- la morte al lavoro (11:56)
- l’overdose (7:58)
| | click the play button to hear an excerpt of "fabbrica rosa" |
| april 2007 release from die schachtel; a high-quality production (no surprises there) as an oversize cd-box (same as the insiememusicadiversa & aldo clementi sets) containing a 16-page book & a fold-out poster for your wall, and at the bottom, a compact disc containing the 1980 debut album by art fleury, a trio loosely affiliated with the rio (rock in opposition) movement.
no, i’d never hear of them either, and i consider myself something of a rio-head... while i can certainly hear nods towards henry cow (with whom they toured at the tail-end of the 70s), and especially franco battiato, this is much, much weirder, completely disjointed in spots and quite addled with tape-speed-effects, random electronic squiggles, mellotron drones, and the occasion rock-trio move.
fans of faust and/or the more deconstructed end of late 70s experimental rock music; this set is an absolute goldmine - once again we’re provided with a window into an avenue of italian underground music that had long been glossed-over...
of the spring 2007 die schachtel litter; this is the pick... |
| | die schachtel press release... |
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art fleury
i luoghi del potere
cardboard cdbox, 16-page booklet in english and italian + poster.
art fleury was born in brescia, northern italy, in the mid-seventies. they were still in their teens when they had the opportunity to open the concert of the group area at the famous parco lambro festival in milan (1976), in front of fifty thousands people. in the following years they extensively toured and played with henry cow, and in 1980 they were finally able to produce and release their first record, “i luoghi del potere” (the places of power), which they started recording in 1977.
superficially (or intentionally) included in the “prog” genre, “i luoghi del potere” (originally conceived as the soundtrack of an imaginary movie), is a very personal and radical experience, at times recalling faust’s free-form kraut riffing, or the industrial sound collages of nurse with wound. the music is articulated through an outstanding dynamic juxtaposition of instrumental parts, with frequent structural and harmonic fragmentations, and a diverse array of unusual sound elements: from a sort of brass-band progression to radio frequencies, from cacophonic intermezzos to expressionist tape-collage techniques.
through this free flow of sounds, only apparently casual, the group wanted to expose the alienation, the folly, the hopes and fears of their times, through a creative act that pushed to the limits their expressive means.
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liner notes :
the group art fleury - initially known as amg, from the initials of the three members' names (augusto ferrari, maurizio tomasoni, giangi frugoni) - was born in brescia, northern italy, in the midseventies.
they were still in their teens when they had the opportunity to open the concert of the group area at the famous parco lambro festival in milan (1976), in front of fifty thousands people.
very soon they joined the cooperativa l’orchestra, a milan-based collective enterprise of underground artists and musicians, very active and well known in italy during the seventies.
in the following years they toured and played with henry cow, and in 1977 they changed their name to art fleury. in 1980, in bologna, they were finally able to produce and release their first record, "i luoghi del potere" (the places of power).
their affiliation with revolutionary groups of the radical left wing (they were part of lotta continua, a group of radical activists), gave their music a dimension that went beyond the artistic act, or the sheer provocation. their music, and the history of the group, is charged with the hopes and fears of the intense and somewhat dramatic season of the revolutionary ideal.
in "i luoghi del potere", art fleury offer their hallucinated interpretation of that idea. the music is articulated through an outstanding dynamic juxtaposition of instrumental parts, with frequent structural and harmonic fragmentations, and a surprising range of unusual sound elements: from a sort of brass-band progression to radio frequencies, from cacophonic intermezzos to expressionist tapecollage techniques. through this free flows of sounds, only apparently casual, the group put on stage and exposed the alienation, the folly, the hopes and fears of the modern times, through a creative act that pushed to the limits their expressive means.
their uncompromising attitude towards the "music system" (the market, the establishment), was an additional way to remark the constant presence of power, which controls and pre-determines our individual choices: in this sense the "places of power" are not only the traditional places of social oppression (the factory, the city, the school, the politics), but also all the actions and mechanisms of the capitalistic system which controls music and art.
superficially (or intentionally) ascribed to the "progressive" genre, "i luoghi del potere" (originally conceived as the soundtrack of an imaginary movie), is in fact a very personal and radical experience, through which music becomes once again the vehicle for the re-appropriation of our personal sphere, and at the same time a chance to rethink the way we listen to music, out of any pre-ordered cultural, social or political context. in other words, out of the "places of power" which are still alive and active.
augusto ferrari (keyboards)
maurizio tomasoni (soprano sax, flute, clarinet)
giangi frugoni (guitars, bass) |
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