Giovanni Venosta, Roberto Musci – Urban And Tribal Portraits
From the liner notes: “Like much Italian experimental music from that magical decade of the 80s this is not your dad’s fourth world music, with all of its ambiguous aestheticism of ‘unifying’ some not so well defined primitivism of ‘world ethnic styles’ with the futuristic sounds of whatever ‘advanced electronic techniques’ were the platter du jour. In this sound the 8-bits of the E-Mu Emax is as primitive as the Jews Harp while the electronically treated Pygmy chants turn out to be as futuristic as the multi-timbral capacities of the OB-8.” – Peter Sarram
Recommended – Full Listen
A1 Lilongwe 29/2/52 Radio Concert Hall
A2 Tamatave
A3 The Fear Of A Soldier
A4 Dialogue Between A Dreamer And Others
A5 Batida De Coca
A6 Rackrailway To…
B1 The Ups & Downs Of A Chewing Gum
B2 Tower Of Silence
B3 El Lamento De Los Ayatollah
B4 Starfishes & Kangaroos
B5 Djakarta Blues
B6 Lullabies… Mother Sings… Father Plays…
Artwork – E. M. Thomas*
Composed By, Remix – Giovanni Venosta, Roberto Musci
Recorded By, Mixed By – Bill Vecchi*
Remix – Giancarlo Barigozzi