Label: Spittle
Released 2020
Italy Import
'Matita Emostatica' is the re-issue of a sought after compilation connecting the most underrated outsider artists of the Milan scene, in the early eighties. The amazing artwork is the creation of influential designer and photographer Roberto Masotti, a very well known figure in the avantgarde and jazz realm (he made astonishing portraits for the likes of Anthony Braxton, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Carla Bley, etc.) The compilation was produced in 1981 by Al Aprile and released by Materiali Sonori. Among the 10 artists you can find future journalists, unstoppable record collectors, renowned photographers and influential underground persona ... just scroll down the album and read the names of Monofonic Orchestra, Angelo Vaggi, Baker Street Band, Al Aprile, Roberto Masotti and many others. The result was quite unbelievable, ranging from small cosmic opus to avantgarde symphonies and asymmetrical etno-world jams. In the end ‘Matita Emostatica’ was quite in line with the efforts coming from the rest of Europe and the other side of the ocean, so to speak the compilation wouldn’t be out of place in the Ralph or Crammed Discs catalogue. A postcard from a country that is no more.
Track listing:
- Angelo Vaggi– Chameaux Tunisiens
- Baker Street Band– Talkin'bout You
- Al Aprile & The Electric Art– Frattonove Under The Sky
- Alphaville– Calcolate La Data Deila Vostra Prossima Passione (5" E Frammenti)
- Alphaville– Jang Jing
- Alphaville– Missione A Giava
- Alphaville– Djeddah
- Alphaville– Jingle Jungle
- Alphaville– Apocalypse Funk
- Alphaville– Mitchum
- Alphaville– What Wouldn't You Do?
- Alphaville– Guarda Quella Faccia
- Le Jour Prochain– Susan
- Rocky Schiavone & The Gangsters– Nessuno Mi Pu'o Giudicare
- OFF-SET– 240 Seconds
- Monofonic Orchestra– Lucy's 1st Appointment - Musical Piece
- The Stumblers– Last Clean Shirt
- Roberto Masotti– Automatic Guitar (Una Breve Versione)