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CRSLP 5102LP
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Caution Radiation Area is the second album of the jazz fusion band Area and was released in 1974. This is the first album that contains the better known line up, with Ares Tavolazzi replacing Patrick Djivas on bass. This album is notable also for being the first one in which experimental music is introduced. For example "MIRage? Mirage!" contains a part in which the whole band can be heard whispering readings (for example a negative review of "Arbeit Macht Frei", a TV guide...), and "Lobotomia" (which means "lobotomy") is constructed using loud synth noise, with the clear intention to disturb the listener (as pointed out on the booklet). Quotes of opening themes of Italian TV programs are heard during the track. The lyrics for "Cometa Rossa" are sung in Greek. "Brujo" means "wizard" in Spanish.
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CRS 006CD
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2002 CD reissue of the LP originally released in 1977 on Cramps Records. On this album Italian prog rock band Area featured the voice of Demetrio Stratos, plus members Giulio Capiozzo, Patrizio Fariselli, Ares Tavolazzi, and Paolo Tofani. Furious, mind-bending rhythms and melodies balanced with humor and the avant-garde.
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CRA 138582CD
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2002 digipak CD reissue of the 1996 live album by Italian prog rock band Area, recorded in Paris in 1976. Excellent performances and some charming French asides from Demetrio Stratos. Crucial documentation of possibly the single most vital Italian progressive rock group of the '70s.
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ALEPH 004EP
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Aleph presents three special reinterpretations of the label's first three EPs. Mano Le Tough remixes Area's "Flowers On Fire," taking the original's spaced-out vibes and putting them into a little more dancefloor-friendly context. Newcomer Wasted Gaze delivers an amazing version of "Port Hope" -- a powerful, two-step/garage-inspired beat sets the pace, while glowing pads, a super-deep bass and enigmatic vocals take care of the rest. Area aka M50 took care of this spaced-out take on "What's My Name Again." This one is for the heads.
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VM 141LP
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"Area were one of the more varied Italian bands with their distinctive mix of prog and jazz genres. Without a question Area's early '70s work is pure classic Ital prog. Tic & Tac was released in 1980 after Demetrio Stratos' death. Sounding something in between Soft Machine and Uzeb, this album moves and moves, and never really stops and takes a breath. The band lineup included Patrizio Fariselli (acoustic piano, M.C.S. 70 synthesizer and electric piano), Larry Nocella (tenor sax), Giulio Capiozzo (drums), Ares Tavolazzi (electric bass, double bass, guitar), Guido Guidoboni (trumpet), Luciano Biasutti (trumpet). Reprinted in beautiful LP version."
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