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01. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Produzione
02. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Mondo in Crisi
03. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Attività
04. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Attività
05. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Problemi Sociali
06. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Non Mollare
07. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Azione Sindacale
08. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Programmazione
09. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Conflitti
10. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Mafia Oggi
11. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Pendolo Ed Angoscia
12. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Cuore e Raffiche
13. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Metronomo e Cuore
14. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Marcia Ambigua
15. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Terrorista
16. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - L'Ultima Raffica
17. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Sovversione
18. M. ZALLA (PIERO UMILIANI) - Abbandono dei Campi
ARTIST
TITLE
Problemi d'Oggi
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
BS 017LP BS 017LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/23/2015

2022 repress. Italian maestro Piero Umiliani, during his period of fascination with psychedelic and electronic atmospheres, composed a good number of musical portraits dedicated, as this title reveals, to the problems of his time. In the early '70s, Italians were worried about the mafia, terrorism, and social conflicts; and one can sense that the music represents these anxieties in its experimental nature. Dark, disturbing, and unique in the long and extremely productive career of Piero Umiliani. And if, in 2015, titles like "Mondo in Crisi," "Problemi Sociali," "Azione Sindacale," and "Mafia Oggi" sound sadly relevant, it's even more surprising to find that the music of Problemi d'Oggi (Problems of Today) still sounds alien and unique. The record, released under Umiliani's M. Zalla alias in 1973, presents various styles, from Pink Floyd atmospheres (or The Braen's Machine, if you prefer...) to compositions characterized by a great use of drum machines and Moog synthesizers. One listen to the beginning of the opening track "Produzione" justifies the words of Sean Canty (Demdike Stare), citing the music as the first techno/trance track in history. But between the grooves of this record, reissued here for the first time, it's easy to find moments that many other artist and musicians -- from The Residents to Aphex Twin and Four Tet -- may have caught during their careers.