Uniplux - 1984 - Maledetto Rock 7'' (IT)
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Ice and the Iced - 2006 - Drunk at the Duke LP (IT)
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S.I.B. - 1981 - The Third World War + 6 unreleased tracks (IT)
S.I.B. - 1981 - The Third World War + 6 unreleased tracks (IT)
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History (from a june '84 flyer)
All started in the early summer of 1980 when Red, Dirk, Hirschmann and Sidney were still playing in the R.N.A. TRANSFERT, a 6 piece band playing trax of Iggy Pop, Heartbreakers, Police and suck like. At that time Red was bored to keep on playing songs of the biggest bands so he decided to form a new band. Dirk and Sifney joined him and they decided to name the band RED BRIGADES then started to compose the first tracks that were mainly influenced by the Sex Pistols and early Police. A few weeks later they met Tracy a girlsinger mad for the U.K. Subs and in a couple of days their songs got also lyrics.
At the end of the summer Tracy left for 2 month holidays in London and in the meantime SS Hirschmann joined the band too then they changed the name to SWELLING ITCHING BRAINS because it wasn't easy to get gigs in Italy with a name like RED BRIGADES. In November Tracy came back home and S.I.B. started playing several great and powerful gigs and just after a performance at the Girasele Club in Ravenna in January '81 a producer of a small independent label asked the band to make an album.
Tracy and Co. couldn't nearly believe it and on April 8th thay got in a small 4-track studio to record 12 songs to THE THIRD WORLD WAR Lp.
In the middle of the time employed in recording, S.I.B. gave their beat gig at Forli on May 27th but just later Dick, Sidney and Hirschmann were very much influenced by the new wave style and Red also got a previsional influence like that so the latest phase of the recordings and mixing gave the sound of the album less power. The same thing happened to the following gigs and at the end of the summer of '81 the first disagreements grow up about the kind of music to play, Sidney, Hirschmann and Dirk were against keeping on playing punk while Tracy and Red (that had come back himself) only wanted to do that kind of music so they looked for some people to form a hardcore band but in the small town and neighbourhood where they live there weren't (and still aren't) punks and S.I.B. were the only alternative then, the best thing was keeping on playing with S.I.B. trying to make a music between punk and new wave.
In December '81 the album came out finally but it was a disappointment, the tracks were much softer than the first raw live versions but the product wasn't that bad and it sold very well in Europe, especially after the release of RAW WAE compilation tape by Xcentrix Noise label, featuring two tracks (NO-ONE RULES and SECRET LIFE) from the Lp.
In the meantime S.I.B. started practicing lots of new songs but all those ones weren't good enough to bring on stage and at the following gigs S.I.B. just played the same old numbers and dew new ones.
The Situation inside the band became a total bore and after a gig at Cesena on June 28th 1982 Tracy and Red decided to leave definately, then the band get to break up.
However S.I.B. get other 10 minute life on September 24th 1983 when all the members of the band met occasionally at a punk gig at Cesena and went on stage to play 3 old numbers.
The following activities of the single members haven't been particularly important except then Red who joined a great Oi! band called DIOXINA for ever one year before leaving them too.
Hirschmann, Sidney and Dirk formed a 6 piece band into funky, no gigs so far.
At the moment Track and Red are forming a new band, of course it will be a great band, they may come out at the end of this summer, you have to wat and see...
Swelling Itching Brain (S.I.B.) were:
Tracy Crazy - lead vocals
Sidney Ratcatch - bass
Dirk - drums
Red - lead guitar
S.S. Hirschmann - rhythm guitar
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Album: "The Third World War"
Label: LM Records (LM04)
Released: November 1981
Personnel:
Tracy Crazy - Vocals
Red G. Seventeen - Lead Guitar
S.S. Hischmann
Sidney Ratcatch - Bass
Dirk - Drums
Comments (by Red): Recorded at Piazza-Triossi 4-track studio, Ravenna. I don't have my own vynil copy of this album anymore so I turned to digital my TDK SA chrome cassette taped from original master reel just prior sending it to the vynil factory. It mantained the orogonal sounds so,despite the obsolete "hissy support" it sounds better than vynil!
Tracks:
01. The Third World War
02. Tears
03. My Secret Life
04. Listless
05. Li
06. Nuclear spy
07. The Hero
08. You
09. No One Rules
10. Boys
11. That's Me
12. No Moon Out Tonight
Extra Tracks (not in the Lp or previous realeased):
13. Untitled (Goin' Upstairs)
Rehearsal session, Spring 1982. After releasing the LP we started working to some new tracks. There wasn't enough time to complete this one before the band did split up. To my ears this riff reminds me somebody running up and down the stairs hence the reason why I titled "Goin' Upstairs"...
14. That's Me
15. Boys
Rehearsal session, Summer 1981. We used to work on instrumental structure of new songs then, after recording them we passed tapes to Tracy to put lyrics on
16. Nuclear Spy
Recorded Live, Scuola Giosuè Carducci, Cesena, 24/7/1981. This was the original form of this song. When we entered the studio we had the bad idea to change the sound using a drum machine and a sax. We didn't own a drum machine so we asked a local band who had one. Although there was no way to obtain a decent sound from it we went straight on anyway. Let's avoid to talk about the sax player... After all these years I still wonder why we kept this version rather than dismiss it and record the song the same way we always performed live...!
17. No Moon Out Tonight (instrumental)
This is the same take used in the album just before recording the vocals.
18. Listless
Recorded Live, Cinema Ariston, Cattolica, 13/2/81. When performing live sometime we used to extend this song with a Ska rhythm coda.
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This special post is in memory of Tracy (R.I.P. 2007) and just possible because of Red from the S.I.B.. Thanks very much for this amazing and unknow materials!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Uniplux - 1982 - Chi Siamo Noi 7'' (IT)
Uniplux - 1982 - Chi Siamo Noi 7'' (IT)
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Since the 1980s, UNIPLUX have been an integral part of Rome’s music scene. Born from an idea of Fabio Nardelli, leader of the band’s original line-up, they debuted in the flourishing period of Italian Punk rock, with the Italian RCA label, as a guitar-bass-drum trio, releasing ‘Chi siamo noi?’ - a track declaring the incommunicability and marginalisation of young people. The group’s style, although resonant of the 1980s, takes its roots from ‘70s rock and rediscovers the Italian musical heritage of the ‘60s. With appearances on national and local networks (Orecchiocchio, Maledetto Rock, their second single – Rai Stereo 2, Onda Verde, Domenica Rock …) their original repertoire was revived. The style was rigorously Italian, of social orientation and linked to the theme of troubled youth as a consequence of marginalisation and urban decay. Following several changes in the band’s line-up, and a stimulating collaboration between Fabio Nardelli and the musician Marco Schiavoni producing music for cinema and theatre (‘Aminta’ di A. Fabrizi, ‘La vespa e la regina’ di A. de Leo, ‘Da qui a cinque anni’ con Caterina Genta), the band’s repertoire reached a new maturity that was reflected in their live performances. The right exposure had finally been found for Nardelli’s visceral guitar playing, his edgy voice, and the creative vision of his daily experiences of psychology and pyschotherapist Reichiano (aspiring shaman..?). A commitment to the prevention, cure and rehabilitation of the mentally ill and drug dependent became a formidable driving force for a lyricist without compromises, at times harsh and direct, yet always sincere. Recently the group’s lyrics have been enriched due to esoteric-cultural influences, the philosophical leader’s vision of the world. Amongst their new songs, Fermare il mondo speaks of the painful process of internal transformation, an inevitable journey to reach a new type of consciousness – the only possible alternative to the terrible conditions of homogeneity and alienation of occidental man – a clear reference to Carlo Castaneda’s book ‘Viaggio ad Ixtlan'. Il fantasma della libertà is inspired by Luis Bunuel’s eponymous film and Radiazione Orgonica is a tribute to the work of William Reich, a revolutionary psychologist who was as much a genius as he was persecuted. Dismissed from the official science of our time, the tracks Superimposizione cosmica and Asylum are dedicated to Reich, songs that speak of his death in an American prison in 1957. In 2000, the band was invited to play at the 22nd Girofestival broadcast on Rai 3. In 2004, they appeared on Rai Uno’s ‘Demo’ and in 2005, Red Ronnie’s ‘Cosa succede in città. Also they played Rai Radio 2 on Carlo Posio’s ‘Notturno Italiano’. UNIPLUX released 3 short films Fermare il mondo, Lady Day and Dott. Carlitos, based on an idea of Fabio Nardelli’s that was produced by Studio ZOBIT and directed by Marco Schiavoni. The cd album Radiazone Orgonica was released in 2002 on Enrico Capuano’s independent label, Blond Records and in 2006 was realeased I Dannati, i militanti e lo stregone with label Atman Records. In December 2007 UNIPLUX’s latest cd Spacciatori di soldi was released in co-production with the independent label Atman Records.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Chrisma - 1977 - Chinese Restaurant LP (IT)
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Chrisma (and later Krisma) were a kind of early Italian incarnation of Moloko. Both are boy/girl combinations making slightly wacky albums, where the focus is more on style and a certain weird cool image rather than being musically very interesting. The band-name is constructed from the first names of Christina Moser and Maurizio Arcieri, who also claim a punk-influence when starting out with the band in 1976. Well, maybe……we'll have to take their word for it, as it certainly doesn't show up in their music, which is more like synth-pop. Which brings us to the Vangelis connection, the nature of which has been a hot topic in Vangelis-related discussions for years.Apparently, Polydor's Italian branch signed the group after which they were contacted by Niko Papathanassiou (Vangelis' older brother, who was employed by Polydor at the time) who proceeded to be involved in their first two projects "Chinese Restaurant" and "Hibernation" as arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Niko persuaded Vangelis to lend them his Nemo studio during the 1977 summer holiday period to record what would become the "Chinese Restaurant" album (although the finishing touches were applied in a Milan studio). Vangelis' regular engineer at the time, Keith Spencer-Allen, helped out technically and computer-narrated the final "Thank You" track, his then girl-friend Veronique Skawinska took the large number of photographs featured on the gatefold-sleeve and Niko was allowed to use his brother's synthesizer set-up. That, in all likelihood, is the whole story, because if indeed Vangelis played some of the music himself, it is inaudible. The only real candidate for this anyway is the track called "Lycee" which at least obviously uses his instruments (slight echoes of "Beaubourg" here). But the actual, rather hesitant-sounding playing on it doesn't bear Vangelis' signature unless, extremely unlikely, he really didn't put his mind to it or something. The other tracks don't sound like they even used the Nemo instruments, or at best only occasionally.Vangelis switched to Polydor himself the next year (continuing the "China" theme for his first project there) and asked Christina and Maurizio to return the favour on his 1980 "See You Later" album, where apparently they provided the Italian lyrics and voices at the end of "Suffocation". Interestingly, that album is almost Chrisma-like in its wackiness, so it could well be a fair guess that, over the course of all those Chinese dinners, they might have talked Vangelis into doing something different on the rather odd "See You Later".At least on that album there's some decent music, which can't really be claimed for "Chinese Restaurant". The whole affair sounds rather bland, neither Christina nor Maurizio (who obviously took a leaf out of the book of Fleetwood Mac's Lindsay Buckingham) are great vocalists, and the song-material is average at best. "Lola" is a decent song, the mere usage of Vangelis-sounds is enough to inject a bit of atmosphere in "Lycee" and poor Keith Spencer-Allen must have been bribed ("2 Chinese meals for free !") into parodying his contribution to "Albedo 0.39" on the final "Thank You". But this band was always more to do with style than content, and probably succeeded there.
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Review by Ivar de Vries (link)
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Hitler SS - Pordenone's Guys (IT)
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