Italia Synthetica 1981-1985 - Expanded Double Vinyl Edition

New double vinyl edition with bonus tracks. The first album contains the original album, while the second features a collection of bonus tracks originally included on the first bonus CD edition. Record plays on just three sides.

This album represents the musical mutation that occurred after the post-punk hangover gave way to more frigid emotional shores, in-line with the synth-wave moment that was sweeping Europe and the white cliffs of Albion. This scene flourished in Italy between 1981-1985, and the musicians that came out of it are still revered today (particularly in the US). Robotic rhythms and intuitions that, besides sharing common ground with the electronic movements that had come before, also knew how to fill up the dancefloor! Featuring four previously unreleased tracks by Der Blaue Reiter, along with tracks by Modo, Actor’s Studio and La Maison, as well as the still fresh sounding contributions by true pioneers of the genre Neon and Naif Orchestra.

Tracklist:

Side A

1 NEON – Lobotomy
2 DER BLAUE REITER - Lights Off
3 EIN-ST-EIN – Varsavia
4 MODO - Niagara FaIIs
5 ACTOR’S STUDIO - Dancing Alone
6 LA MAISON - Bells In The Night

Side B

1 SCORTILLA - YHW
2 EUROTUNES - Swimming Pool Motion
3 OH OH ART - It’s Just A Movie Soundtrack
4 NAIF ORCHESTRA - Check-Out Five
5 2+2=5 - Haiku (feat. Paolo Mauri)

Side C
1 JEUNESSE D’IVOIRE - Days
2 FOCKEWULF 190 - We Are Colder
3 STATE OF ART - Your Eyes
4 N.O.I.A. - Forbidden Planet
5 2+2=5 - Mathematic ‘n Logarithm