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Piero Umiliani - Musica Elettronica Vol. 1

Piero Umiliani - Musica Elettronica Vol. 1 Label - Easy Tempo Released - ? (compiles material from 60s/70s/80s) Style - abstract, breakbeat, Electronic, Funk, Jazz, Lee Library, Soundtrack Notes from Dusty Groove: Very groovy stuff from this mad Italian genius! The set features Umiliani getting a lot more experimental than usual, leaving behind his regular funky/easy bag for one that's a lot more tweaky and twonky, but still pretty darn groovy! Some of this stuff reminds us of tracks from the Raymond Scott Manhattan Research set -- as it's spare and bubbly, done in an older analogue style, with a good dose of humor thrown in to warm up the music a bit! Other tracks are funkier, if not in the rhythms, at least in the syncopated style of Umiliani's sounds and keyboard work. Very nice, and a key piece of the mad Umiliani puzzle! Titles include "Momento Ritmico", "Motore A Ioni", "Gadget", "New Experience", "Arabian Synthesizer", and "Officine Stellare". Tracklisting: 1. Rapsodia Stellare 2. Momento Ritmico 3. Motore a Loni 4. Elzeviro 5. Fatto Di Cronaca 6. Centrali Termiche 7. Gadget 8. Officina Stellare 9. New Experience 10. Delenda Cartago 11. Dibernetica 12. Caravan 13. Arabian Synthetizer 14. Vierno/Funiculi Funiculà 15. O'Pazzariello ...