LP BLUE PHANTOM Distortions (Re-Release) Acme Rec. ADLP 1092 STILL SEALED

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LP BLUE PHANTOM

Distortions

Country of release: UK, 2014

Original recorded: 1971

Label: Acme

Catalogue number: ADLP 1092

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Klappcover/Gatefold Sleeve: Nein/No

 Condition Record: MINT

Condition Cover: MINT

  LP ist noch verschweißt / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!

(Photo von meiner eigenen LP / Photo taken from my own copy)

Tracks Side 1:

1. Diodo (3:50)

2. Metamorphosis (3:03)

3. Microchaos (2:45)

4. Compression (2:53)

5. Equilibrium (4:08)

Tracks Side 2:

1. Dipnoi (2:52)

2. Distillation (3:45)

3. Violence (3:00)

4. Equivalence (2:35)

5. Psycho-Nebulous (4:55)

( ) Research eventually revealed that H.Tical, the credited writer, was actually Armando Sciassia, soundtrack composer and owner of the library music label Vedette. Beyond the fact that Distortions was recorded in Milan and received a limited vinyl release in Italy, France, and the UK, little else is known. However, some of the music recently gained wider exposure when Mondo Macabro released the long sought-after Jess Franco movies Sinner: Diary Of A Nymphomaniac (1972) and Countess Perverse (1972). Both films make creative use of Distortions highlight tracks. In particular, the hashish fug that hangs heavy over the former’s night club scenes is made all the more intoxicating by the potent acid-rock of Blue Phantom’s Diodo.

Sinner - Diary of a NymphomaniacIt’s abundantly clear that, as library music, Distortions was created to provide a soundtrack to movies / TV programmes aimed at a younger audience. The overall emphasis is firmly on fuzzed guitars and pounding rhythms; a sonic attack that seeks to emulates the popular heavy rock acts of the day. "Distillation" is certainly indebted to the primordial murk of early Black Sabbath from its moody Butleresque basslines to the wailing "War Pigs" air-raid siren. "Microchaos" takes the brutal simplicity of "I Wanna Be Your Dog", hammering it to death with punk rock conviction, before shrill space-rock synths ascend through the ether. And "Diodo" is what would happen if the stylus got stuck in the groove of a particularly good Cream tune, at least until an intense staccato keyboard riff pummels your senses (a pattern that’s repeated until concussion sets in).

Certainly, a key aspect of "Distortions"’ enduring cult appeal is that in its more aggressive moments it rocks considerably harder than much of the famed proto-metal of its era, and showcases some truly explosive playing from the mystery session musicians.

But "Distortions" would not be so well regarded if it was merely an above average hard rock album. The music here is much more a product of psychedelia than it is of heavy blues, and in keeping with its cinematic aims, there’s a breadth of mood and musical colour spanning the ten tracks. "Compression" begins as a polite waltz overlaid with pristine, delicate harpsichord before unexpectedly mutating into a deranged circus theme where pipe-organ and a mocking wah-wah guitar grind together to nightmarish effect. The 60’s jazz vibe of "Equilibrium" is introduced with an endearingly sweet keyboard refrain, and eventually a serene lead guitar shimmers into view bringing a sense of reflective melancholy. A piece that will surely evoke memories of the comforting incidental music that accompanied test-card broadcasts on a wet 1970’s afternoon.

Blue Phantom - Distortions. Perhaps Distortions’ most adventurous track is the brain-scrambling "Psycho Nebulous". Simultaneously, ahead-of-its-time and very much a 1971 acid casualty, it’s creepy electronica and shards of skeletal guitar eventually succumb to a berserk robotic clatter and a penetrating primitive synth melody. These would have been abrasive, alien sounds to 1971 ears and, charged as it is with a disturbing, mechanical mania, it still has considerable impact today. ( ) (ADE FURNISS/strangethingsarehappening.com)

Musicians not credited! 

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