v/a TRAX TEST 2xLP/81-87 Experimental/Synth/Merzbow/Die Form/Nocturnal Emissions
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(various artists) 'Trax Test: Excerpts From The Modular Network 1981-1987' Double LP (UK, Ecstatic, Catalogue #ELP030) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited (a limited edition of 500 copies only) year 2017 Ecstatic label Double LP vinyl edition/compilation of worldwide underground "Wave"/"Synth Pop"/"Experimental"/"Industrial"/"Noise" art/sound/music, recorded and released on numerous rare cassette releases by Italian Mail Art collective/label Trax (run by Vittore Baroni.)
(NOTE: LIMITED EDITON OF 500 COPIES ONLY!)
Trax Test is the first ever survey of Italy's pioneering, visionary, and influential label and mail art collective Trax, which ran from 1981-1987 as a network for the creation of collaborative projects. The collective included a pre-NWW Colin Potter and some of the earliest work from Masami Akita, aka Merzbow, but also had deep connections with the art world; a few Trax members went on to become famous designers and artists -- Ettore Sottsass of hugely influential Memphis Group even guests on vocals on the last track of the compilation. The whole selection here is rare as heck and sorely in-demand by collectors, much of it now making its vinyl premiere some 30-odd years after the fact. With credit due to compilers Vittore Baroni of Trax and Ecstatic's avowed wave fiend, Alessio Natalizia (Not Waving) -- who was also behind the Mutazione (Italian Electronic & New Wave Underground 1980-1988) compilation (2013) -- Trax Test is a portal to the international scene which laid the grassroots for a proliferation of electronic music over the proceeding decades -- a pioneering part of the infrastructure for independent music distribution which could be said to pre-echo the myriad social networks and platforms today. As Frans De Waard astutely points out in the 16-page booklet, there were no "templates" for this thing back then, meaning artists did everything DIY: from cutting, pasting, and Xeroxing their artwork to experimenting with recording techniques and disseminating their work; all resulting in a wonderfully daring and freeform mosaic of ideas which valued the virtues of ostensibly "unfinished" or open-ended work. Traces of disco, cosmic krautrock, jazz, electro-pop, and industrial noise are all tessellated across the compilation's 25 tracks, with a number of artists and the same equipment -- cheap drum machines, synths, FX and tape -- cropping up in various, mutant formations. This set is right up there with the best compilations from Vinyl On Demand, Light Sounds Dark, or Minimal Wave. Features: Cancer, M.A.Phillips, Nausea, Amok, Mecanique Vegetale, Daniele Ciullini, E-Coli, The Cop Killers, Peter Mayer, Rod Summers, Robin Crozier, Capitalist Pig, Biagio D'egidio, Piermario Ciani, Vittore Baroni, Nocturnal Emissions, De Rezke, Ado Scaini, Enrico Piva, Giancarlo Martina, B Sides, Colin Potter, Naif Orchestra, Merzbow (Vacation Of Merzbow Lowest Music & Arts), Monty Cantsin, Die Form, Utopia Production, Spirocheta Pergoli, Nostalgia, Ptose, Ddaa, Zone Verte, and I Nipoti Del Faraone. Mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy.
- Trax Test is the first ever survey of Italy's pioneering, visionary, and influential label and mail art collective Trax, which ran from 1981-1987 as a network for the creation of collaborative projects.
- 25-track compilation of obscure Italian post-punk/new wave with standout material by Masami Akita (Merzbow), The Cop Killers, pre-NWW Colin Potter, Caroline K, and more.
- Includes an unrecognizable Masami Akita (Merzbow) covering the Japanese national anthem in 1983.
- Compiled by Vittore Baroni of Trax and Ecstatic's avowed wave fiend, Alessio Natalizia (Not Waving).
- Includes 16-page booklet of images, essays, and notes by artist/author Frans De Waard and Vittore Baroni.
Artists/Tracks on this Double LP are as follows:
A1 – 001011011100...Cancer Telematic 04:32 A2 – Mark Phillips You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 05:51 A3 – Nausea No Conversation 03:48 A4 – Amok / Mecanique Vegetale Untitled 02:09 A5 – Daniele Ciullini / Amok The Secret Door 02:09 A6 – E. Coli Borax 01:36 A7 – The Cop Killers Cop Killers Theme/Calma Atmosfera 04:50 B1 – Peter Mayer / Rod Summers / Robin Crozier / Capitalist Pig / Biagio D'Egidio Notterossa/Rednight (Excerpt) 04:06 B2 – Piermario Ciani / Vittore Baroni / Nocturnal Emissions / De Rezke Live Blister Bump 03:35 B3 – Piermario Ciani / Ado Scaini / Enrico Piva / Giancarlo Martina I Love Cancer 03:15 B4 – B-Sides Trybuna Ludu 02:48 B5 – Colin Potter Solidarity at Wujek Colliery 06:15 C1 – Piermario Ciani Co.Mix 03:12 C2 – Naif Orchestra Fratelli D’Italia 04:35 C3 – Merzbow Kimigayo 04:23 C4 – Monty Cantsin Catastronics 04:40 C5 – Die Form Sex By Force 03:20 C6 – Utopia Production Chainsaw Massacre 02:16 D1 – Spirocheta Pergoli Merendine 03:21 D2 – Bi Nostalgia Biosolution For Today 03:18 D3 – Ptôse The Jellyfish’s Mood 03:00 D4 – Vittore Baroni (Living With) Prosthesis 02:07 D5 – DDAA Ghosts Of The Paper Trumpets 03:49 D6 – Zone Verte Le Fantôme De L’Elephant 03:35 D7 – I Nipoti Del Faraone Prendi L'Osso E Corri 01:36Shipping rates to the following locations at this present time (note: all shipping rates are subject to change.)
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