The Rough Guide To Italian Avant-Garde Underground // Minimalism, Experimental, New Wave, Noise - 2

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-040-monuments-age-lp

We are pleased to present a crown jewel of the early 80s Italian Minimal Synth scene. 
The MONUMENTS came into being in January 1981 in Turin when Mauro Tavella (keyboards, programming) and Andrea Costa (keyboards, voice) pooled their artistic experiences. From the outset they produced exclusively synthesised music, following the natural evolution in electronic music from the early days with monophonic synthesisers to the latest virtual sounds generated with the aid of computers.

The MONUMENTS released in 1984 their only official record on Discordie, a mini LP called "Age" comprising six incredibly fantastic electro-pop tracks, here reissued by Mannequin Records with 2 bonus tracks, "Veiled Lady" and "The Seals", which are out-takes from the same period. All the tracks were recorded on a Tascam 8-tracks, with external synchronisation of the percussions, at the TKS Studio in Torino.

From 1987 onwards, they focused exclusively on music for theatre, radio and independent film, writing scores for the opening sequences of programmes for some of the most important Italian TV companies as well as soundtracks for documentaries.  

Anna Logue Records released "XXVII" CD in 2009, an anthology of their music that contains the best of their early work from the years 1981-84. 

Some critics thought of this mini LP as being the best electropop record ever coming out of Italy.  A masterpiece!
 - 12’’ LP on black vinyl, 33 RPM - Limited edition of 300 copies
- 2 Bonus Tracks from 1984 (The Seals, Veiled Lady) 
- Artwork reworked from the Original cover from 1984  

Strongly recommended to fans of New Order, Kraftwerk, Chromagain, Lisfrank

Monuments - Veiled Lady

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-041-tommy-de-chirico-close-your-eyes-12-ep

Mannequin Records is proud to present a true pearl of the Italian Minimal Synth from the 80's. Tommy De Chirico founded the post-punk band Politburo in Turin during 1981 togheter with Maurizio Rubinetti (Sick Rose) and Massimo Aluffi (Ivan Siberia). On his own, he released the 7" "Close Your Eyes / Flower Into The Factory", produced and recorded at TKS Studio by the Monuments’ Mauro Tavella between 1982 and 1983 and subsequently released by Turin’s Shirak Records in 1984. 

When Politburo split in 1986, Tommy continued to experiment with various projects and sounds, including Thugs, Quiet (with members of Monuments and Deafear), Noxeda and Lacrimal, with whom he still plays today. 

Presented here are also 3 bonus demo tracks: a rare version of "Close Your Eyes", and 2 out-takes from 1983, "Vuh-Ya" and "Tuxedo Dance".

The original graphic cover was realized by Bruno Zanichelli aka Pennarex, an underground artist from Turin, who died prematurely some years after. 

For 'Flower Into The Factory' Luca Pastore from Chromagain realized a videoclip. We are really happy to announce that we were able to restore it after 25 years.

- 12’’ EP on black vinyl, 33 RPM - Limited edition of 300 copies
- 3 Bonus Tracks 
- Artwork designed by Mushy and Alessandro Adriani  

Strongly recommended to fans of Martin Dupont, Oppenheimer Analysis, Das Kabinette, Victrola, Neon.

Tommy De Chirico - Close Your Eyes

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-041-tommy-de-chirico-close-your-eyes-12-ep

Mannequin Records is proud to present a true pearl of the Italian Minimal Synth from the 80's. Tommy De Chirico founded the post-punk band Politburo in Turin during 1981 togheter with Maurizio Rubinetti (Sick Rose) and Massimo Aluffi (Ivan Siberia). On his own, he released the 7" "Close Your Eyes / Flower Into The Factory", produced and recorded at TKS Studio by the Monuments’ Mauro Tavella between 1982 and 1983 and subsequently released by Turin’s Shirak Records in 1984. 
When Politburo split in 1986, Tommy continued to experiment with various projects and sounds, including Thugs, Quiet (with members of Monuments and Deafear), Noxeda and Lacrimal, with whom he still plays today. 

Presented here are also 3 bonus demo tracks: a rare version of "Close Your Eyes", and 2 out-takes from 1983, "Vuh-Ya" and "Tuxedo Dance".

The original graphic cover was realized by Bruno Zanichelli aka Pennarex, an underground artist from Turin, who died prematurely some years after. 

For 'Flower Into The Factory' Luca Pastore from Chromagain realized a videoclip. We are really happy to announce that we were able to restore it after 25 years.

- 12’’ EP on black vinyl, 33 RPM - Limited edition of 300 copies
- 3 Bonus Tracks 
- Artwork designed by Mushy and Alessandro Adriani  

Strongly recommended to fans of Martin Dupont, Oppenheimer Analysis, Das Kabinette, Victrola, Neon.

Tommy De Chirico - Flower Into The Factory

1982-1983

Beyond The Door

*MCS Creative Studio doesn't own any rights on this song. We just love this song and that's why we want to share it with the world. 

Vena - A Mortal Song In A Beautiful Sunday

Cantare la voce

Passaggi 1,2

Le sirene

Criptomelodie infantili

Flautofonie ed altro

Investigazioni (Diplofonie e triplofonie)

Any Colour We Liked

Wake Up

MNQ 008 Janitor Of Lunacy - Crimes On The Dancefloor LP

BUY: http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-008-janitor-of-lunacy-crimes-on-the-dancefloor-lp

Mannequin is real proud to bring you after almost 30 years one of the best electronic Cold Wave bands from Italy, already included in the much acclaimed Danza Meccanica - Italian Synth Wave 1982-1987 compilation. 

Janitor Of Lunacy were an Italian New Wave electronic band, active in Brescia from 1981 to 1986, composed by Kovre, Claudio Asserini and Gabriele Farina. With this line up, JOL produced a demo tape in 1983 entitled 'Crimes On The Dancefloor", which was very well reviewed by the italian music press. Thanks to such great feedbacks, the band was choosed for various compilation of the era, including VM, Komakino and Magnetique, playing many live shows in historic clubs like Xenon in Florence or Odissea 2001 in Milano, sharing the stage with Weimar Gesang and some others Supporti Fonografici related bands.In 1986 JOL entered in studio for recording their first full-lenght for this label, album publicized by various magazine but that never saw the light of the day, due to artistic divergences. The band broke up shortly after. 

Tracklist: 

A1 The Red Moon 
A2 On The Dancefloor 
A3 Highly 
A4 War Days 
A5 Back On Water 
B1 Shadow Of A Desert Land 
B2 There Grows My Heart 
B3 Destruction Babies 
B4 Scurry Song 
B5 Lovely Times 

Tracks A1 to A5 + B5: 'Crimes On The Dancefloor' K7 1983 
Tracks B1-B4: 'The Testroom Tapes' 1985 

The LP comes in 2 different versions: 

* Standard LP Postcard artwork 
- 12" black vinyl, 33 1/3 rpm 
- limited pressing of 250 copies 

* Limited LP Postcard artwork 
- 12" black vinyl, 33 1/3 rpm 
- limited pressing of 50 copies
credits

released 17 February 2012

Janitor of Lunacy - On The Dancefloor

MNQ 008 Janitor Of Lunacy - Crimes On The Dancefloor LP

BUY: http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-008-janitor-of-lunacy-crimes-on-the-dancefloor-lp

Mannequin is real proud to bring you after almost 30 years one of the best electronic Cold Wave bands from Italy, already included in the much acclaimed Danza Meccanica - Italian Synth Wave 1982-1987 compilation.

Janitor Of Lunacy were an Italian New Wave electronic band, active in Brescia from 1981 to 1986, composed by Kovre, Claudio Asserini and Gabriele Farina. With this line up, JOL produced a demo tape in 1983 entitled 'Crimes On The Dancefloor", which was very well reviewed by the italian music press. Thanks to such great feedbacks, the band was choosed for various compilation of the era, including VM, Komakino and Magnetique, playing many live shows in historic clubs like Xenon in Florence or Odissea 2001 in Milano, sharing the stage with Weimar Gesang and some others Supporti Fonografici related bands.In 1986 JOL entered in studio for recording their first full-lenght for this label, album publicized by various magazine but that never saw the light of the day, due to artistic divergences. The band broke up shortly after.

Tracklist:

A1 The Red Moon 
A2 On The Dancefloor 
A3 Highly 
A4 War Days 
A5 Back On Water 
B1 Shadow Of A Desert Land 
B2 There Grows My Heart 
B3 Destruction Babies 
B4 Scurry Song 
B5 Lovely Times

Tracks A1 to A5 + B5: 'Crimes On The Dancefloor' K7 1983 
Tracks B1-B4: 'The Testroom Tapes' 1985

The LP comes in 2 different versions:

* Standard LP Postcard artwork 
- 12" black vinyl, 33 1/3 rpm 
- limited pressing of 250 copies

* Limited LP Postcard artwork 
- 12" black vinyl, 33 1/3 rpm 
- limited pressing of 50 copies 
credits

released 17 February 2012

The Rough Guide To Italian Avant-Garde Underground // Minimalism, Experimental, New Wave, Noise - 2

Asmodeus Phot