N.O.R.M.A. first LP's very original, though it definitely reflects an out-of-date fashion: reliance on improvisation, non-looped vinyl sampling, winds and chamber-like passages would make the album a perfect addition to the Nurse With Wound List, if only it came out a couple of decades before.Anyway, the music's playful and surprising, varied, well-crafted. Two multi-part suites, a longer track in the middle and some final mid-length pieces merge old-fashioned easy listening, radical improvisation, jazz, fanfare and classical music, East-Asian sketches, kitchen recipes and Federico Fellini quotes in a typical Rock In Opposition aesthetics.
Giorgio Fabbri Casadei: guitar, percussion
Gerard Antonio Coatti: trombone
Paola Garavaldi: violin, voce
Paolo Grandi: cello, bass
Roberto Monari: sound direction
Tiziano Popoli: synth, sampler
Massimo Semprini: sax alto
Massimo Simonini: records, cds, tapes, objects, percussion,
Casio SK1, voice
Recorded live at D.A.M.S., Bologna, 1990
Produced by Pierrot Lunaire
released January 1, 1992
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