Luciano Margorani – Home Recording Is Killing Studios (1989, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
01 Hop-Frog! (2:52)
02 Contrattempi (1:07)
03 Man with a Million (2:23)
04 Binocolo (3:14)
05 La meccanica dei fluidi (2:06)
06 Cappelli di carta (to Charles Ives) (2:08)
07 Il mondo nuovo (1:14)
08 1919 (:50)
09 Ridens (1:11)
10 Orbiston Parva (2:49)
11 Nodi (2:03)
12 Dirigible Nobile (3:25)
13 Focke Wülf 190.D (3:22)
14 Barbara Sukowa (2:15)

LP released by AYAA, France, 1989

After the first two La 1919 albums (his duo with Piero Chianura) in 1985 and 1987, Milanese Luciano Margorani, born 1961, went on to release his first solo album, ‘Home Recording Is Killing Studios’ on French label AYAA. His solo output retains some of La 1919’s characteristics: elaborated guitar parts with drum machine and keyboards, plus extraneous noises and found sounds. Thanks to the A.D.N. label and a few others, the worlds of industrial rock and avant-rock started to mingle a little, though I’m not sure the audience of the mid-1980s was actually ready for this kind of crossover. On ‘Home Recording…’, Margorani collected poetical sketches on guitar and Casio CZ 101 he recorded in 1987. The tracks are more focused than La 1919’s and the sound more polished, closer to the Fred Frith/Henry Kaiser duos. Like the former, Margorani is able to bring new ideas and surprising twists in his guitar playing, and to keep it exciting throughout. Both Margorani and La 1919 resumed publishing discs in the 21st century with several new releases each.