official re-issue 2021 with an oversized center label.

this lp + bonus cd features the entire track listing, plus 5 bonus tracks from the italia new wave lp. this album represents the musical mutation that occurred after the post-punk hangover gave way to more frigid emotional shores, in-line with the synth-wave moment that was sweeping europe and the white cliffs of albion. this scene flourished in italy between 1981-1985, and the musicians that came out of it are still revered today (particularly in the us). robotic rhythms and intuitions that, besides sharing common ground with the electronic movements that had come before, also knew how to fill up the dancefloor! featuring four previously unreleased tracks by der blaue reiter, along with tracks by modo, actor s studio and la maison, as well as the still fresh sounding contributions by true pioneers of the genre neon and naif orchestra.

following an idea of italian disco guru fred ventura to publish some recordings that have remained in the vaults for more than 25 years, and thanks to the skilful mastering touch of giovanni versari, spittle has finally realized what seemed like a dream: a representative and intense snapshot of the milanese new wave scene of the early eighties, 12 tracks that recount the salient steps of the brief but intense career of four milanese bands - from the post-punk of other side, to the oblique funk of state of art, to the evident kraftwerk influences of la maison, to the electro pop-wave of jeunesse d ivoire - four bands that illustrate the mood of an underground scene that burned out rapidly, mostly due to the indifference of the media and recording industry during those years. tip!