Caution Radiation Area
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Caution Radiation Area is the second album of the Jazz fusion
band Area
and was released in 1974. This is the first album that contains the better known line up, with Ares Tavolazzi replacing Patrick Djivas on bass. This album is notable also for being the first one in which experimental music is introduced. For example "MIRage? Mirage!" contains a part in which the whole band can be heard whispering readings (for example a negative review of "Arbeit Macht Frei
", a TV guide...), and "Lobotomia" (which means "lobotomy") is constructed using loud synth noise, with the clear intention to disturb the listener (as pointed out on the booklet). It's interesting to note that quotes of opening themes of Italian TV programs are heard during the track.
The lyrics for "Cometa Rossa" are sung in Greek. "Brujo" means "wizard" in Spanish.
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
band Area
Area (band)
Area - International POPular Group, most commonly known as Area or AreA, is an Italian progressive rock, jazz fusion, electronic, experimental groupb) “It was the mid-1970s and live events roused enthusiasm as never before; they fulfilled the need to be together and the illusion of continuing as a...
and was released in 1974. This is the first album that contains the better known line up, with Ares Tavolazzi replacing Patrick Djivas on bass. This album is notable also for being the first one in which experimental music is introduced. For example "MIRage? Mirage!" contains a part in which the whole band can be heard whispering readings (for example a negative review of "Arbeit Macht Frei
Arbeit macht frei (album)
Arbeit macht frei is the debut album of the Jazz fusion band Area. It is notable for featuring Patrick Djivas on bass and Eddie Busnello on saxophone, which parted after the release of the album...
", a TV guide...), and "Lobotomia" (which means "lobotomy") is constructed using loud synth noise, with the clear intention to disturb the listener (as pointed out on the booklet). It's interesting to note that quotes of opening themes of Italian TV programs are heard during the track.
The lyrics for "Cometa Rossa" are sung in Greek. "Brujo" means "wizard" in Spanish.
Personnel
- Giulio Capiozzo - Drums, Percussion
- Patrizio Fariselli - Electric Piano, Piano, Clarinet, Synthesizer
- Demetrio StratosDemetrio StratosEfstratios Demetriou better known as Demetrio Stratos was an Italian lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, music researcher, and co-founder, frontman and lead singer of the Italian progressive rock, jazz fusion band Area – International POPular Group.Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, of Greek...
- Vocals, Organ, Clavicembalo, Steel Drums, Percussion - Ares Tavolazzi - Bass, Trombone
- Giampaolo Tofani - Guitar, Synthesizer, Flute
- Piero Bravin - Engineering
- Ambrogio Ferrario - Engineering