AREA (international POPular group):

Maledetti (maudits)

Il est difficile d'être libre.

(liner notes)

Recorded in 1976

Steve Lacy soprano saxophone (A2, A3, B3) Patrizio Fariselli piano (A4, B2), electric piano (A2, A3, B2), prepared piano (B3), synth. A.R.P. Odissey (A2, A3, A4, B2) Demetrio Stratos vocals (A, B2, B3), filtered voices (A4), Hammond organ (A2, A3, A4, B2), bells (A4), piano (B2) Paolo Tofani electric guitar (A2, A3), Tcherepnin synth. (A2, A3, A4, B3), acoustic guitar (B3), electric razor (A1) Ares Tavolazzi double bass (A2, A3), electric bass (A2, A3, A4) Hugh Bullen electric bass (A2, B2) Walter Calloni drums (A2, B2) Anton Arze, Josè Arze txalaparta (A3) Giulio Capiozzo drums (A3, A4) Paul Lytton percussion (B2, B3) Eugenio Colombo kazumba (A1) Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli violin (B1) Armando Burattin alto (B1) Paolo Salvi cello (B1) Giorgio Carulli double bass (B1)

Ind. Title Composer Dur.
A1/ Evaporazione /Évaporation Patrizio Fariselli, Paolo Tofani 1:45
A2/ Diforisma Urbano / Diforisme urbain 6:18
A3/ Gerontocrazia / Gérontocratie 7:30
A4/ Scum / Scum 6:30
B1/ Il Massacro di Brandeburgo numero tre in sol maggiore / Le Massacre du Brandebourgeois numéro trois en sol majeur 2:20
B2/ Giro, giro, tondo / Tourne, tourne la ronde 5:55
B3/ Caos (parte seconda) / Chaos 9:00

Recorded at Fono-Roma Sound Recording Spa in Milan (Italy), 1976. Engineer: Piero Bravin. Assistant engineer: Ruggero Penazzo.
Media effects: Consorzio Comunicazione srl / Milan.

Art direction: Gianni Sassi. Cover art: E. Siber, Hepier. Graphic design: Edoardo Sivelli. Photos: Toni Thorimbert, Marcello Arfini.

Note: the CD reissue contains an interview with members of AREA.