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Mario Schifano, NO (1960)

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"Italia-NO! Contaminazioni No Wave Italiane (1980-1985)"

"Italia-No!" compilation, out now on Spittle Records 

Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by New York’s No Wave scene, many Italian bands of the early 80s, playing far from the footlights of the world’s stage, began creating compelling, and often cutting edge, hybrid sounds. This kind of experimenting soon went viral along the entire peninsula: from Southern Italy to the Alps, creating a brave new Italian take on post-punk. From the nervous white funk of Neopolitans, Bisca, to the instrumental explorations of Confusional Quartet, to the “fake jazz” of the Hi-Fi Bros (who even had a track produced by Arto Lindsay), to Band Aid, this collection testifies to one of the most creative periods of the Italian underground. Featuring the previously unreleased bonus track by La Maison, “Noise Express”.

For more information: http://www.discogs.com/Various-Italia-No-Contaminazioni-No-Wave-Italiane-1980-1985/release/4567432

On Amazon: http://amzn.to/159CY9j

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Lydia Lunch on "Some Bizarre Show" (1982)

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Lizzy Mercier Descloux - "Fire" (Arthur Brown cover), 1979

live on French television © Ze Records

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"No Wave. Contorsionismi e sperimentazioni dal CBGB al Tenax"

New Italian book on No Wave with pics and interviews

(Glenn Branca, Nina Canal, Rhys Chatham, Mark Cunningham, Jody Harris, Arto Lindsay, Lydia Lunch, Steve Piccolo, Weasel Walter)

For more information: http://www.no-wave.it

On Amazon: http://bit.ly/MCB5Pn

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Mars - The Immediate Stages of the Erotic

(Mars EP, 1980)

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ImpLOG - She Creatures

(Breakfast/She Creatures, 1980)

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The Static - My Relationship

(Theoretical Record, 1979)

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Destroy All Monsters - You Can't Kill Kill

(Destroy All Monsters, Box 1974-1976)

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excerpt from a documentary on the exhibition "New York New Wave" (pt.1)

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Rhys Chatham - Guitar Trio

(1977)

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Confusional Quartet - Volare

(video by Gianni Gitti)

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Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Orphans

(Orphans/Less of Me, 1978)

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Tv Party (excerpt from "The Heavy Metal Show")

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Half Japanese - Calling All Girls

(Calling All Girls, 1977)

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Hi-Fi Bros - Stranger in the night

(I Fratelli Hi-Fi, 1981)