THE NEOLITHICS-Eclipse-(Demo+Live-Self Released-Italy-c90-1994)

The Neolithics was a  band hailing from Foggia(Southern Italy) and playing a raw and "primitive" garage rock 60s style,they were in love with this music genre and  they had  great skills in song-writings.
They formed in 1989 and played until 1993,after that they took different paths: Mario formed the mighty Petrifieds,Massimo and Jack went to join the medieval band Follorum Ensamble and Pennello got involved  with the HC punk band Oltraggio e Resistenza.

This cd called Eclipse was a c90,the last cassette they released and it contains all their recordings:the first demo "From the cave"recorded in the first squat of their own town with a cheap sound system and a 4 tracks recorder,"Live 92" is a live recording of their gig  in Montesilvano supporting  the Fuzztones and few extra tracks recorded in the practise room of Diskarika Occupata(the squat in which they were involved).
 A big thanx to PuppyBArf for the digital conversion of this great tape.
The Neolithics  are considered one of the best band of this music style coming from the Italian Boot during the wonderful  90s.
Enjoy it.
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COMPAGNIA DELL`ASINO CHE PORTA LA CROCE-Onni Diletto E Ogni Bel Piacere-(Enrosadira Recs-Italy-1999)

This is one of the best cd of medieval and renaissance music from my collection,Compagnia Dell`Asino Che Porta La Croce comes from Modena(Northen Italy) and they are active since the mid 90s.
They play a wonderful mix of sacred and profane ancient tunes,different musicians played with them,in this cd there is the amazing collaboration with Renzo Ruggiero,also involved in Follorum Enslamble and Arkitesi,both projects already covered in this blog.

This is for the lovers of medieval music played with ancient instruments by professional musicians.

A very nice cd hard to find now days...

Enjoy It.

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ARKITESI-Demo Autoprodotto-(Self Released cd-r-Italy-2009)

Arkitesi is a project founded by 3 musicians from Foggia(Southern Italy),2 of them already involved in Follorum Ensemble,they offer us a very unique form of folk music flirting with a bit of jazz and swing, sort of reminding me some old classic movies soundtracks.

There are three instruments played with bows:a violin,a double bass and a nyckelharpa.

As far as I know they were active for few months back in 2009,they recorded this cd-r completely diy,played few gigs and then took different paths.

To complete this lousy introduction I am attaching here a slide-show from my Youtube channel.In this folder you will find also 3 extra tracks that my friend Gianni sent me as special gift with the pictures included in the video.

Enjoy this amazing and quite distinct music.
A great project beyond  the usual cliche` and labels.
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