Monofonic Orchestra/Maurizio Marsico Early Works cd

cd
2009/1978-81
new
Deeply bizarre collision of Max Headroom 80s pop & avant classical pieces by this guy who hung around the Italian pop-art magazine 'Frigidaire'. Whiplash inducing collection that starts with songs made from snapping fingers & mouth noises, loads in a few samples from language instruction records. The format switches violently to somber, delay-slathered viola pieces that are clearly meant to evoke the Bach cello suites- except perhaps as heard by rats in church belfrys. Ditto for some organ explorations. Everything goes totally bonkers yet again when a hot rockin' duo of organ & drums hurtles into some surfy garage band demo/practice jams. Just when you think you've heard it all, they suddenly break into a version of 'My Favorite Things'. Tracklisting: Chips, Mi, La, Telemania, Just Another Way, Short Piece 1, Short Piece 2, Short Piece 3, Short Piece 4, Short Piece 5, Short Piece 6, Short Piece 7, My Way.