Piero Umiliani-Synthi Time-'71 Library Music-NEW LP+CD

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Piero Umiliani

SYNTHI TIME
SCEB930
SCHEMA EASY SERIES
Release date 2016

LP     

Piero Umiliani ?– Synthi Time
Label:
Schema ?– SCEB930 LP
Series:
Schema Easy Series –
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
CD
Country:
Italy
Released:
2015
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Downtempo
Tracklist
A1     Synthi Theme     4:09
A2     Synthi Grottesco     2:10
A3     Arabian Synthetizer     2:35
A4     Synthi Epico     3:38
A5     Synthi Dance     2:15
A6     Synthetic Water     3:10
A7     Synthi Pastorale     2:25
B1     Synthi Melody     4:14
B2     Synthi Waltz     2:02
B3     Synthi Marcia     2:53
B4     Synthi Bossa Nova     2:23
B5     Synthi West     2:10
B6     Synthi Boogie     3:09
B7     Synthi Pianola     2:14

Companies, etc.

    Recorded At – Sound Work Shop

Credits

    Composed By, Programmed By, Arranged By [Elaborate Da], Performer [Eseguite Da], Synthesizer – Piero Umiliani
    Engineer [Tecnico Del Suono] – Claudio Budassi
    Organ [Hammond] – Piero Umiliani (tracks: B1, B4)
    Recorded By – Francesco Melloni
    Spinet [Spinetta] – Piero Umiliani (tracks: A3, A5, B1 to B5)

Notes
Recorded at Sound Work-Shop studios, Rome.

Lit. R. Pioda.
Made in Italy.
? 10/71

Comes with bonus CD
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Rights Society: SIAE
    Barcode: 8 018344 129303



“Synthi Time”is perhaps one of the most suitable albums – within Umiliani’s incredibly vast discography – to fully appreciate the composing and experimental genius of the Maestro. For once away from the classic soundtracks that made him popular, this project veers away also from refined works of library music such as “Genti e paesi del mondo” (People and countries of the world) or “Problemi d’oggi” (Today’s issues), released under the moniker of Zalla. In this case, we like to imagine him absorbed in his Sound Work Shop studio, experimenting with synthesizers with the same enthusiasm of a newbie in search of the perfect sound. Without renouncing to pop(ular) elements, Umiliani seems almost to anticipate (or at least to be fully consistent with) the sound research that will characterize the careers of musicians such as Roedelius and Moebius in Germany.

As the same subtitle reveals, this was ‘a new way of making music’ through the use of the electronic synthesizer – this happening in 1971 – with occasional interventions by the spinet and the Hammond organ. And, with the exception of other little masterpieces such as “Il mondo dei Romani and Tra scienza e fantascienza”, the most ‘avant-garde’ Umiliani can be found here, between tracks such as “Synthi grottesco”, the outstanding “Synthetic Water”, “Synthi pianola” and “Synthi pastorale”, excellent examples of a Maestro exploring new sounds and the future of the music. Often forgotten and overlooked even by those self-proclaimed Umiliani lovers and fans, “Synthi Time” is actually one of his best works.