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General Sharing & Discussion => Vintage Library Vinyl and CD rips => Topic started by: Mr on May 13, 2019, 09:20:16 PM

Title: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: Mr on May 13, 2019, 09:20:16 PM

Just received this little oddity in the mail earlier today, my first from Vigiesse:
(https://i.imgur.com/ByRELwZ.png)
While I must admit I was quite skeptical of the date of release, check out that artwork! I couldn't resist.


Starting with the sleeve, I find the sparse liner notes a fascinating read. Accustomed to having no information about the LP presented except the tracklist and composer, I find what little additional info there is here tells a bit of a story in itself. Look at that list of equipment:

Quote

Per la realizzazione di questo album sono stati impiegati:
AKAI S-900, AKAY S-700, Alesis HR-16, Atari 1040 ST, Emulator II, Hybrid Art SMPTE Track, Ibanez SDR 1000 Plus, Lexicon PCM 42 MEO, Roland JX 8 P, Roland MT 32, Sequential Drumtrack, Sequential Pro One, Yamaha DX-7, Yamaha DX-7 II D, Yamaha SPX 90 II, Yamaha Rev 7

Quite the setup, wow. One can never have too many digital reverb modules, I guess?

The DX-7 and Emulator II stock sounds are quite evident at times (that ubiquitous-bordering-on-memetic shakuhachi flute sample even makes an appearance at one point), but the thing that really caught my eye here is the Atari 1040 ST and SMPTE Tracks.
For context, the Atari 1040 ST is no synthesizer or sampler, but a Personal Computer™ system, and SmpteTrack an early, monochrome DAW:
(https://i.imgur.com/qFm6jRq.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/K5VEdbk.png)
(screenshot, for context)

- That looks like an absolute pain to use.
Sounds like this was something of an early, professional-grade home recording-type project - fun!

Enough about the gear - what's the music like?
This sound of the more out there parts of this LP reminds me of video game soundtracks of the era, and that is by no means a bad thing.
What a peculiar mix, though. The drums sound downright terrible at times. And what's the deal with using untreated, dry stock MIDI sounds? There's a bit of a genuine, endearing air of 'this is new and cool, let's just experiment and play around with this' running through here.

I personally think it starts quite weak, with a very 'traditional' (tame) italo-disco-esque piece. Don't write it off completely, though! Moving toward  the end of the A-side it really gets interesting - I find this to be at its best when it leaves its 80's roots behind and takes a plunge into the styles and tropes I associate more with the early 90's. Just listen to "Nirvana"! What a mood. Awash in MIDI and sampler sounds, the FM bell pads and abstract sounds and samples create a pretty unique soundscape here.


Hope someone else gets a kick out of this too.
Enjoy!
In glorious mp3:
senza://mega.nz/#!oAZEAK5I!zMuLdeSsouz0vz5lfHvMp-bN7OZ9M53-4w2chWufhFg

... and glorious FLAC:
zioni://mega.nz/#!wZZAAKIR!Rg_BLDSUpcXeLxvDVOeHmgxw3NVrd5U_gbcVsuJo1W0



(https://i.imgur.com/D1a0LWK.png)
ps. - and yes, "Gikey" is of course Mauro Morgia. I don't think he fooled anyone.

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: krizl on May 13, 2019, 10:19:54 PM

Cool thanks Mr

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: Rocco on May 13, 2019, 11:02:19 PM

Thanks a lot, Mr.
I love electronic albums like this. Very nice tracks, catchy and experimental at the same time.
I find it wonderful.

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: Flemming on May 15, 2019, 09:46:30 PM

Thank you Mr. I had a Atari 1024 ST in 1989, it was famous for its superb midi handling, hooked it up with a Emax 2 expanded to 4 mb ram wow. The first stereo sampler ever http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emax.php (http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emax.php)
Cost me almost 30.000 Danish kroner at the time  :)

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: Mr on May 18, 2019, 12:51:02 PM

Haha, cool. That looks a bit bulky, was it heavy?

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: Flemming on May 18, 2019, 01:16:46 PM

Yep, i had the keyboard model and it was very large and heavy, maybe 15 kilo.  :)

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: roope on May 19, 2019, 08:49:44 PM

Late thanks from here! Interesting share! And I enjoyed your introduction a lot!

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: LMTH303 on May 20, 2019, 10:45:56 PM

Whoa...this is an interesting listen indeed...this definitely needs a couple of listen to fully appreciate...but it does have a real impact on me...Thanks for sharing this nice album Mr!

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: DIVE on May 22, 2019, 08:25:47 PM

Yes, very interesting release. Thanks


Any recommendations for anything similar?

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: gophrette power on April 19, 2023, 03:30:21 PM

Hi Lib'ers,
I'm looking for Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse projects in FLAC : https://www.discogs.com/fr/label/1326882-Edizioni-Musicali-Vigiesse

Can you re-up the SMC 1004 ?

Also, I found this one : SMC 1006 - Piero De Asmundis - Miscellaneus (1989)
Follow this link : h00ps://mega.nz/folder/BapGkLCI#000vV_FiEieNM7Z2b0Cf5Q

THANKS!!!

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: Psyclon on April 21, 2023, 06:17:12 PM

I'd second this request. Since I have many tracker formats in my collection and the AtariST (and it's lo-fi samples) are no stranger to me, I am kinda curious how they incorporated that into an actual LP. I only have Bodenständig2000 in my mind, but they were a bit later.

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: zoomo on April 21, 2023, 10:02:00 PM

Quote from: gophrette power on April 19, 2023, 03:30:21 PM

Hi Lib'ers,
I'm looking for Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse projects in FLAC : https://www.discogs.com/fr/label/1326882-Edizioni-Musicali-Vigiesse

Can you re-up the SMC 1004 ?

Also, I found this one : SMC 1006 - Piero De Asmundis - Miscellaneus (1989)
Follow this link : h00ps://mega.nz/folder/BapGkLCI#000vV_FiEieNM7Z2b0Cf5Q

THANKS!!!

Brilliant smc1006

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: Fuzi on April 22, 2023, 03:05:45 AM

Quote from: gophrette power on April 19, 2023, 03:30:21 PM

Can you re-up the SMC 1004 ?

+1

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: Nobody on April 22, 2023, 09:50:47 PM

Here is SMC 1004 in Flac

pixeldr@in.com/u/oYfr4mwn

THX2 MR!

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: Kwantum Assassin on April 22, 2023, 11:39:54 PM

Thanks !

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: Psyclon on April 23, 2023, 12:45:54 AM

Was about to go to bed and took one last look. What a nice surprise!

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: Fuzi on April 23, 2023, 02:46:37 AM

Quote from: Psyclon on April 23, 2023, 12:45:54 AM

Was about to go to bed and took one last look. What a nice surprise!

Same here, but at breakfast :)
Thks Nobody

Title: Re: [Edizioni Musicali Vigiesse] SMC 1004 - Sensazioni (One at Day) - Gikey (1988)
Post by: owlglass on April 23, 2023, 08:50:17 AM

Thanks, Mr – and Nobody for the re-up.