“It's got a lovely bustle going on hasn't it! Absolute winner! All the component parts are spot on as well, I love the female voice and the brass and the keys... that's gonna sell out, no bother.” - Lee Skelly/Dime Records
*300 copies limited edition* Sophomore album from Palace Records label founder and heavily influenced by soundtrack and library music from the past including one of his hero's, John Cameron (Kes, KPM, Bruton) who features on the album (Swing Time). The record is an assortment of outré electronics (Siren Call, Squeaks And Bleeps), modal jazz (Swiftly, Waltz For Someone) and wonky disco (Line Stepper, The Shuffle). Other contributors to the album include members of Palace Records band The Kanpai Q…
Another four Umiliani favourites remastered and reissued on seven inch for the first time. Dirty disco business on the A and super psych sounds on the B.
Dossier is taken from Moggi - News! News! News! (Sound Work Shop) 1979
Discomania is from The Soundwork-Shoppers - Discomusic (Sound Work Shop) 1978
Mondo Dove Vai? (Complesso Beat Con Effetti Elettronici Version) from Piero Umiliani – Questo Sporco Mondo Meraviglioso (Omicron) 1971
Hippies (Part 2) from Piero Umiliani – Psichedelica (Omicron) …
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