Bi Nostalgia
Clear and Not Clear (2CD)
LabelOltrelanebbiailmareGenreElectronic
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Another due reissue of valuable New Wave materials “Made In Italy” that stretches around thirty-seven tracks contained on a double CD. Bi Nostalgia was the solo project of Luca Rigato, already part of the duo Endless Nostalgia. Composed and recorded between 1984 and 1987 (with the addition of one more recent unreleased track), all songs have been completely remastered from the original master tapes of "Anthems for Losers", "Dances of the Pessimism", "The Seeping Mouth”, “Cathedrals EP","Art Is Not Much" and "Philokalia", all published on Bi Nostalgia’s own label The League of the Gloomers. These tracks introduce the listener to the author's innermost world – a convinced exponent of a “losers aesthetics” but also a skilled craftsman maker of detailed soundscapes of great density and abstraction – that confront himself with his reference points: ambient music in general and the European / American serialist composers. Touching new age fascinations, refined sonorities, epic atmospheres and elementary compositive structures. A finely crafted visionary pop music, enhanced by arrangements that give to the compositions a seductive sense of lightness and purity.
Format
Recorded at the Room.
All songs composed and played by Bi Nostalgia, except 2-19 by Bi Nostalgia and Alberto Fiori Carones.
Cover drawnings by Massimo Giacon.
Artwork by Andrea Marutti/Afe Creative Laboratories.
Tracks 1-01, 1-02, 1-03, 1-04, 1-17, 1-18, 2-19 taken from "Art is NOT Much" (1986).
Tracks 1-05, 1-06, 1-07, 1-08, 2-02 taken from "Anthems for Losers" cassette (1984).
Tracks 1-09, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 2-01 2-03 taken from "Dances of the Pessimism" cassette (1984).
Tracks 1-14, 2-05, 2-06, 2-07, 2-08, 2-09, 2-10 taken from "The Seeping Mouth" cassette (1985).
Tracks 1-15, 1-16, 2-18 taken from "Cathedrals EP" (1985).
Tracks 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17 taken from "Philokalia" (1987).
Track 2-04 is unreleased (2005).
Release notes
Recorded at the Room. All songs composed and played by Bi Nostalgia, except 2-19 by Bi Nostalgia and Alberto Fiori Carones. Cover drawnings by Massimo Giacon. Artwork by Andrea Marutti/Afe Creative Laboratories. Tracks 1-01, 1-02, 1-03, 1-04, 1-17, 1-18, 2-19 taken from "Art is NOT Much" (1986). Tracks 1-05, 1-06, 1-07, 1-08, 2-02 taken from <a href="http://www.discogs.com/release/3356729">"Anthems for Losers"</a> cassette (1984). Tracks 1-09, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 2-01 2-03 taken…
| Clear Songs | |||
| 1-01 | Shadowland (Rmx) | 3:58 | |
| 1-02 | Half Souls | 3:25 | |
| 1-03 | The Love Box | 4:08 | |
| 1-04 | Essentuki | 4:59 | |
| 1-05 | Find Me | 3:19 | |
| 1-06 | Your Casual Way | 2:55 | |
| 1-07 | Tell Me That You Love Me | 3:45 | |
| 1-08 | Destiny Of Civilian (Rmx) | 4:18 | |
| 1-09 | Drinking With Myself | 2:34 | |
| 1-10 | One Kiss Without Lips | 2:41 | |
| 1-11 | Time Is A Slot Machine | 3:44 | |
| 1-12 | Thrill, As Usual | 3:11 | |
| 1-13 | Clear And Not Clear | 2:44 | |
| 1-14 | Each One Drawn | 3:28 | |
| 1-15 | Year Of The Child (Rmx) | 2:46 | |
| 1-16 | Cathedrals | 4:20 | |
| 1-17 | Art Is Not Much | 5:00 | |
| 1-18 | Seekers Of The Truth | 4:45 | |
| Not Clear | |||
| 2-01 | Dance Of The Pessimism | 4:36 | |
| 2-02 | A Silent Day | 2:38 | |
| 2-03 | Decline And Passion | 3:54 | |
| 2-04 | Snowing Sea | 5:59 | |
| 2-05 | The Act Of Killing Himself | 2:42 | |
| 2-06 | The Inevitable Collapse | 2:06 | |
| 2-07 | Cadence | 1:46 | |
| 2-08 | Without Noise | 2:07 | |
| 2-09 | The Seeping Mouth | 4:08 | |
| 2-10 | Runaway Horses | 3:10 | |
| 2-11 | Dal Deserto | 3:37 | |
| 2-12 | Puja Kotha | 4:23 | |
| 2-13 | Il Dono Delle Lacrime | 1:51 | |
| 2-14 | Philokalia | 1:52 | |
| 2-15 | Tre Forme Di Pensiero | 2:12 | |
| 2-16 | Mineraldni Vodi | 1:46 | |
| 2-17 | Realtà Separate | 3:20 | |
| 2-18 | The Total Spleen (Except) | 7:00 | |
| 2-19 | Le Statue D'Acqua | 8:44 | |
- Massimo Giacon
- Cover
