Tra Scienza e Fantascienza

Timeless atmospheres, hypnotic sonorities, minimal arrangements. And a composer gifted with a never ending passion for music, experimenter in his genetic code, innovator by vocation, at ease with various instruments in order to forge avant-garde themes. Piero Umiliani was already forward in building completely new sounds in the late Seventies. “Tra Scienza E Fantascienza” finds his alter ego Moggi experimenting with alternative grooves, electronic music, jazz tunes and soundtrack motifs. One of the most interesting music libraries in the Italian composer's discography, reissued with a new remastering by Musica Per Immagini, is in full harmony with its title. Science fiction has opened up our eyes to a variety of scenarios, possible or impossible, sometimes with a happy ending, sometimes apocalyptic, at times familiarly near, more often disarmingly far away, and always capable of inspiring our imagination. For the histrionic artist it took, perhaps, less of a cosmic leap to create this masterpiece. Centered on the cover, a strange creature with only one eye, its hands on a beaker containing a mysterious red liquid. To its right, a symbolic circle is imprinted on a sandy surface, and three bizarre constructions, similar to the volumetric flasks found in a laboratory, of differing heights and shapes. There is a strange blue planet in the distance.

(Notes and images of a dystopian future according to Piero Umiliani)

Tracklist:

A1 Cowboy Spaziale 2:30
A2 Officina Stellare 3:13
A3 Danza Galattica 4:05
A4 Salterello Marziano 2:00
A5 Jingle N.1 1:17
A6 Automa 1:40
A7 Tarantellaccia 2:40
A8 Bric Brac 1:10
B1 Soundmaker Blues 4:03
B2 Gadget 2:43
B3 Soft Key 3:45
B4 Happy Accompaniment 1:20
B5 Futuristic Jam 3:38
B6 Futuristic Jam 2:18
B7 Killer Robot 1:35