Problemi D’Oggi

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“Don’t let the name mislead you! The enigmatic M. Zalla is one of the numerous aliases of the Italian maestro Piero Umiliani who, during his period of fascination for psychedelic and electronic atmospheres, started to compose a good number of musical portraits dedicated, as the title reveals, to the problems of his time.

We are at the beginning of ’70 and Italians are worried by mafia, terrorism and social conflicts: so it has sense that the music chosen to represent this anxious problems has an experimental nature; dark and disturbing, a sort of unicum in the long and extremely productive Umiliani career. And if, in 2015, titles as “Mondo in Crisi”, “Problemi Sociali”, “Azione Sindacale”and “Mafia Oggi” sounds still sadly actual, it’s even more surprising find that the music of “Problemi d’Oggi” (Today Problems) is projected on the future, sounding still alien and unique.
The record presents a various styles: Pink Floyd atmospheres (or Braen’s Machine if you prefer…) and compositions characterized by a wide use of drum machines and synthesizer (MOOG and Sinthy).
We just have to listen to the opening track “Produzione” to give sense to the words of Sean Canty (Demdike Stare) that defines it the first techno/trance track of the history; but between the grooves of this vinyl it’s easy to find intuitions that many other artist and musicians – from Residents to Aphex Twin and Four Tet – will be able to catch during their careers.
So “Problemi d’Oggi” is released in 2015. Perfect timing!”