Artist
ART FLEURY
Augusto Ferrari (keyboards)
Maurizio Tomasoni (trumpet, horns)
Giangi Frugoni (bass, guitar, clarinet)
Though their record debut came in the new wave era, Art Fleury from Brescia can now be considered much closer to some avantgarde groups of the progressive era than anything else released in Italy in 1980.
The beginnings of the group are from the mid 70's, when AMG (from the
initials of the group members), still in their teens, had the chance of playing
before Area at Milan's Parco Lambro Festival in 1976,
and then opening some Italian dates of Henry Cow, thanks to their collaboration
with Cooperativa L'Orchestra.
The name Art Fleury was adopted around 1977, but their first record came
out only in 1980, through Italian Records, a small label from Bologna aimed at
promoting new wave groups.
I luoghi del potere can easily be compared to early Faust, and their later works oscillated between electronic wave and avantgarde music with no commercial decline. Their debut album has finally been issued on CD in 2007 in a deluxe box set with booklet and poster.
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| I luoghi del potere | Italian Records (EXIT 903) | 1980 | single cover with sticker - foldout insert - early copies on white vinyl - includes a short film |
| The last album | No Sense (AA 001) | 1981 | single cover with inner |
| Hard fashion girls | No Sense (AA 002) | 1981 | mini LP - single cover |
| New performer | Suono (SR 33126) | 1983 | single cover |
CD |
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| I luoghi del potere | Die Schachtel (DS 14) | 2007 | reissue of 1980 in box set with different cover, includes booklet, poster - 1 bonus track |
VARIOUS ARTISTS COMPILATIONS |
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| Italia Wiva (with Over-tour and Lilith) |
Suono (SR 33121) | 1983 | Italian 80's groups compilation - also features Ruins, Lunar Sex, Bisca, Illegal Coiffeur, Nai-Lon, Frenetic, Avion Travel, Litfiba, Naif Orchestra, Al Aprile & the Electicart |
SINGLES (with picture sleeve) |
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| L'overdose part 1,2 L'overdose part 3,4,5 |
Italian Records (EXIT 705) | 1980 | all unreleased tracks |
| UK is dead The seven of birdland |
No Sense (AA 003) | 1981 | both tracks from Hard fashion girls |
| New performer Moonlight |
Suono (SR 7122) | 1983 | both tracks from New performer |
I luoghi del potere is rare in its original vinyl
issue, containing a foldout insert. Early
copies were pressed on white vinyl, contained a short strip of negative film and had a red sticker on the shrink with
the text "Colonna sonora del film ononimo" (Soundtrack of the eponymous film).
The film was in fact conceived as a soundtrack for an imaginary movie.
It has been reissued for the first time on CD in 2007 by the Die Schachtel label
as a box set with a
new cover design, and containing a booklet and a poster. The CD reissue also
includes L'overdose, originally split in two parts on a single.
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I luoghi del potere - LP with sticker and film |
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The last album - LP |
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Hard fashion girls - LP |
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L'overdose - 7" single |
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New performer - 7" single |
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I luoghi del potere - CD |
Thanks to Augusto Ferrari for help and information and to Alos for some details on discography.
