Area - Caution Radiation Area FLAC

Area Experimental Prog Rock Avantgarde 1974 Italy

Tracklist

A1	Cometa Rossa	4:00
A2	ZYG (Crescita Zero)	5:27
A3	Brujo	8:02
B1	MIRage? Mirage!	10:27
B2	Lobotomia	4:23

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Fono Roma, Milano
Distributed By – Baby Records S.r.l.

Credits

Art Direction – Gianni Sassi
Design – Edoardo Sivelli
Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass, Trombone – Ares Tavolazzi
Electric Guitar, Synthesizer [E.M.S.], Flute – Giampaolo Tofani*
Electric Piano, Piano, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Synthesizer [A.R.P.] – Patrizio Fariselli
Engineer [Assistant] – Ambrogio Ferrario
Engineer [Sound] – Piero Bravin
Percussion, Drums – Giulio Capiozzo
Photography – Gianni Ummarino
Voice, Organ, Harpsichord, Steel Drums, Percussion – Demetrio Stratos

Notes

2nd pressing, distributed/made by Baby Records, Milano.
Comes with inner sleeve

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CRSLP 5102	Area	Caution Radiation Area ‎(LP, Album)	Cramps Records	CRSLP 5102	Italy	1974
CRSCD 002	Area	Caution Radiation Area ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Cramps Records	CRSCD 002	Italy	1989
CRS LP 5102	Area	Caution Radiation Area ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Cramps Records	CRS LP 5102	Italy	2018
AK 395	Area	Caution Radiation Area ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Akarma	AK 395	Italy	2011
CRSCD002, CRSCD 002	Area	Caution Radiation Area ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Cramps Records, Cramps Records	CRSCD002, CRSCD 002	Italy	1989

Wetiwavas

Area goes for a more extreme direction for their second release, Caution: Radiation Area. Demetrio Stratos this time seems to concentrate on singing on just one cut, "Cometa Rossa", the rest features him making his strange vocalizations. Bassist Jan Patrick Djivas had jumped ship to PFM. It certainly didn't hurt the band any. This is without a doubt a less accessible piece of work, while the fusion is still there, the avant garde elements are much more noticeable. "MIRage? Mirage", for example, is highly experimental, but has some great fusion passages. There's some sinister voices too that made me wonder if these guys listened to Musica Elettronica Viva's The Sound Pool (those creepy shrieking voices remind me of that album). "Lobotomia" is as far from what is considered "normal" as you get, a bunch of synth noise. Listening to this, you can see why they went a more accessible direction with Crac! Regardless, I still highly recommend Caution: Radiation Area, but probably not as a starter (try Arbeit Macht Frei or Crac! first).