Bachelite
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Bachelite is the second album released by the Italian indie/electronica
band Offlaga Disco Pax
. Recorded between May and October 2007 and mastered in October in New York
, the album was published by Santeria Records on February 8, 2008. With this album the band developed its sound, which became much more electronica-influenced than in Socialismo Tascabile (Prove Tecniche di Trasmissione)
.
". Collini writes once again about people, athletes and daily happenings linking them to politics, even though "Bachelite" is more introverted and cryptic than its predecessor.
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
band Offlaga Disco Pax
Offlaga Disco Pax
-Background and discography:The band was formed in Reggio Emilia in 2003 by Daniele Carretti Max Collini and Enrico Fontanelli...
. Recorded between May and October 2007 and mastered in October in New York
New York
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, the album was published by Santeria Records on February 8, 2008. With this album the band developed its sound, which became much more electronica-influenced than in Socialismo Tascabile (Prove Tecniche di Trasmissione)
Socialismo Tascabile (Prove Tecniche di Trasmissione)
Socialismo Tascabile is the debut album by Italian indie/electronica band Offlaga Disco Pax. It was released in 2005 and received mostly positive reviews.-Track listing:...
.
Track listing
songs written by Collini and Fontanelli, except where indicated.- "Superchiome" – 4:22
- "Ventrale" – 3:18
- "Dove ho messo la Golf?" – 6:18
- "Sensibile" (Fontanelli, Carretti, Collini) – 5:49
- "Lungimiranza" (4:00
- "Cioccolato I.A.C.P." (Collini, Carretti) – 9:19
- "Fermo!" (Collini, Carretti) – 5:43)
- "Onomastica" (Collini, Carretti) – 5:55
- "Venti Minuti" – 7:03
Thematic elements
Bachelite's themes are similar to the ones in Offlaga Disco Pax's debut album, "Socialismo Tascabile (Prove Tecniche di Trasmissione)Socialismo Tascabile (Prove Tecniche di Trasmissione)
Socialismo Tascabile is the debut album by Italian indie/electronica band Offlaga Disco Pax. It was released in 2005 and received mostly positive reviews.-Track listing:...
". Collini writes once again about people, athletes and daily happenings linking them to politics, even though "Bachelite" is more introverted and cryptic than its predecessor.
- "Superchiome"
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- "Ventrale"
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- "Dove ho messo la Golf?"
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- "Sensibile"
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- "Lungimiranza"
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- "Cioccolato I.A.C.P."
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- "Fermo!"
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- "Onomastica"
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- "Venti Minuti"
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Personnel
- Enrico Fontanelli - bass, keyboards
- Daniele Carretti - guitar, bass
- Max Collini - vocals
Other Musicians
- Francesco Donadello – drums in Ventrale
- Deborah Naomi Walker - cello in Sensibile
- Jukka Reverberi - vocals in Cioccolato I.A.C.P. and Fermo!
- Nicola Manzan - vocals in Cioccolato I.A.C.P.
- Andrea Fumagalli - saxophone in Onomastica