MUTAZIONE Italian Electronic & New Wave Underground 1980-1988

• DIE FORM – ARE YOU BEFORE
• NEON – INFORMATIONS OF DEATH
• CARMODY – VULCANI
• DANIELE CIULLINI & DE REZKE – ANCORA ICONE
• LAXATIVE SOULS – NICCOLAI
• LA 1919 – SENZA TREGUA

• 1. DIE FORM – ARE YOU BEFORE
• 2. NEON – INFORMATIONS OF DEATH
• 3. GAZNEVADA – GOING UNDERGROUND
• 4. CARMODY – VULCANI
• 5. DANIELE CIULLINI & DE REZKE – ANCORA ICONE
• 6. 0010110000010011 (CANCER) – NAONIAN STYLE
• 7. VICTROLA – MARITIME TATAMI
• 8. 2+2=5 – JACHO’S STORY
• 9. LAXATIVE SOULS – NICCOLAI
• 10. LA 1919 – SENZA TREGUA
• 11. WINTER LIGHT – ALWAYS UNIQUE
• 12. GIOVANOTTI MONDANI MECCANICI – BACK AND FORTH
• 13. L’ULTIMO ARCANO – 1984-1985
• 14. A.T.R.O.X. – AGAINST THE ODDS
• 15. DORIS NORTON – NORTON APPLE SOFTWARE
• 16. KIRLIAN CAMERA – EDGES (Original version)
• 17. SPIROCHETA PERGOLI – ROMERO’S LIVING DEAD
• 18. LA BAMBOLA DEL DR. CALIGARI – DEEP SKANNER
• 19. PALE – THE LIVID TRIPTYCH
• 20. RATS – PLEASE
• 21. PLATH – I AM STRANGE NOW
• 22. TASADAY – CRISALIDE
• 23. LA MAISON – CRITICAL SITUATION
• 24. SUICIDE DADA – WAITING FOR SEPTEMBER
• 25. THE TAPES – NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
• 26. MAURIZIO BIANCHI – AUSCHWITZ

Alessio Natalizia from Kompakt's Walls brings together ‘Mutazione’, a collection of reactionary underground electronic and new wave rarities from Italy, recorded during the tail end of this turbulent era. Based around a hotbed of activism in Tuscany and the Emilia Romagna region, bands emerged from squats and both right and left wing militant groups, feeding off the national paranoia and angst to create a unique sound, rooted in punk but touching on new wave, electronic, experimental and industrial styles.

Much of the music was released on limited cassettes. Fanzines sprang up, both from political groups and the bands themselves, in turn spawning new artists – Suicide Dada, featured on this album, emerged from a collective running the VM fanzine in Milan and the TRAX collective of underground musicians also published a regular lo-fi magazine of their own.