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Sensations' Fix - Fragments of Light, the embryonic sunset of the Florentine space-prog outfit

In the underbelly of Italian prog, a band captivated by the era's kraut-rock trends, poised between the meditative calm of Popol Vuh, the dreamlike energy of Neu! and the nocturnal atmospheres of Tangerine Dream

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Lucio Dalla - When someone threw a Molotov cocktail at Dalla on stage: "It's the fault of whoever put it into singers' heads that they're Che Guevara"

At the height of the political tension of the '70s, the Bolognese singer-songwriter too found himself in danger on stage, during a concert in Milan

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Downtempo - The golden age of low-tempo music

Downtempo never had a center or a city to call home. That's why no one ever defended it, and that's exactly why it's worth seeking out

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Francesco De Gregori - Bufalo Bill, 50 years of the Prince's American diary

As controversy rages over the Prince's latest statements, we'd rather revisit one of his masterpieces, which has just turned fifty

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Michael Jackson - Michael, why the biopic split critics and audiences (and they're both right)

An in-depth look at the biopic dedicated to Michael Jackson which, despite its box-office triumph, has drawn more than a little criticism

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Pink Floyd - The disastrous tour that gave birth to a masterpiece by Waters and co.

Kicking off on 23 January 1977 at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, the "In The Flesh Tour" stood as one of the most important, and at the same time most troubled, chapters in Pink Floyd's history

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Radiohead - Thom Yorke remembers when he first heard Nirvana

Thom Yorke recalled how he felt the first time he heard Nirvana's "Nevermind"

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Nick Cave – Let Love In, the Bad Seeds of Love

The album that made the Australian songwriter a global star, thanks to a handful of desperate songs about love and death.

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Oasis - Definitely Maybe – The birth of the Britpop idols' myth

The story of the record that launched Oasis right into the heart of Nineties Cool Britannia

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R.E.M. - Perfect Circle - Collapse Into Now

The epilogue of R.E.M.'s thirty-year saga. With this concluding chapter, the book "Perfect Circle" — devoted to their history and lyrics — is now available in full online on OndaRock

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Tanita Tikaram - The Wea/ East West Albums 1988-1995

From the dazzling debut 'Ancient Heart' to the noir atmospheres of 'Lovers In The City': the singer-songwriter's first 5 albums in a lavish box set

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AA. VV. - The Complete Obscure Records Collection 1975-1978

The complete collection of the ten albums released and produced by Eno for Obscure, many of which are out of print or have never been issued on CD

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R.E.M. - Perfect Circle - Accelerate

The final surge before the last stop. "Accelerate" is a noble parting shot, R.E.M.'s true last testament

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Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas Super Deluxe Edition

The American pianist tackles a timeless classic that made both adults and children fall in love with jazz