- Digital
Ezy Minus
Cosmic Seeds
Four Flies
- Cat No: SPE81
- Release: 2023-07-21
Track List
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1. Ezy Minus - Black Lights
03:23 -
2. Ezy Minus - Black Lights (Flute Version)
03:57 -
3. Ezy Minus - Afro Galaxy Sound
02:12 -
4. Ezy Minus - Milano '73
02:25 -
5. Ezy Minus - Green Monkey
02:50 -
6. Ezy Minus - Contraband Love
02:53 -
7. Ezy Minus - Gang Leader
02:52 -
8. Ezy Minus - Party Blues
02:50 -
9. Ezy Minus - Balera Youth
02:19 -
10. Ezy Minus - Disco Clash
03:00
16bit/44.1khz [wav/flac/aiff/alac/mp3]
Straight from the Italian cosmic era, these tracks were recorded by composer Enzo Minuti, aka Ezy Minus, between the ‘70s and early ‘80 at his workshop/studio in Bologna, Studio 67. Minuti relied on very few collaborators and used minimal equipment, but made the most of techniques such as overdubbing and experimented freely with then-futuristic synths and drum machines. As a result, these productions combine a jazz-funk approach with lo-fi creativity and influences ranging from afro-tribal to dub, reggae and electronic music, all the while conveying a weird/leftfield vibe that makes them original and modern but still very groovy (the irresistible “Milano ‘73”, for example, is a never-heard-before mixture between acid-jazz, electro-samba and cosmic funk). All previously unreleased except for the first two titles (which Four Flies reissued on 7” in June 2022), these 10 tracks are like a rainbow bringing together all the colours of cosmic music: from afro-dub ("Black Lights") and tropical funk ("Green Monkey") to cinematic disco ("Contraband Love"), and from acoustic/psychedelic space-pop ("Gang Leader") to the surreal afro-synth-space-funk of a little masterpiece of oddity like “Afro Galaxy Sound”. A must-have for all lovers of rare and unusual Italian music!