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IL GUARDIANO DEL FARO - OASIS
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1978 Disco /Funk & Synth Pop LP Repressed - Time Capsule is a new reissue label that unites the record collectors and DJs of the brilliant corners and Beauty & The Beat communities in London. For each release, Kay Suzuki works alongside one co-curator to reinstate and repackage the music they hold dear into perfectly restored historic artifacts.
For the first release, brilliant corners regular and Meda Fury signing Ryota OPP curates the reissue of Il Guardiano Del Faro’s 1978 album Oasis.
Born 1940 in Milan, Federico Monti Arduini was a child prodigy who studied piano and was already performing at concerts from the age of eight. He composed pop songs for other artists which sold millions of copies, but his own solo success came after he encountered synthesizers in the early 70s.
Viewed as a precursor of New Age sound art, Arduini was one of the first producers in Italy to use the Moog synthesizer and a meeting with Bob Moog in New York only added to this obsession. He was also an early adopter of the tradition among electronic producers to use a moniker to disguise his identity. Il Guardiano Del Faro (translated as “the guardian of lighthouse”) is a nod to the small Italian fishing town Porto Santo Stefano, where Arduini created his studio in the mid-70s.
He produced a number of albums from this seaside idyl of electronic instruments and tape recorders, but Oasis stands out from the pack. Released in 1978, it became a cult classic for its experimental sounds and emotional expressions. Spiritual synth sounds cover the album in a dreamy haze, oscillating between ambient and psychedelic. Sparing deployment of the Roland rhythm box gives dance floor favourites ‘Disco Divina’ and ‘Oasis’ touches of space disco and even teases proto-house elements like the great Sun Palace.
“The passionate and dramatic sound of Il Guardiano Del Faro made me fantasise about so many romantic aspects of Italian culture. Oasis is sonically more interesting than his other albums and these exotic, eccentric rhythms sound quite familiar to the modern music fans.” Ryota OPP
For the first release, brilliant corners regular and Meda Fury signing Ryota OPP curates the reissue of Il Guardiano Del Faro’s 1978 album Oasis.
Born 1940 in Milan, Federico Monti Arduini was a child prodigy who studied piano and was already performing at concerts from the age of eight. He composed pop songs for other artists which sold millions of copies, but his own solo success came after he encountered synthesizers in the early 70s.
Viewed as a precursor of New Age sound art, Arduini was one of the first producers in Italy to use the Moog synthesizer and a meeting with Bob Moog in New York only added to this obsession. He was also an early adopter of the tradition among electronic producers to use a moniker to disguise his identity. Il Guardiano Del Faro (translated as “the guardian of lighthouse”) is a nod to the small Italian fishing town Porto Santo Stefano, where Arduini created his studio in the mid-70s.
He produced a number of albums from this seaside idyl of electronic instruments and tape recorders, but Oasis stands out from the pack. Released in 1978, it became a cult classic for its experimental sounds and emotional expressions. Spiritual synth sounds cover the album in a dreamy haze, oscillating between ambient and psychedelic. Sparing deployment of the Roland rhythm box gives dance floor favourites ‘Disco Divina’ and ‘Oasis’ touches of space disco and even teases proto-house elements like the great Sun Palace.
“The passionate and dramatic sound of Il Guardiano Del Faro made me fantasise about so many romantic aspects of Italian culture. Oasis is sonically more interesting than his other albums and these exotic, eccentric rhythms sound quite familiar to the modern music fans.” Ryota OPP
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Federico Monti Arduini (AKA Il Guardiano del Faro) was already well-known throughout Europe as a musician, composer, record producer and television personality.
As a composer he wrote many Italian hit songs for various important (local and foreign) singers such as "Ma Ci Pensi" by Mina, " Il Primo Bacio che Darò" by Gigliola Cinquetti, "Dolce Amor" by Frankie Avalon, "Dolci Sogni" by Santo & Johnny, and "Solo Tu" by Orietta Berti. "Solo Tu" was also recorded in English by Cliff Richard (All My Love), and sold over 12 milion units worldwide.
As an artist/musician/composer, in late 1972, under the nick- name of "Il Guardiano Del Faro" he reached the N° 1 position in the top ten chart with the song " Il Gabbiano Infelice". In late 1975, with his song " Amore Grande Amore Libero" he won one of the most important music contests in Italy (Un disco per l'estate), again reaching the n° 1 chart position. In that same year he was awarded the "Telegatto" award as the "Most Popular Artist of the Year".
He also composed and scored several movie soundtracks such as " La Orca" directed by Eriprando Visconti. As a producer he recorded many international artists (Frankie Avalon, Santo & Johnny) and had many records in the Italian top ten charts. As a television personality, he was a regular guest on several television shows as "Blitz," "Blu Domenica," and "Il Sabato." He also had his own television show, " Il Cappello sulle ventitrè," which ran on Saturday nights for two years. For nearly 15 years he was the Managing Director of the Pop Music publishing group of G.Ricordi & C., one of the most influential Italian music companies during that period and, from 1972 to 1975 was the General A&R Manager and Assistant to the President of the Polydor/PolyGram Record Division in Italy. He founded Cafè Concerto Music Publishing in June 1996. He is now a member of the foreign Committee of SIAE (the Italian performing and mechanical society) and President of EMA, the most powerful music publishing association in Italy. He is also member of the board of directors of the IMPC/CIEM, the International Music Publishers Confederation which deals with all matters relating to Copyright laws with the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
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