La Prima Volta

Transparent vinyl
Reissue of the highly rare first album by GustoForte issued in 1984 on RatRace records. 250 units only. No repress
Rome was straight out of a difficult, socially complicated decade characterised by armed mobs and criminal gangs and the dreary dance of enthralling but desperate utopian ideologies. An unusual LP appeared in the shops with a metal cover folded in two, a bolt on one side and the name GustoForte sprayed in black paint. 200 copies were issued by a French distributor specialising in unconventional music. The inside featured a duplicated sheet with a presentation on it by Ado Scaini of the Great Complotto Pordenone, and this in itself is an important clue as it marks the period in an insoluble way. Then the sounds: a 16-RPM magma dub, heavy, convoluted and inescapable