T.A.C.

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T.A.C. (Tomografia Assiale Computerizzata) is a post-industrial, experimental and electronica group from Cagliari, Italy. The project was formed in Parma, Italy, in 1981, with five members, Andrea Azzali, Simon Balestrazzi, Giorgio Barbuti, Fabio Cortesi and Giampaolo Terenziani. The name is the Italian for the medical imaging device Computed Tomography (CT). The group was originally known for making a crossover between experimental music and avant rock, involving treated tape loops, custom built synthesisers and metal sheet percussion on one side and guitar, bass and drums on the other. This original line-up recorded two albums on their own label Azteco Records. In mid 1984 they were joined by Gregorio Bardini (Tuxedomoon collaborator and member of Thelema). With this new personnel they recorded “Ouvrez Vos Auditifs Canaux” but the line-up split in 1985, immediately after the album release, when Giorgio Barbuti, Gregorio Bardini, Fabio Cortesi and Giampaolo Terenziani suddenly quit the band. Andrea Azzali and Simon Balestrazzi kept on working as a duo for a while and then formed a new version of the band inviting Andrea Palazzino, Antonio “Franz” Menozzi and Paolo Ollari to join in. This period was devoted to powerful percussive and savage live performances, but after this new quintet recorded the album “Il Teatro Della Crudeltà”, that couldn't be released till the end of 1987, things went wrong again and a crowd of personnel started to revolve around the two original mem

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looking for europe (the neofolk compendium)

Looking for Europe: The Neofolk Compendium

Looking for Europe

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Looking For Europe - The Neofolk Compendium

Apotropaismo

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Looking for Europe CD1

Splintered

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Looking for Europe (1)

La Nouvelle Art Du Deuil

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Looking For Europe-The Neofolk Compendium

Xerosma

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Looking For Europe - The Neofolk Compendium (cd 1)

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