AREA was the bomb that exploded in 1972 in the Italian rock scene. With musicians like the exceptional vocalist Demetrio Stratos (Stratos Dimitriou, his real name, of Greek origin), Paolo Tofani and Patrizio Fariselli and a unique mix of Marxism determinism with Jazz /fusion rock with some folky edges (often described as arabesque but those who know can undestand that it's totally Greek and South Italy folk music influences), they have offered a bunch of masterpieces through Cramps label.
Apart from that most of the members had released later unique masterpieces of contemporary music. The most peculiar fact though is the almost inhuman Stratos voice, with a very wide range reaching the limits of human possibilities and an unrivaled technique, that has to be heard to believe it. His unique style of siging set him apart from all singers of his time. Unfortunately he left this world very young at the age of 35. Anyway, Area is for eveyone who want to step in to adventurous music land.
They extended some of the ideas of Henry Cow, Zappa, and King Crimson into free-jazz and experimental realms that the creators themselves could barely imagine. It was said that even John Cage was a fan.

www.jackdawrecords.com is finally finished. Jackdaw Records is my new company where I sell new and used LPs. I decided to try to sell some of my vast record collection. No easy decision but I have to. LINK

Soon I will add some more records & music to italianprogrock. I'm dying to do it :-) I have bought quite a few records lately.