LA NATURA E L'UOMO by V/A

Third reissue (of seven planned) in the incredible series of nature-themed libraries originally released in the first half of the Seventies by Cardium, Chic, Nereide, Musical, Rhombus, Spring, and Weekend labels. Seven never-reissued-before albums, real hardcore collector items, which gave birth to a small cult during the last four decades.�La natura e l�uomo� (Italian for �Nature and mankind�) first came out in 1973; despite being part of the same series of �Biologia marina� and �Ittiologia� (earlier reissued by Intervallo), it is actually a different affair, in which the avant-garde urge partly leaves room for sweeter, acoustic atmospheres. But there are also amazing examples of ambient experimentations (like the ones of the previous volumes of the series) such as �Protozoi� or �Venus�, both featured in two versions. The main characters of this release are pretty much the same ones we met in the other volumes � Alessandro Alessandroni, Franco Tamponi e Amedeo Tommasi � but �La natura e l�uomo� also introduces two new names. Marco Di Marco, author of the tracks with a more definite easy listening mood, is a pianist and a jazz composer from Bologna, while the alias Kema hides Alessandroni�s wife, the amazingly talented Giulia De Muittis, who was an equally formidable force. She and her husband are responsible for the most enticing tracks of the album: �Bassa marea�, �Pescatori� and �Venus�.