Monday, February 18, 2008







Franco Battiato-Fetus


Franco Battiato is an italian experimental songwriter. He began his career covering Italian pop songs in the 1960's. In 1970 he collaborated with infamous Italian psych act Osage Tribe. Soon after, his music took a decided turn towards the experimental side of pop song-writing. Franco's music became increasingly minimal and began to incorporate electronic elements. The three albums Fetus (1970), Pollution (1972), and Clic (1974) aptly represent his gradual shift from experimental pop not entirely removed from the tradition of Os Mutantes and even Brian Eno into something more akin to minimalism and musique concrete.

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