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| Label: |
A Silent Place
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| Catalog#: |
ASP13
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| Format: |
CD, Album, Reissue
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| Country: | Italy |
| Released: | 2006 |
| Genre: |
Electronic,
Rock
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| Style: |
Abstract,
Space Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
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| Notes: | Liner notes:
A New Astronomy was recorded mostly in Marco Fasolo's bedroom on a 4-track cassette machine.
This albums is dedicated to Giovanni Paneroni, amateur astronomer and misunderstood genius. He was born in 1871 and made a living out of peddling sweets and ice-creams around Northern Italy's towns and villages. In his free time, he developed his own, revolutionary astronomical theories: the Earth is flat, surrounded on every corner by perennial glaciers; the sun is nothing more than a small silver ball with a 2 meter diameter and a weight of approximately 14 kilos; Copernicus was wrong: the entire official astronomical science is just a bunch of lies; planets don't move, stars are just little fires hung in the sky, the universe doesn't exist . He also invented a new solar compass based on his “extraordinary discoveries”. In his unstoppable attempts to promote the truth, Paneroni tried everything and suffered countless humiliations: he stalked professors, was arrested and became a well known character in many Italian universities. After some years spent in a mental institution, he died in 1950. Thousands of people from all over the country attended his funeral.
(Note: this is the official release of the ultra rare cd-r released by Sub Pop in 2005 in a 100 copies limited edition)
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