Capricorni Pneumatici // Über Artaud LP

1980年代から人知れず活動しているイタリアの謎集団Capricorni Pneumaticiが、2025年8月にミラノの実験レーベルVasopressinから150枚限定でリリースした再発レコードです。（オリジナルは1988年にカセットリリース）

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以下、レーベルによる解説です。

"謎めいたイタリアの集団Capricorni Pneumaticiの失われた作品『Über Artaud』が、40年の時を経てついに完成した。
1947年に検閲されたアントナン（Antonin Artaud）のラジオ作品 "Pour En finir avec le Jugement de Dieu "の電子音響化として1987年に構想されたこのミステリアスなプロジェクトは、象徴的なヤマハDX7シンセサイザーを介したFMシンセシスThrobbing GristleやNurse With Woundのようなダークで儀式的なサウンドスケープを創り出す。

知られざるイタリアのアウトサイダー・アートや呪われた音楽の謎の領域が広がる中Capricorni PneumaticiによるÜber Artaudの復活ほど説得力のある発見は少ない。その最初の構想から40年近くを経て、この作品は完全にリマスターされたLP、そして初めて、
Vasopressinを介した決定的かつ完全な形で帰ってきた。

Capricorni Pneumaticiは、80年代後半にイタリアのアンダーグラウンドシーンで最もミステリアスでとらえどころのないプロジェクトである。彼らが、音楽とサウンドの秘教的で儀式的な意味合いの研究に没頭していたこと以外、この集団についてはほとんど知られていない。"

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12" black vinyl.
Reissue - all music composed and played by Capricorni Pneumatici in Nov-Dec 1987.
All narrating voices, drums and xilophones played by A. Artaud were taken from a radiophonic broadcast recorded on the 28th November 1947.
Edition of 150. 

Vasopressin:

"After forty years, the enigmatic Italian collective Capricorni
Pneumatici's lost opus, Über Artaud, finally emerges complete.
Originally conceived in 1987 as an electronic sonorization of Antonin
Artaud's censored 1947 radio work "Pour En finir avec le Jugement de
Dieu", this mysterious project showcases masterful use of FM synthesis
via the iconic Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, creating dark ritualistic
soundscapes akin to Throbbing Gristle and Nurse With Wound.

In the widening realms of uncovered Italian outsider art and cursed
musical enigmas, few discoveries prove as compelling as the resurgence
of Über Artaud by Capricorni Pneumatici. After nearly four decades from
its original conception, this work returns in a completely remastered LP
edition and, for the first time, in its definitive and complete form via
Vasopressin. Capricorni Pneumatici emerged from the Italian underground
during the late '80s as one of the most mysterious and elusive projects
of the era. Little is known about the collective beyond their dedication
to researching the esoteric and ritual implications of music and sounds.
The name itself, derived from Aleister Crowley's work, hints at the
radical and visionary approach that would define their influential
existence, evolving from acoustic/concrete music toward the darker
territories of electronic manipulation. Composed between November and
December 1987, Über Artaud was born from a temporally charged
coincidence: exactly forty years after Antonin Artaud's apocalyptic
radio work Pour En finir avec le Jugement de Dieu (November 28, 1947)
was censored and never aired due to its blasphemous content and violent
critique of Western civilization. This piece, featuring Artaud alongside
Roger Blin, Maria Casarès, and Paule Thévenin, represents one of the
most radical expressions of his "Theater of Cruelty" philosophy.

The album demonstrates an extraordinary mastery of FM synthesis,
extracting from the Yamaha DX7 a universe of complex timbres and
intricate stratifications. While Brian Eno had explored the DX7's
ambient potential, Capricorni Pneumatici pushed the instrument into
darker, ritualistic territories, creating dense harmonic layers that
recall Nurse With Wound's industrial atmospheres and Throbbing Gristle's
more experimental soundscapes. The connection to Throbbing Gristle is
particularly evident in the work's relationship to Derek Jarman's
cinematic vision, where hypnotic electronic textures serve as
accompaniment to alchemical and ritualistic imagery, much like their
soundtrack work for In The Shadow of the Sun (1981). Like Genesis
P-Orridge and Chris Carter's approach to creating transformative sonic
environments, Capricorni Pneumatici's electronic manipulations function
as both artistic statement and esoteric ritual. The original cassette
edition of Über Artaud was produced in an extremely limited edition
through underground channels but remained incomplete, lacking the
sonorization of Artaud's final "Conclusion" section. After almost forty
years, the work finally finds completion with an additional track,
recorded in 2024, that blends seamlessly with the original material.

This new LP edition was sourced from the original tapes, remastered by
Capricorni Penumatici, and optimized for vinyl pressing by Andrea
Marutti. Coming as a black vinyl housed in a poly-lined sleeve, released
in an limited edition of 150 copies, Über Artaud transforms Artaud's
censored radio work into a revelatory aural experience, connecting the
prophetic vision with the dark electronic sensibility of the Italian
underground."

Tracklist:

1                    Introduction
2                    Tutuguri (Le Rite Du Soleil Noir)
3                    La Recherche De La Fécalité
4                    La Question Se Pose De...
5                    Conclusion

Artist : Capricorni Pneumatici 

Label : Vasopressin

cat no : VSP002