Tuesday, 11 March 2025

Cassette-only Auto Drive System - First Work from the 1970s Italy

 




Well, here's a real treasure from the past, and something you almost certainly have never heard.

An amazing electronic style progressive find from my friend, cassette only release, you can find sparse info here.  None of the 3 artists are recorded on that page as having appeared anywhere else.

Nascik  gives you an idea of what we're dealing with here:


So, similar to Sensations Fix, or French Heldon, etc.

10 comments:


  1. https://krakenfiles.com/view/2mPoQtVCBC/file.html
    https://www.sendspace.com/file/fxgkty

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  2. Grandioso!!! Cuantas maravillas pueden aparecer imprevistamente que nos alegran la vida!!:Gracias!!

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  3. Great, thank you!

    I love how the guy who issued it on discogs is searching for another owner:

    "Is there anyone who has the cassette besides me? I see that there is someone else who claims to have it in the collection .. could you contact me? I am looking for information on this mysterious group. Thanks!"

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  4. Amazing!
    How great music can completely transport the listener far away in time & space...
    Our good Captain Julian graces us yet again with awesome unknown & forgotten musical treasures, rescued from the
    ever-shifting sands of time.
    Like Sensations' Fix took it's epic Portable Madness to fly with Electronique Guerillas & Warriors On The Edge Of Time to break M.L. Bongers out of his Pacific Prison...
    The Kingdome Come Journey was Obscured By Clouds and Echoes of Attic Thoughts...
    What a trip!
    Thank you so much brother :)

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  5. Hi Julian, greetings from Italy, and thanks as always for the rarities you make us discover.

    Inside an Italian blog I found other information, here is the link:

    https://verso-la-stratosfera.blogspot.com/2022/05/audio-drive-system-197-first-work.html

    I translate from Italian, an interesting comment:

    Good morning dear, I inform you that I have come into contact with two of the three members of the group! The guitarist and the drummer. For the moment I have little information to give you and it is the following:

    - they were 15/16 years old when they made this album. They have not yet confirmed the year, but it should be either 1975 or 1976.

    - they were a band from Verona. The name is Auto Drive System, while First Work was the name of the album.

    - the members are:
    1) Edoardo Bernardi (keyboards)
    2) Sandro Bordato (guitars)
    3) Marcello Facchin (drums)

    in the comments there is also another band mentioned that seems to have made an unobtainable LP:

    Angolo Buio: "L'urlo dall'angolo buio", I see that it is on youtube, but at first listening it is very beat.

    It is always fun to see what comes out of the "musical archaeological digs!"

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  6. Wait what the... I found an absolute gem! This blog is blessed. I was searching the web, and looking for some texts about a japanese group named Tranzam. In result, I've stumbled upon your blog. You really have a great taste of music. Keep it going!

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