Relish Recordings continues its pattern of reissues focused on bringing lost tracks from influential acts to a contemporary audience. This time Relish boss Headman is re-releasing the track “Venice” by State of Art, one of the few new wave bands to emerge from Italy. Formed in June 1981 by singer Federico Di Bonaventura, bass player Stefano Tirone and guitarist Stefano Mazzola in Milan, State of Art worked together for almost two years before Federico split to pursue a career as Fred Ventura. The new release features the original 1982 recording, Headman’s disco house dancefloor rework and JR Seaton’s nine-minute remake of the track. You can download Headman’s dub version of “Venice” below.
[audio: http://lastgasstation.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/venice-headman-rework-dub.mp3|leftbg=0xff022f|rightbg=0x00ff01|lefticon=FFFFFF|righticon=0xFFFFFF|loader=0xFFFFFF|border=0x00ff01]State of Art: “Venice” [Headman Rework Dub] [mp3]
State Of Art’s “Venice” EP is out now on Relish. Buy here.