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Sensations' Fix is an Italian progressive rock/ electronic musical ensemble led by Franco Falsini.


History

Falsini, born in Italy, moved to Virginia in 1969, where he set up a basement studio and experimented with a Moog and four-track taping before returning to Italy to form a band. The group signed with Polydor Records in 1974 to a five-year, six-album contract.Liner notes, ''Music Is Painting in the Air''. RVNG International, 2012. Sensations' Fix music remained out of print for many years, but in 2011, ''Naso Freddo'' was reissued by the Spectrum Spools label. In 2012, RVNG Records reissued some Sensations' Fix material along with alternate mixes and unreleased tracks on the compilation ''Music Is Painting in the Air (1974-1977)''.


Members

*Franco Falsini *Keith Edwards *Richard Ursillo *Stephen Head


Discography

*''Fragments of Light'' ( Polydor Records, 1974) *''Portable Madness'' (Polydor, 1974) *''Naso Freddo'' (Polydor, 1975) (released under Franco Falsini's name) *''Finest Finger'' (Polydor, 1976) *''Vision's Fugitives'' (All Ears Records, 1977) *''Boxes Paradise'' (Polydor, 1977) *''Flying Tapes'' (Polydor, 1978)


Influence

In 2002, DJ Shadow sampled Sensations' Fix on the tracks "Fixed Income" and "Mongrel...Meets His Maker" from ''
The Private Press ''The Private Press'' is the second studio album by American hip hop producer DJ Shadow, released by MCA Records on June 4, 2002. It peaked at number 44 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted ...
'', and in 2008
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titled one of their art exhibitions "Sensational Fix".Time to Get Your Fix of Franco Falsini
'' The Guardian'', September 21, 2012.


References

{{Authority control Italian progressive rock groups Italian electronic music groups Musical groups from Florence