Gruppo NPS (Nuove Proposte Sonore) was an electronic music studio and collective formed in Padua by the composer Teresa Rampazzi and the visual artist Ennio Chiggio. It grew out of the research of the Gruppo Enne in the visual arts and worked on sound generation with analogue devices, often in connection with art exhibitions. After Chiggio left, Rampazzi carried on the work. Nuove Proposte Sonore 1965-1972 gathers their recordings.
Very rare box set in an edition of 36 (!) copies only on Die Schachtel collecting 6 LP's previously released by the label documenting the stunning Italian electronic music of the 1960's and 70's. Absolutely essential.
The NPS - Nuove proposte Sonore (New Sound Proposals) Group was founded in Padua (Italy) in 1964 by the composer Teresa Rampazzi together with the visual artist Ennio Chiggio. Working with analogical devices they produced some of the most compelling electronic music of the period, and they soon became one of the most reputed electronic music centers in Italy, together with the S 2 FM by Pietro Grossi in Florence and the SMET by Enore Zaffiri in Turin. With the departure of Chiggio, the years 196…