Borrowing some samples from Stereolab and surrounded by talented youth (Morgan, Ginevra di Marco,...), Battiato synthesizes electronic sounds for the new millennium, amidst additional shocks, mechanical ballets, chaste divas, and Antarctic expeditions. Indeed, Shackleton, along with the instrumentals from "Campi magnetici" two years later, represents a return to the more experimental profile of the early '70s, and the old fans were exactly waiting for this...
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