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.RVNG Intl. Announce Sensations' Fix Reissue. FACT Magazine, June 26, 2012. 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.Review, Resident Advisor, October 4, 2012.Franco Falsini-Led Sensations' Fix Get the Reissue Treatment. Exclaim!, June 29, 2012. 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).RVNG Intl Set to Reissue Album by Sensations' Fix. Prefix Magazine, June 26, 2012.Review, Pitchfork Media, October 5, 2012.
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, and in 2008 Sonic Youth titled one of their art exhibitions "Sensational Fix".Time to Get Your Fix of Franco Falsini. The Guardian, September 21, 2012.
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