The fourth release and first reissue on London’s Palace Records came about after label founder Andrei Nikolsky visited one of his musical hero’s studios: Piero Umiliani’s legendary Sound Workshop in Rome in 2024 where all of the music was recorded and was shown around and learnt of the history of the studio by Piero’s daughters, Elisabetta and Alessandra. At the end of the tour he cheekily asked if there happened to be any leftover original stock, which fortunately there were, including the sublime Storia E Preistoria, a record he’d never heard of before and which was recommended by Elisabetta. The hauntingly beautiful Archeologia Sottomarina (Underwater Archeology) is taken from this and is the inspiration for the release… and the Seafoam Green label.
Elisabetta and Alessandra have spent a lot of time, money and effort in renovating the studio during the last couple of years – after being left derelict for a long time – and we here at Palace Records are very happy that it can be put to good use again, making new and incredibly sounding music
