Cramps , the label of total music, publishing his first works in
1973: "Arbeit macht frei" of the area and "John Cage" by John Cage (music
of silence), two seemingly antithetical works, but both
revolutionary in the field of musical art.
If, on the one hand, the area turn to the formal research, expressive and
communicate the social message, the other goes to John Cage
sound research as the relative importance of chance and time.
charismatic figure of its founder, Gianni Sassi, remained in the memory
all after the untimely death has the merit to sense the change
and the need to travel, art, unexplored areas of the interior,
stimulate the reactions of the mind with unusual messages and proposals.

This musical group, which gained fame and popularity both in Italy and at the international level, set out to establish new trends in the Italian music scene and, as has been suggested, “changed the map of our musical territory”. Their creative ‘project’ introduced a vision which can still influence the sensibility of musicians engaged in improvisation.
The original members were Giulio Capiozzo, Demetrio Stratos, Paolo Tofani, Ares Tavolazzi and Patrizio Fariselli.