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.

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To describe the musical research promoted and conducted by Cramps would mean concentrating one’s attention on the cultural and political events that marked the 1970s and 1980s, a period when attempts were made to define the most advanced forms of musical expression and communication with the need for greater awareness.