Palo Alto is a French group formed in Paris, France in 1989 by Jacques Barbéri, Denis Frajerman, Philippe Masson and Philippe Perreaudin. In their early interviews the group insisted on their musical filiation with Tuxedomoon, and on drawing their inspiration from Made to Measure, a Crammed Discs label. They would later make explicit their interest in bands such as Art Zoyd, The Legendary Pink Dots, Coil, The Residents, Can or Cabaret Voltaire. Science fiction in all its forms is a leitmotiv in the group’s work. In 1990 Palo Alto released their cassette tape, Le clos, on the Italian label Old Europa Café. At the time their music was definitely written rather than improvised, consisting mainly of instrumentals with a stress on melody. Two years later, Extrême Ponction was released as a cassette on the T.T.I.C.C. Contingent label in France. This double CD collects those two tapes with the addition of Excroissance, another cassette release from 1993, this time as a cassette single. The whole material has been remastered by Norscq in 2024. We present you this release in collaboration with ADN Records, Italy, Attention: the labels for CDs 1 and 2 have been swapped by mistake. Full tracklist: CD1: 1. Séquence 2 2. La Perte En Ruaba 3. Persistance De La Mémoire 4. Jérimabée 5. Armée De Homards 6. Requiem 7. L'Exposition Bucolique De Numismatique 8. Correspondant 17 9. Cible Sans Cil 10. 3.14 dz 11. Au Grand Air 12. La Cage De Sable 13. Casemate 14. L'ultime Festin 15. Ostinato 16. Réve-Jouet 17. Elle Peint Les Reves Des Prostituées CD 2: 1. Clôture 2. Boucherie Savante 3. La Cathédrale Engloutie 4. Maroussia 5. Fable 6. Ecart 7. Grand Huit 8. Fanfare 9. Je Ne Vis Que Pour Le Dancing 10. Extrême Ponction 11. Educes You 12. Edifice 13. Fin De Nécrose 14. Indicatif De Fin De Bande 15. Musique Pour Un Film Imaginaire 16. Indicatif De Fin De Bande 17. Démon Percé 18. Shake 19. Rumbatracien. Price: € 25,-/copy incl. worldwide shipping.