Surprize - In Movimento
Surprize were an Italian disco-pop outfit who surprisingly released a 4 track EP on Factory Benelux. Originally, they were a ska outfit releasing just one single in this genre. In 1982, they released their first EP, The Secret Lies in the Rhythm which had a more dance sound, much akin to A Certain Ratio's Sextet album.
The highly polished but jerky sound of In Movimento was recorded with and produced by New Order's Bernard Sumner and A Certain Ratio's Donald Johnson. Sumner taking over keyboard programming and Johnson playing drums, slap bass and adding backing vocals.
The EP never sold in any quantity, however it does remains an interesting and unusual artefact in the history of Factory Records.
