Cramps (Records) is an acronym that stands for ”Clubs, Records, Agency, Management, Publishing, Spettacoli”. One of the founders of this Italian avant-garde label was Gianni Sassi, a visionary graphic designer and art-director active in Milan, during the years of the city’s golden-age. As a designer, he’s been a pioneer in the act of melting music with visuals and words — in fact, aside from designing the covers, he’s been also author of many lyrics, and published collections of concrete poetry. The episode features: John Cage, Giusto Pio, Walter Marchetti, Robert Ashley, Horacio Vaggione, Gerhard Rühm, Francesco Messina, Alvin Lucier, David Tudor, Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza and Demetrio Stratos.