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Aktuala

Aktuala represent one of the most meaningful musical innovation of the Italian scene of the 70s. Middle East, Africa, Mediterranean countries, Australia are part of this complex sounds geography, along with free jazz and avantgarde music. The band didn't play on theatres or the usual concert circuit, rring to play in different contests, like public squares, beaches, restaurants, until psychiatric hospitals.

Aktuala represent one of the most meaningful musical innovation of the Italian scene of the 70s. Middle East, Africa, Mediterranean countries, Australia are part of this complex sounds geography, along with free jazz and avantgarde music. The band didn't play on theatres or the usual concert circuit, rring to play in different contests, like public squares, beaches, restaurants, until psychiatric hospitals.

Aktuala
Limited to 500 copies, hand-numbered. Gatefold cover, textured sleeve + printed inner. Red Vinyl. 1973 Aktuala debut, a stunning overall work where you can hear a lot of different musical influences : avant-garde folk, mediterranean blues ,jazz improvisation, minimalism, african percussions, indian ragas all played with a true psychedelic feeling. The album was recorded in a few days in a totally acoustic dimension and the line-up seems to be a quintet of contemporary music more than a progrock …
La Terra
2025 Stock. Limited to 500 copies, hand-numbered. Gatefold cover, textured sleeve + printed inner. Red Vinyl. Following the same path as  Third Ear Band in England, Embryo or Gruppe Between (and even Limbus 4, Kalacakra and Popol Vuh), Aktuala tried to mix together the western musical tradition with african and asian instruments, rhythms, cultures and avant-garde forms, creating a pioneering new form of music that went beyond anything heard before.La Terra encounters Aktuala at their best, spinn…
Per Le Strade dell'India
* Original 1977 copies. Comes with a 8 page booklet * voices, small bells, big cymbals, sarangi and drums,  street musicians, buskers -- this puzzling collage of a journey made in 1976 on the roads of North India by Aktuala's sitar player Fabrizio Cassano is hypnotizing. It opens the way to the state of trance.
Complete discography
This special bundle collects Aktuala's complete discography on three coloured vinyl LPs:Aktuala "Aktuala" (1973)**Red vinyl reissue. Milestone! Faithful reproduction of the original release!** 1973 Aktuala debut, a stunning overall work where you can hear a lot of different musical influences : avant-garde folk, mediterranean blues ,jazz improvisation, minimalism, african percussions, indian ragas all played with a true psychedelic feeling. The album was recorded in a few days in a totally acous…
Tappeto Volante
Yellow Vinyl. Exclusive LP reissue of "Tappeto Volante", third and last one release by Aktuala, replica of the original Bla Bla release. "Tappeto Volante" is the third and last one of this series, made by an 'open musical collective' from milan, a fixed nucleus with many different contributes from guest musicians. As the Third Ear Band have always been inserted in the international prog panorama, the same happened with Aktuala, who were real music pioneers able to blend world, ethnic, jazz and a…
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