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Egisto Macchi

Committed musician, eclectic and generous, essentially self-taught, he has gone with vigor and emotion through all the  seasons of Italian music after World War II. The variety of experiences lived from M° E. Macchi (next to the composition, the musical organization, improvisation, electronic  music) reveals on the one hand, the extent and the extroversion of his musical interests, on the other hand, the very limits of its  production of art, that in fact remained on the margins of the history of the Italian avant-garde music.

Committed musician, eclectic and generous, essentially self-taught, he has gone with vigor and emotion through all the  seasons of Italian music after World War II. The variety of experiences lived from M° E. Macchi (next to the composition, the musical organization, improvisation, electronic  music) reveals on the one hand, the extent and the extroversion of his musical interests, on the other hand, the very limits of its  production of art, that in fact remained on the margins of the history of the Italian avant-garde music.

Un tranquillo posto di campagna
Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and EMI Music Publishing Italia, is proud to present the definitive edition of Ennio Morricone's groundbreaking score for Elio Petri's 1968 psychological thriller A Quiet Place in the Country. This mesmerizing soundtrack, composed for the film starring Franco Nero as a tormented artist and Vanessa Redgrave, has long been celebrated as one of Morricone's most innovative and personal works, yet remained frustratingly incomplete in previous releases - unti…
Gangsters '70
Cinedelic returns on the back of some pretty incredible releases over the last year with one of their most exciting and unexpected records to date, the first ever release of the legendary composer Egisto Macchi's soundtrack for Mino Guerrini’s 1968 film, “Gangsters '70”. Created in collaboration with his Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza associate, Walter Branchi, it's among the most strikingly experimental of all his soundtrack work and remains startlingly urgent more than half a centu…
Controfase
Composed by Ennio Morricone alongside friend and frequent collaborator Bruno Nicolai, "Controfase" is one of the most overlooked and lesser known chapters in the maestro's extensive catalog. Various experimental elements perfectly intertwine in these skilful compositions, VCS3 blend with hair-raising violin notes on a pattern of ominous percussions by Egisto Macchi. With the precious help of Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza as well as Edda Dell'Orso angelic voice, the two masterminds h…
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