Music from Italy

M.B. : Theocratictronics, spiritual sound effects, intangible pictures. Recorded during the month of Tishiri, in the year of 6039 A.M.  Decicated to the genial german writer Stephan Kraus (1963 - 201?). Appreciative thanks fo Pharmakustik for his modular structures applied during the period 2005/2014. New Sacher Pelz album !!  Brand new album by Maurizio Bianchi that under his early moniker Sacher Pelz presents us a very meditative and deeply atmospheric work. Instead of concrete Sacher Pelz noi…

A fascinating, often dizzying insight to the primitive industrial minimalism of Italian siblings Giancarlo and Roberto Drago aka The Tapes, sourced from original tapes and pressed to vinyl for the first time ever. This set surveys a blind spot in most people's knowledge of early-'80s Italian underground music, framed against a backdrop of the Anni di piombo or Years of Lead -- a period of domestic political turmoil between the late '60s and early '80s -- and the mushroom shadow of nuclear war. L…

**Lavish 3 CD box set in bespoke packaging, collecting the Egisto Macchi's recent and almost instantly sold-out LP releases by Cinedelic, housed in a canvas covered outer box ** Cinedelic has thankfully made a very limited run boxet in 300 hand-numbered copies, that brings together "Il Deserto" , "Pittura Contemporanea" and "Pittura Moderna n. 1 and 2." Now, taken as a whole, this set is wonderfully consistent, a comprehensive collection of the best material by the legendary Maestro!Released in …

Funk is the magic word on this record here. Puccio Roelens (1919 – 1985) was an Italian composer, orchestra leader and pianist active from the mid 1940s to the time of his passing in 1985. You can easily place him in the “library music” category with his heavily rhythmical instrumental funk with a jazz / fusion edge. Layers upon layers of different rhythm patterns get shifted here and your body moves at full throttle to the sensual, steaming hot grooves. Signore Roelens moves through a bu…

*2022 stock* One of the greatest soundtracks ever from the mighty Piero Umiliani is finally available again, in a faithful replica of the original edition on Omicron. A sublime mix of erotic elements, playful funky numbers, and warm jazzy tunes – all supposedly scored for an exploitation documentary about sex in Sweden – but music that really stands strongly on its own! There's a number of cuts with those cool Hammond organ tricks that Umiliani does so well – and lots of others have cool female …

A very important artist from Naples, Alan Sorrenti released his first album in 1972 on the legendary Harvest label. Aria is an absolute Italian prog classic, with two different sides: the first only contained the long title track, a dreamy psych-suite starting with acoustic guitar and based on the marvelous instrument-like voice of Sorrenti, and exploding in the final part with a memorable violin solo by Jean Luc Ponty. Side 2 was softer, with three tracks, two of which also appeared on …

Although this wasn't directed by but Sergio Leone, but by the less known Giulio Petroni, "Tepepa" is one of the best films in the spaghetti western genre, thanks to a perfect synopsis - even if as set in the 'abused' Mexican Revolution of the early '900 - to a trio of exceptional actors and, finally, to Ennio Morricone's soundtrack. The protagonists are in fact the immovable doctor John Steiner, the histrionic revolutionary Tomas Milian and the massive Colonel Orson Welles, a unique and p…

** restocked, very last copies, sold out at source ** 3xLP housed in a luxurious hard cover box with canvas painting cover + 600 handnumbered copies only, get it before it's gone! Another production library rarity getting its first ever commercial release via the reissue masters at Cinedelic. The original analogue tapes have been upheaved and remastered so these stewed, rumbling  compositions can be enjoyed and appreciated in all their original glory.Released in the midst of a repertoire of ear…

 “Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?” is the official sequel to “La vita, a volte, è molto dura, vero Provvidenza?”, directed in 1973 by Alberto De Martino and starring da Tomas Milian, Gregg Palmer, Carole André, Luciano Catenacci, Manuel Gallardo, Yu Ming Lun Ángel Ortiz, Rick Boyd. The character of Provvidenza returns and its funny exploits in the Old West.Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai wrote a nice soundtrack alternating sound elements in a pop style to typical of this genre to romantic…

“D’amore si muore” is a dramatic movie directed in 1972 by Carlo Carunchio and starring Silvana Mangano, Lino Capolicchio Milva, Paolo Graziosi, Stefania Casini,Adriana Asti, Luc Merenda, Duilio Del Prete. A troubled love story is underlined by the soundtrack by Ennio Morricone where recurring romantic melodies alternate with Lounge passages.Apart from the main theme that came out on compilations, strangely a 33rpm album was never released at the time. This world premiere recording vinyl …

 “Ad ogni costo” is an action movie directed in 1967 by Giuliano Montaldo and starring Janet Leigh, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Hoffmann, Klaus Kinski, Riccardo Cucciolla, Georges Rigaud, Adolfo Celi. The soundtrack by Ennio Morricone musically reflects the scenario of Rio that is the background to the company of a band of thieves with an effervescent use pieces of Brazilian music alternated with romantic Beat flavor.Mastered from the original mono stereo tapes with the inclusion of four tr…

A stellar cast doesn’t always guarantee a magnificent film and, from a strictly cinematographic point of view, “La morte bussa due volte” (Death knocks twice) is one of many examples of this kind; This thriller was in fact quickly forgotten at the time (1969), despite the presence of the charismatic Adolfo Celi and the beautiful Anita Ekberg.However, even for less ‘important’ productions, the likes of Morricone or, in this case, Piero Umiliani, were sometimes bothered: composers but also …

Atrax Morgue is the brainchild of Marco Corbelli as sound project started  in the early nineties and focused in various areas related to the field of psychopathology: murder, violent death, sadism, necrophilia, schizophrenia and insanity. The primary influences come from projects as Brighter Death Now and Whitehouse, pioneers of a minimal, evil and visceral electronic; and from the …

“Uccellacci e uccellini” is a film directed in 1966 by Pier Paolo Pasolini and starring Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Umberto Bevilacqua, Renato Montalbano, Flaminia Siciliano. The strange wanderings of two funny characters is musically represented by the short,but varied soundtrack by Ennio Morricone introduced in the opening titles as performed by Domenico Modugno in the manner of storyteller, alternating with sacred music, experimental and danceable tunes. At the time, …

Digisleeve CD. New,  archival recordings by the legendary Alessandro Alessandroni's Farfalla #3, incredible and unbelievable unreleased outtakes recently pulled out from 1971-72. Breathtaking jams from the same recording session of the second legendary 'Farfalla' cuts, with driven beats, jazz-funk with usual vocals by the Cantori Moderni, lovely whistling easy listening and western melodies. It is an album that showcases all the qualities of Alessandroni composer and arranger : writing never b…

Small restock available, sold out at source. Limited edition of 500. First reissue. Welcome to the peak of underwater Italian library music. This is Fabio "Fabor" Borgazzi's Aquarium (1980), a totally amazing underwater modal jazz and lounge album with loads of vintage electronic keyboards, marine echoes, whirling organs, weird underwater synthesizers, jazzy drumming, and so on... This record is clearly a Holy Grail, with a bunch of lascivious tracks that simply let the listener's enjoyment …

small restock available, limited edition of 500. First reissue. Absolutely one of the best library LPs by Italian jazz pianist Oscar Rocchi, 1972's Pop-Paraphrenia...., released on the Italian Fonovideo label, was also released on the Italian Music Scene label under the title Jungle Birds, with the same matrix number stamped on dead wax. Totally killer jazz-funk vibes with outstanding Tullio de Piscopo drumming to die for, and Oscar Rocchi on Fender Rhodes and organ accompanied by his colleague …

** small restoc, very last copies**T his is a masterful blend of percussion, electronics, minimalistic passages and a slight bit of harder-hitting experimentations, all held together under the leadership of the revered composer Egisto Macchi – making this album's one of the greatest Italian library of the 70s. First reissue, coproduced with Andrea Galtieri (Cavalier Piscopo). Originally released on Ayna Records in 1972 as a private pressing, Africa Minima is the pinnacle of Egisto Macchi's rar…

The songwriting side of Frizzi is also on display here; while his film score work is incredible he also created some pretty amazing vocal pieces that are featured, such as ‘Silver Saddle’ from SELLA D’ARGENTO, and ‘Movin’ On’ from I QUATTRO DELL’APOCALISSE. There’s also music from the crime thriller CONTRABAND and even a cover of Nino Rota’s AMARCORD. But his horror work is where it’s really at, and as such the cream of the crop is here: MANHATTAN BABY, CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD,ZOMBI 2, and of co…

The Death Waltz Recording Company brings you another killer score to a gorehound classic, in this case Fabio Frizzi’s musical masterpiece THE BEYOND. The second in director Lucio Fulci’s “Gates of Hell” trilogy after CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE BEYOND is an exercise in bone-chilling terror, atmospheric horror, and eyes being driven through by eight-inch nails. Chuck in an evil book, murderous spiders, and the zombie equivalent of Pippi Longstocking and you have a film consistently referred to a…