★Sonor Music Editions
Riflessi
** sold-out at source, small restock** 180-gram LP. Limited edition of 500. First reissue. Riflessi is a slick stand-out Italian library LP for your delectation; this reissue replicates the Italian EdiPan label's 1978 release, which changed the title, track list, and cover art from the original 1973 release on the Italian Smash label (the cover of the Edi-Pan release bears the butterfly so common in library sleeves of the era). Chock-full of keyboard-laden moods and grooves, the entire rec…
Aquarium
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 …
Grand Tour
small restock available, sold out at source, limited edition of 500. First reissue. Killer Italian library LP by Carlo Savina and his orchestra, originally released on Fabio Fabor's Edizioni Musicali Minstrel sublabel Ring. Shocking and still underrated panoramic electronic lounge sounds spaced out by jazz-funk, dope funk breaks, and amazing electronic underwater effects. Music inspired by the sea and islands for a total aquatic lounge trip. A stunning bassline opens "Canaries," the best sh…
Pop-Paraphrenia....
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 …
Africa Minima
** 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…
Erbe Selvatiche
Released around mid '70s, this scarce italian library composed by maestro Oscar Rocchi was released on the same Fonovideo label of the infamous Giancarlo Barigozzi's "Woman's Colours", who also probably played in this session. This is one of the finest funk breaks even jazz-funk album from the Italian Library circle, with terrific drums breaks, stoned flute, fuzzy guitars and Fender Rhodes solos. Many tracks here are perfect for hip hop samples, and have chipped in to make this LP just leg…
I Due Volti Della Paura
Yet another jewel re-released by Sonor, originally coming from 'cult' soundtracks Pegaso label promo-only. This Franco Micalizzi score was written in 1972 for the Giallo thriller film directed by Tulio Demicheli starring George Hilton, Luciana Paluzzi and Anita Strindberg. Sleazy psychedelic and lounge masterpiece featuring sinister and thrilling themes. Fine and intense atmospheres accompanied by magnificent female bewitching Edda Dell'Orso's vocals, harpsichord, glistening e-piano vamps, …
Vivere A Tokyo: Citta' Del Paradiso
Sensational and almost impossible to find in its original edition Original Soundtrack for the documentary composed by Perigeo's bassist Giovanni Tommaso ("Living in Tokyo: City of Heaven"), very active and prolific in writing Library music during the '70s. This extraordinary Score was composed to be the soundtrack for a documentary focused on Tokyo city and his inhabitants, where Giovanni Tommaso added some typical elements of melodic/harmonic Japanese music and meltied them with a kind o…
Popsound n.1
From the same cult label of "Underground Mood", "Paese Sotto Inchiesta" by Peymont/Braen and "Scienza E Tecnologia" by Raskovich, here's the highly-collectible "Popsound n.1", originally released on Flirt records in 1971. Obscure and desirable Italian Library exploitation by a mysterious studio group composed by Ernesto Nicelli, Stellio Subelli and Pasquale Castiglione. Tons of psychedelic killing grooves as the infamous "Diatomea" or "Gospel 71", nice breakbeats are also featured in the…
Un Uomo Dalla Pelle Dura
Crazy rare in demand soundtrack LP originally released on the highly sought-after promotional label "Pegaso" Edizioni Musicali. Music by Maestro Carlo Pes here, the "C" guitarist from the infamous quartet I Marc 4 which also probably plays on this session. The amazing jazz-funk track "Tough Guy" is the main theme of the record and it's delivered in 3 different versions. Crazy tunes like the tensed dramatic "Morte di un Hippie", the great lounge track "Relaxing in New Mexico" with nice Ham…
L'Uomo Dagli Occhi Di Ghiaccio
Originally released on 'cult' Pegaso promotional label, "The Man With Icy Eyes" soundtrack was pressed on very few copies like all Pegaso editions 'out of commerce', becoming a truly sought-after gem among record collectors of the genre. Trombonist and arranger Giuseppe De Luca, who died shortly after, wrote this magnificent score in 1971, ripping off the main theme from "Lady In Cement" by Hugo Montenegro from the same year. The high music in here is played by the Marc 4 (Maurizio Majorana…
I Marc 4
Probably the toughest and most psychedelic Nelson volume by the Marc 4. Killer blend of downtempo funk, atmospherics, and lounge bossa/cocktail. Contains fantastic tracks as "Distorsion-Mind" and "The Trip", heavy Psych with screaming organ, and "Compression", mellow laid back acoustic guitar with the fat raw Drums Break plus other rare and raw tracks with sounds samples and loops. Great sessions!
Underground
Few copies restocked - recorded in 1970 during the same period of "Overground", Uderground was recorded into 2 volumes (RT 104 and RT 16), both released in the same year in may and june at Dirmaphon studios, Roma. Together with Overground these records are really fascinating instrumental Free Jazzy/Psych Libraries, released with the auxiliary of historical Rai session musicians as guitarist Silvano Chimenti and organist Giorgio Carnini. This record collects all Underground' tracks in 1 LP.…
Inchiesta
Seriously wicked and really hard to find in its original edition, this superb sound-library bears the mark of the great, eclectic maestro Alessandro Alessandroni. The songs on this LP were originally composed for the broadcast of eight episodes made by RAI Italian TV called "Open Window." Many mid-'70s jazz-funk/scat themes full of samples, breaks and funky tunes. Merged in this record you'll find heavy funk-drama tracks devoted to 1970s poliziottesco's grooves interfering with slow loung…