Library & Soundtracks / Experimental

* Limited Edition Clear Purple Vinyl * Soundtracks is a compilation album, first released in 1970, consisting of tracks written for film. The album marks the departure of the band's original vocalist Malcolm Mooney, who sings on two tracks, to be replaced by new member Damo Suzuki. "She Brings the Rain", originally appearing in the 1969 film Bottom – Ein großer, graublauer Vogel by Thomas Schamoni, was later featured in Wim Wenders' 1994 film Lisbon Story, the 2000 Oskar Roehler film Die Unberüh…

Tip! ** Future music by Nkisi, ancient music by Nkisi: ‘Ndombola’ (A) was commissioned for A Journey to Avebury, Stanley Schtinter’s shot-for-shot remake of Derek Jarman’s film of the same name. ‘Centripetal Vortex’ represents its own parallel ritual, made as part of the same sessions.  Numbered + handmade in an edition of 250 copies only; 180gr vinyl in custom-made screen-printed outer (sealed), containing two risograph inserts with a specially commissioned essay by Sukhedev Sandhu.

*In process of stocking. Limited edition of 200 copies.* In ancient Greece, music played a central role in all areas of life, both public and private. We can only imagine how this music sounded. But there are many visual sources that can tell us who was playing which instruments and in which settings, as well as showing us that there were often people dancing together. Listening to "The M. band" by Pina Bounce, one seems to perceive a sonic glimpse into those ancient times, reverberating through…

**CD version** The long and prolific career of Piero Umiliani, also consisting of dozens of collaborations for television and cinema, has given (and is still delivering, given the amount of material that is finally coming back to light) a long series of experimental albums and music libraries that showcase his songwriting skills, as well as a natural curiosity towards avant-garde and more ‘difficult’ sounds. We can attribute to the second category this “Percussioni ed effetti speciali”, a title …

Licensed in 1975 by Gemelli, Rendez Vous is possibly an holy grail in Bruno Nicolai long-running career as a composer. The orchestra director and musical editor is been active for at least 30 years and his majestic opus an overwhelming data for any avantgarde freak or moviegoer obsessed. While studying piano and composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, he befriended Ennio Morricone and formed a long working relationship, with Nicolai eventually conducting for and co-scoring films w…

This album from 1963 is somewhat of a curiosity for it was actually conceived as educational, open-minded children's music. Despite the fact that the sound you listen to here is mash up of story telling for kids and simple, happy sing-along music mixed with loads of electronic effects making it an utterly spacey affair, original copies in great condition fetch up to 250,00 US$ among collectors. Now this reissue will make sure, this cult album can be enjoyed by more people crazy for early 60s ele…

Sploosh Records presents La Región Salvaje, the original soundtrack of the 2016 movie directed by Amat Escalante. Original Music: Guro Skumsnes Moe. Soundscapes: Lasse Marhaug. Performing musicians: Ole-Henrik Moe: Violins, violin. Kari Rønnekleiv: Violins. John McCowen: Bass Clarinet. Ane Marthe Sørlien Holen: Percussion. Jenny Hval: Voice. Jacob Felix Heule: Drum. Håvard Skaset: Guitar Rule. Danishta Rivero: Hydrafon. Lasse Marhaug: Electronics. Soundtrack Supervision: Martín Escalante.

Constructive are proud to announce the release of the original soundtrack for the British film 'Surge' by Tujiko Noriko and Paul Davies. Directed by Aneil Karia and starring Ben Whishaw, the film is set in London over twenty-four hours and is a stripped back thriller about Joseph. A man who goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation. The album consists of sixteen tracks and presents the soundtrack in a non-conventional form. Sound design and composition are presented side by side as …

They say: "Contemporary synthesizer sounds illustrating wide open space activities, environment and research."We say: Panoramic proto-techno underwater-electro library dynamite. One of the hardest pulls on the seminal Coloursound, Open Space Motion (Underscores) isn't just regarded as one of the best releases from library-funk overlord Klaus Weiss. It's one of the very best library records ever. As cult as it gets when it comes to library music, the Klaus Weiss sound was built on top of sometime…

*Limited edition of 500 copies.* WRWTFWW Records is terrified to announce the first ever vinyl release for the soundtrack of 1988 J-horror cult movie Evil Dead Trap, available as a super limited edition double-sided picture disc LP. What you are about to hear cannot be unheard. The scariest soundtrack ever released on viny. Fans of horror movies, rejoice, here is the never-released before Evil Dead Trap (Original Soundtrack) by Tomohiko Kira, a gruesome ride of spooky synths and devilish soundsc…

A wild, science fiction-themed library LP by French composer Bernard Fèvre. Released in 1977, Fèvre imagines a far future populated by space-age electronics and lush, vivid melody. *In process of stocking* "Cosmos 2043 (released in 1977) is best known for “Earth Message,” which was sampled in “Got Glint” by The Chemical Brothers. The cover is a rather naïve drawing that I drew myself because I have little talent there. I like the idea of abstraction in my work: “Skeeze” and “Weekee Way” are word…

For this "Library Vol. 1 / Espaces Urbains", we have gathered around this theme Parisian and French composers, subtractive jansenists obsessed by a certain idea of electronic and electroacoustic music, film music and illustration... the one that is made by turning potentiometers, manipulating waveforms, inventing oneself as a multi-instrumentalist and often as a home-studio wizard.A passionate, referenced and inspired machine song that often involves the computer only at the end of the chain, al…

*200 copies limited edition. In process of stocking* 'Our ERR REC Library collection has finally returned for the third edition! After dwelling in Urban Spaces (Vol.1) and discovering Science & Technology (Vol.2), we have the pleasure of announcing ERR REC Library Vol. 3-Wild Life/Vie sauvage. This time around we have decided to turn our attention towards all things natural—the great green beyond, wild animals in their natural habitat, the bio-diversity that we (humans, mostly) plunder relentles…

Considered one of the most influential recording in the history of electronic music, Song Of The Second Moon is far more than an historical curiosity. For the very first time electronic music was conceived as popular music, an incredibly listenable mélange of jazz and musique concrete. Composed by Dutch Philips Research Laboratories employees Tom Dissevelt and Dick Raaijmakers (Kid Baltan) between 1957 and 1961, Song Of The Second Moon’s dynamic and playful futurism would inspire legendary figur…

B-otherSide records proudly present the rerelease of the album “Greece Goes Modern” by Mimis Plessas & The Orbiters, after 55 years from his first release and 10 years after label’s official release on black, white and clear vinyl. “Greece goes modern” is an album that managed to join the Mediterranean shake with jazz improvisations creating a perfect, solid music body and brought a fresh and dynamic sound. The talent and the incredible skills of the musicians gave us a modern project that still…

Eli Keszler’s score meets at the confluence between the visceral electro-acoustic Giallo style and brooding acoustic drones, which feature his abstract and textural percussion playing he has explored in his solo music

* Restocked, reduced price * Goodfellas present a reissue of Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso, originally released in 1971. La Classe Operaia Va in Paradiso was another strike for maestro Ennio Morricone, one of the most in-demand composers and arrangers of the time. Avant-garde and slo-funk - with scary fuzz and wah-wah guitars - collide on the track "Metamorfosi" and before you know it, you are in the same vertigo generated by Gruppo D'improvvisazione Nuova Con…

Quartet Records, in collaboration with Handmade Films, is proud to present a remastered CD reissue of an early masterpiece from legendary composer John Williams (The Towering Inferno, The Cowboys, Jaws, E.T., The River) for Robert Altman’s 1972 psychological thriller-drama starring Susannah York. The film inspired one of Williams’ most fascinating and avant-garde scores. The composer based his ideas on two different musical styles: one more classical, almost childlike, the other experimental, ag…

*2022 stock* Goblin's name is very popular since the year of "Profondo Rosso" (1975), but even those who know them in depth "Notturno" remains an almost completely unknown chapter within their vast discography. The production the music was composed for was edited in two versions, a theatrical one released in 1983 and a television one in seven episodes that was broadcasted only three years later.Led at the time by Fabio Pignatelli (bass), Maurizio Guarini (keyboards) and Antonio Marangolo (saxoph…

Tip! Following on from last December’s sold out “Scarred For Life Volume One” CD and the subsequent clamour for a vinyl version, here we bring you a second volume of TV themes for the shows that might have been, or actually never were. An unashamedly hauntological deep dive into an alternative 70s/80’s where our viewing reality was slightly warped. Gauzy memories of our early interactions with the TV, long buried, but remaining in the periphery of our childhood memories... The SFL Volume One tea…

Tip! Phil Heeks delivers a stunning homage to ‘70s BBC LPs and vintage soundtrack compilations in this debut record from The British Stereo Collective. Although the Mystery Fields album cover has the look and feel of a BBC Radiophonic Workshop release, the album itself is a wider nod to various TV theme compilations that Phil grew up with in the 1970s and early 1980s, including the classic Geoff Love releases and the BBC themes and sound effects albums. What comes across most is the love and aff…

* In process of stocking * Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM, presents the 50th-anniversary complete edition of the haunting, innovative score composed by Riz Ortolani for Antonio Margheriti’s stylish Italian gothic horror Nella Stretta Morsa del Ragno (1971), starring Anthony Franciosa and Michéle Mercier, with Klaus Kinski in the role of Edgar Allan Poe!  The film was a remake of a previous horror classic, Danza Macabra, also directed by Margheriti in 1964, and also scored by Ortolani…

* Comes with OBI in a gatefold sleeve with printed innersleeves containing interview and linernotes * Described by Swiss press as an “inventive genius marked by total unpredictability,", Roger Baudet’s music has preserved its freshness and spontaneity. Provoking feelings of surprise, anxiety and subjugation, he ends up bewitching you completely through his bizarre non-conformity. The oddity of the sounds is a choice of heterogeneity: the works gathered, although coming from one person, have litt…

In 1965 the previous year's film "A Fistful of Dollars" by Sergio Leone, thanks to its success, had already helped to codify and massively increase the popularity of the 'spaghetti western' genre, together with the one the two lead actors Clint Eastwood and Gian Maria Volonte. "For a Few Dollars More" is the natural prosecution of that movie, with the addition of a third protagonist - Lee Van Cleef - who joins the already mentioned two actors: a triad that made history, for another masterpiece S…

**2021 Repress** Shukai is psyched to announce our second release - music for the animated television film Alice Through the Looking Glass, which has never been released before. The music was recorded in 1981 and the film was broadcasted on Soviet television in 1982.Alice Through the Looking Glass was created by Kyivnauchfilm studio and directed by Efim Pruzhansky is a colour animated film based on the novel by Lewis Carroll.Volodymyr Bysrtiakov is a Soviet analogue of French Vladimir Cosma or I…

"The fourth studio album by the American solo artist Scott Walker was released in June 1969. The album does not include original compositions by Walker and consists of performances of ballads and big band standards. The record is an accompaniment to his BBC TV series, the simply named Scott, aired during Walker’s self-described 'wilderness years.' Released between Scott III and Scott IV, Sings Songs From His TV Series was a collection of songs Walker performed on the show re-recorded in studio."

* Remastered. Edition of 500 copies, comes with a 12pp booklet * Beat Records is happy to present on CD the original score by Mario Migliardi for the western “Matalo!” directed by Cesare Canevari  in 1970 and starring  Lou Castel, Corrado Pani, Antonio Salines, Luis Dávila, Claudia Gravi, Miguel Del Castillo, Anna Maria Noé, Ana María Mendoza, Mirella Pamphili, Bruno Boschetti. For the soundtrack of "Matalo!," director Canevari decided to call a composer he had never worked with: Mario Migliardi…

**In process of stocking. Repressed owing to incredible demand. This black vinyl pressing follows hot on the heels of our instant sell-out transparent blood red vinyl pressing** The entire unreleased soundtrack for Jean Rollins 1971 ultimate French vampire hippy flick, Le Frisson Des Vampires. Embryonic psych funk recordings from Parisian teenage psych combo (including members of French No-No mod rockers Unity). Imagine an early Gong/Ame Son/Soft Machine session fueled by a 1000-year old, acid-i…

* Edition of 100. Housed in High Quality folded card stock silk screened * The Obelisk I imagined a movie. The movie, made in 2029, begins as Two Lovers drive through an unending forest — already we are disoriented — Germany? Russia? The Ozarks? And then a crash. They find their way to The Obelisk — a walled asylum built on the edge of the Black Sun. The doctors here are in fact Psychotronic Biologists; the inmates are tunnels to the edge-of-the-cosmos source of witchcraft, despair, and power. T…

** Wooden box set, numbered and limited to 400 copies. From the original master tapes. Includes a booklet. ** The entire series of LPs released for AYNA Records, Florence, Italy, between 1972 and 1976 getting its first ever commercial release on CDs in a box set via Cinedelic/Soave Records which has the merit of making this music available again that collectors have been competing for a long time for hundreds of euros in the original editions. An exhaustive and fascinating cross-section of the w…

** 2021 Stock ** We continue releasing the film music of Piero Piccioni, adventuring even further into the '60s with a beautiful score composed in 1965 for the movie Io la conoscevo bene, directed by Antonio Petrangeli and starring Stefania Sandrelli , Mario Adorf, Nino Manfredi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Ugo Tognazzi, Jean-Claude Brialy, Turi Ferro and Franco Nero. The film denounced the morally despicable attitude that was spreading in the Italian jet-set, dominated by those in search of a place i…

**Limited to 1000 copies worldwide. Double white vinyl. Live album from the legendary founder of Can.** Irmin Schmidt goes back to his Stockhausen roots with a new live album. Nocturne (live at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival) comprises three pieces performed live on a partly prepared piano, along additional pre-recorded soundscapes. The live performance of 'Klavierstück II' is a pensive improvisation using essential elements of the original piece. 'Nocturne' starts with the ambient…

** Edition of 500. Pressed on 180 GM Black Vinyl Specially Mastered for Vinyl by Chris Malone ** Quartet Records and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer present a remastered, limited-edition reissue of the electrifying funk/jazz/groove masterpiece score by David Shire (The Conversation, All the President's Men, Retrun to Oz, Zodiac) for Joseph Sargent’s famous classic urban thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Hector Elizondo. Based on the …

1968 Japanese-only Scott Walker release from 1968. Deluxe reissue with Obi

** 2021 Stock. The CD features a 2 folds Digipack plasticized box in limited edition, numbered from 0001 to 1000 in the second page. Inside a 24x36 cm poster featuring original artworks, rare pics and liner notes edited by Claudio Fuiano. ** Beat Records makes use of a particular care for this miracolus edition fo the original motion picture soundtrack of the movie Dalle Ardenne all'Inferno. Previously edited in LP and CD, out of stock since a lot of time, was known for only 5 surviving Mono tra…

** 2021 Stock. Fox & His Friends label team found the original master reels, restored it at the famous Cedar Audio studio in Cambridge and released it as a special edition 180g audiophile LP in gatefold cover with hype sticker, including rare photographs, insert with liner notes by Zeljko Luketic and Irena Paulus, and colour poster with the galactic heroine Andra ** Socialist science-fiction classic Visitors from the Galaxy, directed by the only Oscar winning director from ex-Yugoslavia Dusan Vu…

50 years ago, Franco and Luciana De Gemini had recently moved to Rome, both looking for their place in the world. Through his collaborations with many great maestros of the period and his involvement with the orchestras, Franco got to know many people including Fulvio Corradini and Benito Costa (the former an administrator of prestigious record catalogs, the second a trusted friend). In fact, they had already caught wind of a small record label called Beat Records Company, founded on May 12, 196…

We learned to know Massimo Martellotta with his band, those Calibro 35 for which he wrote some of the most famous songs, some recently sampled by JayZ, Daemon Albarn and Dr.Dre, and with which he is celebrating in the best way the tenth anniversary since his birth.  The composer and poly-instrumentalist Massimo Martellotta released in 5 volumes his personal project, realized in autonomy and solitude, playing all the instruments present in his studio/laboratory in Milan. One Man Sessions were pub…

Clara Mondshine was a musical project of the late radio director, journalist, and composer Walter Bachauer, who worked for RIAS Berlin in the '70s and '80s. Mr. Bachauer was also involved as musician in projects with electronic artist Peter Michael Hamel and krautrock act Between in the '70s. With Clara Mondshine he was able to score three albums before his untimely passing in 1989; Luna Africana, originally released in 1981, is the first of these, and it fits exactly into that era, when the…

Reissue of this amazing 1986 album where drum machines meet improv jazz. Wayne Horvitz gathers together his drum machine and synths along with his talented friends -Elliot Sharp included- for this really original record that is both composed and improvised. An obscure gem by one of the most spirited musicians to populate NY 80's avant-garde, a golden era for vanguard attitudes and sounds. Horvitz, keyboard player at Naked City (along with John Zorn, Bill Frisell, and Fred Frith) had classical mu…