★Archeo Recordings
Sfumature
**Black vinyl, edition of 300 copies. 180 grams LP ** Since their launch back in 2015, Florence based been issuing quiet waves into the reissue market. Working slowly, with eye for quality over quantity, they’ve brought forth a wild mix of albums which unquestionably fall into the category of overlooked and neglected holy grails from the Italian underground. Now Archeo is back with another stunner - a true gem of Italian, minimal, organic jazz and ambient music - Sfumature’s, originally self r…
Scerizza
** white and blue marbled vinyl, edition of 100 copies** Since their launch back in 2015, Florence based been issuing quiet waves into the reissue market. Working slowly, with eye for quality over quantity, they’ve brought forth a wild mix of albums which unquestionably fall into the category of overlooked and neglected holy grails from the Italian underground. Their expanded, double LP editions of Paolo Modugno’s Brise D'Automne and Roberto Aglieri’s Ragapadani, haven’t strayed far from our tu…
Kaunis Maa
**White and green marbled vinyl, edition of 100 copies ** Reissue of to the 1988 Experimental / Electronic masterpiece by the Italian contemporary guitarist Riccardo Giagni, originally released on Stile Libero (Italy) featuring Antonella Ruggiero, Roberto Colombo and Mauro Pagani. Archeo Recordings is a reissue record label that regenerates old, lost, obscure and forgotten rare gems of mostly Italian music but also all over the world of the 70s, 80s and 90s. All outputs are licensed by the artis…
Rosso Napoletano Rework
400 copies in black vinyl. After 44 years, the real masterpiece Tony Esposito's Rosso Napoletano sees the light again with this marvellous 13-minutes rework by Mushrooms Project
Ragapadani
Edition of 100 copies on Marbled vinyl. For fans of neglected Italian music, the last year has been among the best on record. We’ve seen reissues of seminal albums by Franco Battiato, Giusto Pio, Roberto Musci,Telaio Magnetico, Zeit, Lino Capra Vaccina, Claudio Rocchi, N.A.D.M.A., Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, and a stream of others, each charting the singular path which makes this sonic geography so remarkable and unique. Italian music from the second half of the 20th centur…
Ruckus In Lo-Fi Revisited
This Mini-LP is taken from the rare and so nice 1999 'Ruckus in Lo-Fi' LP (Sweden). A singular Instrumental / Hip Hop and Cut-up/DJ album, with 2 hidden strong Balearic tracks inside. One is the now so famous and in demand 'I dream' gem, a headtrip beauty based on the Pink Floyd groove, with its 1999 ORIGINAL VERSION + a killer 'Wolves of Asha' Balearic Remix from our man Joe Morris
Brise D'automne
Gold vinyl 2xLP limited to 50 copies, few copies in stock. Joining their growing catalog of unearthed Italian gems, we’re overjoyed to announce Archeo Recordings’ expanded reissued of Paolo Modugno’s brilliant long lost album Brise D'Automne. A member of the legendary multi-media performance collective O.A.S.I., a singular composer, and multi-instrumentalist, Paolo Modugno’s work stands tall within the incredible canon of recordings to emerge in the hands of the 1980’s Italian experimental…
II° Coro Delle Lavandaie
This is quite extraordinary! Originally released in 1976, this is an killer rhythmic mantra sung in old Neopolitan dialect and taken from an old (XIII-XIV sec.) fairy tale, performed by the legendary folk ensemble Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare placed in the context of a launderette, as well as an highlight at the Four Tet set at Pitchfork fest in Paris the last year.
The hypnotic power of this music is cumulative, irresistible, soulful and pasionate. Don't miss it!
- color edition also avai…
Aqua Sansa
**white vinyl, edition of 100 copies ** The rare German Avant-Garde Electronic Cosmic Dreamy Jazz LP composed in 1980 by Markus Stockhausen & Jasper van't Hof. Recorded on two sessions, on March 7th and 8th in 1980, then mixed in studio by Conny Plank without any additional overdub. The titl-track is enchanting, imagine a jam between Jon Hassel and Manuel Gottsching (just to get an idea of the mood) placed in an intricate and leafy texture, and and you'll understand why it's suche a revered cul…