Spectra Ex Machina: A Sound Anthology of Occult Phenomena
"Have a gramophone in every grave..." --James Joyce, Ulysses (1922) The anthology Spectra Ex Machina brings together rare documents pertaining to so-called occult phenomena, most of them taken from little-known archives. In the course of three volumes, this series traces an audio history of parapsychology through the exploration of spiritualism and haunted houses (Vol. 1); musician mediums (vol. 2); experiences of extrasensory perceptions (clairvoyance, psychokinesis, etc.) and electronic voice …
Tre colonne in Cronaca
Morricone has composed over 500 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works. His filmography includes over 70 award-winning films and Ennio Morricone has sold over 70 million records worldwide. His talent and creativity to lift the viewer through adding his audio is such that many directors are keen to collaborate with him. In his career Morricone scored a lot of films by politically committed directors such as Carlo Vanzina with his drama movie "Tre Colonne in Cronaca"…
Corruzione al Palazzo di Giustizia
Born Giuseppe Donaggio in Venice, Italy, on October 24, 1941, he was the product of a family of musicians, and began studying violin at the ageof ten; during the second half of the '50s and all of the following decade, he wrote songs both for other performers and for his solo records, even participating to various editions of the Sanremo Festival. He started writing scores for films in 1973 with "Don't Look Now" ("A Venezia... un dicembre rosso shocking", already released as VMLP210 for the Reco…
Africa Addio
"Africa addio" (also known as "Africa Blood and Guts" in the United States and "Farewell Africa" in the UK) is a 1966 film directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi, winner of the David di Donatello prize for best production in the same year; the same directors, four years earlier, with the seminal "Mondo Cane", practically invented the 'Mondo movie' movie genre, transforming the classic documentary format into something shocking, making use of low-budget amateurish shots showing a raw…
Perversion Story (Una Sull'altra)
The original soundtrack recording for this 1969 Italian thriller filmed in San Francisco by cult director Lucio Fulci. The movie has one of the best and most well-known scores written by the mighty Riz Ortolani. Groovy and jazzy and unlike many other Italian soundtracks. Limited edition pink vinyl; Special deluxe gatefold sleeve; Edition of 500.
L'Anticristo
Original 7" replica. Limited edition of 500 (numbered). First vinyl reissue ever of this legendary soundtrack composed for the Alberto De Martino cult thriller by maestro Ennio Morricone and his longtime collaborator Bruno Nicolai. A rare chance to own one of the most obscure Exorcist rip-off's from the late 70's, totally immerse in the madness & horror of the leading female who is possessed by a demon.
Cuore di Mamma
180 grams audiophile vinyl pressing, first time on vinyl. The original soundtrack of the 1969 obscure Erotic/Drama movie ‘Cuore Di Mamma’ (also known as Mother’s Heart), directed by Salvatore Samperi. It features the melodic choral works of Alessandro Alessandroni’s Il Cantori Moderni along with Le voci bianche di Renata Cortiglioni and the arrangements of Bruno Nicolai. A soundtrack that casts traditional elements of the orchestra in a surreal and dramatic hue.A must-have for all Morricone fans…
Maddalena
180 grams audiophile vinyl pressing. The original soundtrack of the 1971 obscure Erotic Italian-Yugoslav movie ‘Maddalena’, directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. Whilst the Jerry Kawalerowicz’ art house effort it was scored for remains little seen, it features two of Morricone’s finest pieces in ‘Come Maddalena’ and ‘Chi Mai’, both of which still find their way into his live concerts, and in the case of ‘Chi Mai’, have been continually reused in TV and film. ‘Come Maddalena’ is a slow building tour de…
Explosion
Fully remastered and licensed reissue, limited to just 350 copies on black wax. This killer Italian library album by Luciano 'Arawak' Simoncini was only ever released on the elusive Orrery Records label, and is now very hard to find. Still very much under the radar, Explosive reveals itself as a swift tangled web of beats for the discerning DJ. Tracks includes the driving cosmic funk Hardware with sharp hip-hop breaks and spaced-out abstract synth keys. Kangoroo Court is an even better alternati…
Zerzura
Original soundtrack recording to the film Zerzura, the first ever
Saharan acid Western, telling the story of a nomad’s search for a magic
city of gold. Evoking the desert journey with free form guitar
improvisations, the soundtrack is a meditation on the mysteries of the
Sahara. Composed by writer and actor Ahmoudou Madassane, the
instrumental score takes the familiar Tuareg guitar tradition into new
directions, transforming desert blues into ambient soundscapes.
Recorded in studio while w…
To The Land Of No Return
Edition of 500. Best known to funk / groove collectors for his 70's library efforts (Freezing Point, The Pop World Of Yann Tregger, Schifters, Catchy, Ducks & Drakes) on such cult labels as L'Illustration Musicale, MTS or Montparnasse 2000 or his late funky disco output via projects like Major Symphony or M.B.T. Soul; french trumpet player / composer /arranger Yann Tregger also devoted time and efforts to delve into electronic sound abstraction when needed. Based around the possibilities of the …
Eden's Island: The Music Of An Enchanted Isle
Though he was originally from Brooklyn and raised by adoptive parents in rural Kansas, George Alexander Aberle aka eden ahbez, is about as California as they come. He was discovered in the 1940s while working in one of Los Angeles' earliest raw vegetarian restaurants and was known throughout the 50s and 60s for being spotted on the streets of LA in full white robe, sandals, and beard, and legendarily camping underneath the first L in the Hollywood sign. After writing numerous hits for jazz and p…
New Tape
"A leading figure in the Italian Jazz scene, Francesco 'Cicci' Santucci worked as trumpeter in the legendary Rai TV orchestra for over 20 years. He was renowned for collaborations with such international jazz legends as Lionel Hampton, Gato Barbieri, and Kenny Clarke – that is until his foray into the avant-garde progressive experience of The Living Music, a project founded by his brother Umberto. During these same years, he took part in important Italian jazz sessions like "Looking Around", "M…
Daughters of Darkness
Clear vinyl edition, limited repress. The French film composer François De Roubaix recorded compositions for a lot of movies. One of them is the Belgian cult horror classic Daughters of Darkness. The soundtrack to the erotic vampire - a stylish, cold, and sinister meditation on sex, compliancy, and vampirism- film consists of a lot of different musical elements and is an seductive score. It’s one of François’ finest pieces of music. The colourful compositions supports the love story and the diff…
Messiah of Evil
**One-off edition of 200 copies. Heavyweight 7" EP** Unreleased before music from the cult 1973 horror film 'Messiah of Evil'. One of the earliest fully electronic feature-film scores, Phillan Bishop's Moog-y mood music for Messiah of Evil is an avant garde suite of modulated shrieks, drones and pulses which whirl a discordant vortex around the bizarre on-screen images. With only three early-70's budget horror movies to his credit, this represents the first release of music by the mysterious Ph…
La Donna Invisibile
180 grams audiophile vinyl pressing. La Donna Invisibile is an obscure Italian drama/erotical movie from 1969, directed by Paolo Spinola, about the fading relationship between a professor and his wife. Based upon a short story by Alberto Moravia. Ennio Morricone composed and conducted the music for the movie written by Giovanna Ralli, Carla Gravina and Anita Sanders. The soundtrack also features the voice of Edda Dell'Orso. Comes on solid pink vinyl.One of Morricone's most fantastic scores ever!…
Africa Oscura
**Edition of 500 copies, killer afro-dark electronics masterwork** Recorded by composer and multi-instrumentalist Giuliano Sorgini between 1974 and 1976 in his studio in Prati district in Rome, a stone’s throw from Italian television offices, Africa Oscura is a set of tracks inspired by the wildest and most obscure secrets of those lands, intended to be the background of some tv documentaries.Some tracks were recorded during the same session of Zoo Folle, the album widely recognised as his maste…
Hagazussa
Mohammad are back!! With their name compressed into MMMD deliver their most lyrical work to date on the original soundtrack for Lukas Feigelfeld's slow-burning gothic horror movie “Hagazussa – A heathen's curse”. The music is absorbing, emotional and powerful as ever and bears MMMD's familiar idiosyncratic universe galvanized in their previous releases, while open to new sonic territories that reflect the film's constant state of dread as well as key elements such as trauma, isolation, anxiety a…
La Morte Vivante
**Laser-etched B-side ** At nightfall, two men enter the underground crypt of an isolated castle to deposit metal drums containing radioactive waste. Having learned that the chatelaine, recently dead, rests in a nearby vault with all her jewels, the two intruders decide to desecrate her grave. While they have just opened the coffin of Catherine Valmont, daughter of the chatelaine, an earthquake shakes the crypt, releasing the gases and waste stored in the barrels. The body of the girl is perfect…
Pacific Paradise
Double LP version. Comes in thick, magazine-style format. 32-page booklet. Paul Page -- poet, pagan, and playboy of Polynesian pop and Hapa Haole exotica. The music on this unusual exotic album, takes you right to the ocean's edge, mingles you with jungle drums and animals, the booming surf, seagulls, and ocean liners in a coral kaleidoscope of sounds. This is the real deal authentic tiki bar soundtrack. Paul Page and his Paradise Music entertained in Polynesian themed restaurants all over South…