rip gianfranco plenizio.

in the awfulness that has been 2k17, i think the maestro got short shrift in his passing, getting no notice anywhere. his music is beautiful & serene, & his passing is a heavy blow. 

we can only speak to the future.

weird sparse psyche giallo shit from the masters sorgini & my main fucking man alessandroni. unreleased library cues from the seventies. on point.

smoggy mountain high.

hey. yeah. it's been a minute. but. here i am sharing this gem with ya so yr welcome. so masahiko sato wrote this fucking masterpiece of heady psyche giallo jazz in italy with some top notch session players for a japanese anime from the early seventies made with watercolors. there are only clips on youtube, buuut it just got remastered & premiered in austin at fantastic fest, so hopefully should be seeing a larger release soon. just get this. you won't regret it. sounding nice while i smoke weed on my porch right now.

ps sorry for absence, have been busy. maybe will come back, who knows. i have a tape dropping next month, will keep y'all updated on that.

pps not my rip, so all thanks to og.

i'm on one.

this is one i meant to post during oktober, whoops. will be posting my last few ennio records from my hard drive that i haven't shared here already. closing in on 400 posts, yeah.

valis.

here is the soundtrack for the rest of yr oktober. stelvio cipriani is channeling suspiria-goblin, but adds his lush sensuous strings & ace sense of melody. & the best part is that claudio simonetti straight up fucking kills it with some ridiculously siqq keyboard parts. so so fucking good.

shared secret key.

member of guerilla toss does modern day giallo which takes the best parts of morricone, frizzi, & travojoli & makes a pretty convincing pastiche.

like herod.

this is absolutely fantastique... francesco de masi is straight killing it on this one, with alessandro alessandroni laying down some ridiculously siqq sitar parts. from 66, a fucking classique of soundtrack/library gems&jams. sorry for the ugly cover, it's the reissue, so this is a 320 rip of a cd i recently bought. enjoy amigos!

ballad for bernt.

one of my absolute favorites by il maestro morricone. lush gialli for lazy saturday mornings.

lagoon night.

a little prime era ennio to brighten yr weary monday.

the solitary ohm.

holy shit. this is probably the most i've liked a new-ish record in quite some time now. this cat is on some umberto/zombi/vangelis/claudio simonetti shit. i hate when people use the term synth wizard, but this guy is a bona fide sorcerer.

n-sub ulysses.

Jay Richford & Gary Stevan (aka Stefano Torossi).  Exact reissue of the beyond rare Carosello release.  A delightful and cinematic groovy crime-jazz-funk album filled with breaks & beats,  deep bass,  electric piano, flutes, horn stabs, Wah-Wah guitars & exquisite string arrangements reminiscent of Nino Nardini/ Roger Roger’s Stringtonic’s mindbenders but also Janko Nilovic at his best. Definitely one of the holy grails of library music. - golden pavilion records

i don't know if flash ever posted this, i don't remember if he did or didn't, not trying to step on toes. & i know this isn't terribly original amongst the internet's trilluminati, but hey, i've been listening to this record a lot lately, & maybe some new faces will be turned on by this gem. real fucking groovy shit right here. perfect for sunday trips if yr pickin' up what i'm puttin' down.

bobby's on the phone.

giallo jazz for the season. expect a goblin post & some fucking sweet misfits mix because it's that time of the year right?

historia naturae.

more giallo jams for the midnight blues.

victory flowers.

From the vaults of CAM comes this diverse soundtrack by Nora Orlandi (Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh, A doppia faccia), written for the 1968 French/Italian giallo directed by Romolo Guerriri and starring Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel and Luigi Pistilli. Presented in a 6-page digipak with original artwork, film stills and interesting liner notes, this world premiere CD release contains the LP tracks in both simulated stereo and original mono versions. Riddle, riddle, Debbie in the middle. Surprise, surprise, guess who dies? - amazon

more giallo steez from one of my favorite ladies. nora orlandi is amazing, & definitely deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as morricone or piccioni. & the description is terrible, but you know what to expect at this point. loungy strings brush up against gentle woodwinds to make you feel the rush of running down a deserted backalley while a man in white chases you to yr death.

p.s. a very special someone is letting me borrow their jump so i'm currently in the process of moving all of my files from my mediafire to the drive. i'm just safe guarding against the inevitability of getting shut down. the hydra is upon you...

promise of love.

another criminally unknown cat who recorded some really groovy shit for some questionable films. fabio frizzi should be real high in the ranks of the masters, but kinda lurks in the shadows which is a real cryin' shame. i have some other giallo jazz soundtracks i've been thinking of posting up if people are interested. also, sorry for the drop off in posts, sometimes real life gets the best of ya, dig?

when yes means no.

walter rizzati is an underappreciated genius of easy listening giallo jazz soundtracks to b grade italian films. if you like morricone, ferrio, marchetti, or piccioni, then get this now.

walking through the set of a giallo thriller.

another thing you should know is gialli is my favorite genre of film, & the soundtracks for them are fucking legit. gianni ferrio is my favorite composer, & this is one of my favorite albums from that cat. real smooth sweet jams that make you feel like yr hanging out in Rome running down a dark alley one moment & then cruising around on a boat with the sun shining on yr face the next. this is the fucking jam y'all.