The Braen's Machine
Members: Alessandro Alessandroni, Oronzo De Filippi
Barocco & Romantico
New reduced price! **500 copies, pink vinyl** Dagored present the first ever reissue of Alessandro Alessandroni's Barocco & Romantico, originally released in 1980 by the legendary Flower label. Barocco & Romantico is another wonderful and almost unknown gem from maestro Alessandro Alessandroni. Great cinematic atmospheres in a selection of fantastic mellow tunes inspired by ancient melodies.
Spontaneous
**500 copies. Holy Grail territory here...** Maybe the best Alessandroni’s album ever. A true holy-grail for any collector and worldwide music lover, which we can consider nowadays as the most sought-after record of the whole legendary RCA SP 10000 series, and as the rarest album from the king of Italian libraries. Jazz, mellow-funk, downtempo breaks, and incredible rock blends, make this record a refined portrait of the 70’s American way of life, viewed through the fully Italian lens of Alessan…
Prisma Sonoro
** First LP reissue of this highly collectable Italian Library session. Remastered from the original master tapes. Replica of the original tip-on sleeve. ** Undoubtedly one of the central figures of 1960s/70s Italian film music, Alessandro Alessandroni defined the very essence of the genre with his vocal group, I Cantori Moderni. Renowned for his pioneering reverb guitar sound, sitar exploration and a phenomenal whistling technique, (Perhaps best known for his contribution in shaping the famous …
Background Disco
This 12" EP contains unreleased music composed and produced by Alessandro Alessandroni in the 70s, taken from a dusty tape found in his vault. taken from an obscure Italian sexy-comedy in 1976, presented here in a new edit on 12'' designed for the dancefloor. Just say Background Disco and you’re quickly reminded of the super-groovy sound that pervaded certain sequences of 1970’s Italian films, generally set in discos or clubs with a strong presence of music. Soul, disco, and funk tracks playing …
Music Is My Life
A stunning set of 11 rare and unreleased-before cues of library gold; jazz, abstracted oddness, killer percussion tunes from the legendary Cometa library music vaults, made by names such as Sandro Brugnolini, Armando Trovaioli, Ennio Morricone, Luigi Zito, Alessandro Alessandroni, Massimo Guantini, Teimar, Berto Pisano, Giovanni Tommaso, Tito Schipa. These cues were all recorded in the late 1960s and in mid 1970s, and all have been used in the sound commentaries of newsreels, films, TV and docum…
Panoramic Feelings
The Dagored label proudly presents its first collaboration with Sync Film Archive, a video production based on and inspired by the music from an incredible LP of Italian library music from the '70s. Sync Film Archive is an archive of over 10,000 amateur films in 8 mm, Super 8, and 16 mm formats, filmed from the '20s to '80s. The Archive recovers home movies from all over the world to conserve, restore, catalog, and digitize sociological documents that would otherwise disappear. Alessandro…
Romance And Drama
Transversales Disques present the first reissue of Romance & Drama, an essential LP by Italian pioneer and Ennio Morricone cohort, Alessandro Alessandroni. Originally released on Munich based experimental, progressive library label Coloursound. Alessandroni at his best: very refined Italian cinematic sound, tense 12-string guitar themes, synth sequences, beautiful sound of chamber classical music mixed with psych choir. You can feel Alessandroni's magical touch for melodies and arrangements on n…
Lost & Found
Four Flies Records keep on researching Alessandro Alessandroni’s limitless archive, compiling this time an LP of tracks composed between 1972-1978, All the tracks were previously unreleased and are presented here for the first time - a truly ‘Lost & Found’ treasure that sees the light for the first time!After the incredible success of Afro Discoteca (Four Flies Records, 2017), Pierpaolo De Sanctis compiles a 15-tracks LP of forgotten soundtracks and library music treasures from the Italian Maest…
Fischio amore Mio
**Edition of 300 only, white vinyl** Dagored present a first ever reissue of Alessandro Alessandroni's Fischio Amore Mio, originally released under the legendary Flipper imprint in 1976. What would "a fistful of dollars" be without Alessandro Alessandroni's whistle? Alessandroni -- not accidentally nicknamed by Fellini "il fischio" -- started his whistling career within Nino Rota's orchestra to then become the hallmark of the spaghetti western era. A collection of astonishing "whistle" pieces by…
Afro Discoteca
This 12" EP contains unreleased music composed and produced by Alessandro Alessandroni in the 70s, taken from a dusty tape found in his vault. Afro Discoteca strikes immediately for its modernity and rich textures, sounding unbelievably contemporary. Alessandro Alessandroni is one of those pioneers, a maestro that built the legend of Italian soundtracks and library music along with Ennio Morricone, Piero Umiliani and many others. His vault testifies how prolific had been those times, with hundre…
Ritmo Dell'Industria 2
**few copies back in stock, sold out at source **Sonor Music Editions proudly presents an absolute Italian mood music grail and one of the best Library Music recordings ever - Alessandro Alessandroni Ritmo dell'Industria n. 2, a true legend in the field. This is the maestro most prized and sought-after album, produced in 1969 on the small Grand Prix label, part of the Leonardi publishing group. A mindmelting record featuring some of the most killer driven beats ever! - dark vibes and haunting at…
Ust 370 - Caratteristici Vari
small restock, don't sleep. 180 gram vinyl. Remastered sound. Released 500 copies. Stunning sounds from the great Alessandro Alessandroni – an artist who contributed to countless Italian soundtracks in the 60s and 70s, and who sounds even more amazing here in this rare set of sound library funk! This is his monster rare one from the infamous Fonit Usignolo series. Ust 370 - Caratteristici Vari contains many outtakes from the Inchiesta, so it was most likely fully recorded in 1977. "Foggy Pl…
La Natura E L'Uomo
Third reissue (of seven planned) in the incredible series of nature-themed libraries originally released in the first half of the Seventies by Cardium, Chic, Nereide, Musical, Rhombus, Spring, and Weekend labels. Seven never-reissued-before albums, real hardcore collector items, which gave birth to a small cult during the last four decades. "La natura e l’uomo" (Italian for "Nature and mankind") first came out in 1973; despite being part of the same series of "Biologia marina" and "Ittiologia" (…
Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno
Available for the first time ever on vinyl is the 1974 soundtrack by Alessandro Alessandroni for the Giuliano Carmineo (as Anthony Ascott) directed Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno, known in English as The Crazy Bunch. The sequel to Lo chiamavano Tresette... giocava sempre col morto (Man Called Invincible), the film is a goofy, slapstick comedy spaghetti-western, but the Maestro’s soundtrack is anything but goofy. Haunting, sparse, and riveting, the soundtrack is easily t…
Akriliko
LP edition. Terrific unpublished music of the 70's composed by: Killer keyboards, moogy/dark moments, and lots of other sweet electric touches – all served up in this rare album of sound library grooves from the legendary Cometa label, by the trio of Sandro Brugnolini, Alessandro Alessandroni and Teimar who worked for the legendary Italian studio outfit!
I Cantori Moderni di Alessandro Alessandroni
The only existing full-length recording of I Cantori Moderni Di Alessandro Alessandroni, the legendary vocal group that lent their voices to the amazing soundtracks of Ennio Morricone, Piero Umiliani and many of the most important Italian composers of the '60s and '70s. Limited numbered edition of 500 on transparent vinyl.
Alessandro Alessandroni (Butterfly 3, 1971-72)
Digisleeve CD. New, archival recordings by the legendary Alessandro Alessandroni's Farfalla #3, incredible and unbelievable unreleased outtakes recently pulled out from 1971-72. Breathtaking jams from the same recording session of the second legendary 'Farfalla' cuts, with driven beats, jazz-funk with usual vocals by the Cantori Moderni, lovely whistling easy listening and western melodies. It is an album that showcases all the qualities of Alessandroni composer and arranger : writing never b…
Temi Ritmici e Dinamici
**CD version** If you are among those who own the two previous Braen's Machine LPs, Underground and Quarta pagina, you're probably already well aware of one of Italian library music best kept secrets, that is the real identities of those hiding behind the pseudonyms Braen and Gisteri. These were the monikers of Alessandro Alessandroni and Oronzo De Filippi, directed by Piero Umiliani and his record label Liuto. With Temi ritmici e dinamici (Rhythmic and dynamic themes) the plot thickens and give…
Fischiando in Beat
*2022 stock* Due to a perhaps too buoyant and unfitting title and to a ridicolously limited distribution (even at the time of its original release), Fischiando in beat (Whistling in beat) has often been ignored despite being one of the most entertaining works signed by Piero Umiliani (here accompanied by his orchestra). Originally released in 1969, Fischiando in beat presents twelve gems of instrumental beat music, fabulous specimen of that music genre often labelled with the much-abused term 'l…
Angoscia
Anguish [ang-gwish] noun: excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain.
Originally released by Octopus, a label devoted to thematic libraries, “Angoscia” is one of the best works by Alessandro Alessandroni: here the composer native of Lazio shows his unique skills as an author and as an arranger.¨Famous for his work in the movies – often with masters such as Piero Umiliani and Ennio Morricone, with whom he collaborated to create some truly immortal soundtracks (especially those written for…