★Materiali Sonori
Piano Piano
Stunning collection of quiet and soft piano pieces by the legendary German keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius co-founder of seminal krautrock bands as Cluster and Harmonia. Inspired by the monumental work of Eric Satie, the album was originally released in 1991. Roedelius exhibits an unexpected subtlety on the keys which lighten these pieces lovingly and pointedly. It’s hardly surprising that the name of the album is a reference to the term ‘pianissimo’, which means to play softly. These are aft…
Zack Gluck
Effortlessly fusing krautrock with jazz and ethnic music, Embryo were unparalleled in the world of progressive fusion and 1984's Zack Glück is one of their most ambitious and rewarding LPs. Flutes and saxophones mix with oud, marimba and violin to make an intoxication concoction.
Africa
Africa, originally released in 1992 on Materiali Sonori, may be a late entry in the Embryo catalog but it is one of their most ambitious and truly progressive albums to date. As the name implies, the Munich group not only draws influence from the continent to their south, but also employs an African percussion ensemble on many tracks.
Holy Wars (LP)
Original Italian edition on Materiali Sonori / Cramboy of the excellent 1985 album of highly refined experimental synth-wave. With original innersleeve.
Ship Of Fools (LP)
Original Italian edition on Materiali Sonori / Cramboy of the excellent 1986 album of highly refined experimental synth-wave.
Costellazione (LP)
condition (record/cover): VG (record looks near mint but has surface noise throughout) / VG+ (very light damp staining + light bump near edge + sticker removal residue on front) No insert. A constellation of avant-garde piano! Daniele Lombardi (1946-2018), brilliant Italian pianist, composer, and musicologist, presents a stunning program bridging historical avant-garde and contemporary experimentation. Lombardi was renowned for his fearless interpretations of the most demanding repertoire – from…
Lavoro (LP)
Original 1981 LP with textured sleeve on Centro Attivita' Musicali / Materiali Sonori. Never re-issued on either CD or LP.
Scelsi, Byzantium, The Alchemists
1994 release ** "From the Byzantine Alleluia that begins this ritual to the Scelsi Alleluia that brings it to a close, a circular program weaves a path through the world of Christian theology, Jewish tradition and alchemy, brought together by the universalist music of Giacinto Scelsi. Michael Maier was an alchemist composer whose three voice fugues speak of bizarre cures and spiritual unions. Veronika Krausas set a text by Quintan Ana Wikswo evoking the first female alchemist, Maria the Jewess. …
Rockgarage zero/quattro (7")
1984 7"EP compilation with four post-punk / experimental / art-wave bands - Diaframma, Qfwfq, Degada Saf, Funkwagen.
Rockgarage zero/quattro (7" + magazine)
1984 7"EP compilation with four post-punk / experimental / art-wave bands - Diaframma, Qfwfq, Degada Saf, Funkwagen - complete with Rockgarage 4 magazine it was enclosed with. Rare complete set.
Rockgarage zero/tre (7" + magazine)
1983 numbered (this is 00195) 7"EP compilation with three important new wave / gothic bands - Frigidaire Tango, Death In Venice, Changeling - complete with Rockgarage 3 magazine it was enclosed with. Rare complete set.
Informations Of Death
Original 1980 great debut single by the pioneers of Italian industrial minimal synth wave, with gatefold sleeve, poster and insert.
Rockgarage Compilation Vol. 1-2-3-4
1984 Italian New Wave compilation featuring a.o. 2+2=5, Frigidaire Tango, Detonazione and Diaframma, complete with Rockagarage magazine nr. 0/5.
Bisca
Original 1982 edition of the first Bisca mini-album, a masterpiece of Italian experimental no-wave. No insert.
A L'Entrée Du Temps Clair
One of the two masterpieces by this great French singer, produced by Materiali Sonori in the late 1970s, at the dawn of its history, are being offered for the first time on compact disc. Celtic music, traditional Breton ballads presented in elegant new clothes, world music created when ‘world music’ had not yet been invented.
J'ai Vu Le Loup
One of the two masterpieces by this great French singer, produced by Materiali Sonori in the late 1970s, at the dawn of its history, are being offered for the first time on compact disc. Celtic music, traditional Breton ballads presented in elegant new clothes, world music created when ‘world music’ had not yet been invented.
Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano
**2022 stock** Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, a cycle of 20 short pieces for prepared piano (a piano modified by inserting nuts and bolts and other objects between the piano strings in order to produce percussive and otherworldly sound effects) by American composer John Cage. Created in 1946–48 after the composer had been introduced to Indian visual and performing arts, the cycle was intended to represent the so-called permanent emotions—the heroic, the erotic, the wondrous, the comi…
CoolAugustMoon
**2021 stock** Italian pianist Arturo Stàlteri's Cool August Moon is an album based on Brian Eno's music. Stàlteri (helped by Arlo Bigazzi on some tracks) rearranged Eno's compositions to make a work of his own. The Italian musician imposed his conception of the music over Eno's original pieces. For this project, he played accompanied by a chamber orchestra, putting aside most electric instruments appearing on Eno's pieces. And, although the tunes he covers are from different albums, Cool August…
Syriarise
**2021 stock** With Materiali Sonori Arturo Stalteri released the CD “Syriarise," a work combining two different artistic approaches: an electronic suite with minimalist and ethnic influences and a section dedicated to the piano. This was the first in a long series of projects with the Tuscan record label, which considers Stalteri as one of its most representative artists.