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Wave
*Back in print!* By the time this album was released, Antonio Carlos Jobim was already an international superstar. Having recently won a Grammy (1965) for "The Girl From Ipanema", by 1967 all the big name stars from up north were breaking down his door to work with the new "Gershwin of Brazil." In fact, Jobim had just finished working on an album with Frank Sinatra when he went into the studio to record this album. Recorded in 1967, Wave is actually one of the lesser known masterpieces of Brazil…
Silence and Secrecy
Zos Kia’s music is an essential insight and archival piece into the early work of the industrial scene and particularly of Coil in their formative stages. Their recordings are even darker and more industrial-rooted than much of the Coil material that followed. The music is primal, brutal and reveals the interests that surrounded Coil/Zos Kia and the early years of Thee Temple ov Psychic Youth (TOPY) / Psychic TV...
John Gosling was an original member of Zos Kia (as Joan D'Arc), alongside John …
Fleeting Future
*2026 much needed repress!* Akusmi is the new project moniker of French-born, London based composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Pascal Bideau, who signs to the new Tonal Union imprint for the release of his album ‘Fleeting Future.’ With its hallucinatory, genre-defying blend of minimalism, cosmic jazz and Fourth World influences, and in its quest for optimism in the face of unknown and limitless possibility. ‘Fleeting Future’ stands apart as an inventive and inspirational debut. The crea…
Città Violenta
Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and Universal Music Publishing Ricordi, presents a completely revised, remastered edition of the dynamic, classic score by Ennio Morricone for the 1970 Charles Bronson action vehicle Città Violenta (aka Violkent City), directed by Sergio Sollima and co-starring Telly Savalas and Jill Ireland. The film is about a hit man who, after being double-crossed by his mistress and barely escaping a murder attempt, sets out to take revenge on the woman and the mob…
Massacre In Rome/Gott Mit Uns
Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM, Universal Music Publishing Ricordi and EMI General Music Publishing, presents a CD focused on two WWII soundtracks by Ennio Morricone, pairing his dramatic scores for Massacre in Rome (1973) and Gott Mitt Uns (1970)
Massacre in Rome was directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starred Marcello Mastroianni, Richard Burton and Leo McKern. The story takes place in Nazi-occupied Rome, where an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governo…
Svegliati E Uccidi
Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and Universal Music Publishing Ricordi, presents a remastered reissue—for the first time in full stereo—of the 1966 classic, propulsive and exciting Ennio Morricone cult score for the thriller movie Svegliati e Uccidi, a successful Italian production directed by Carlo Lizzani and starring Robert Hoffmann, Lisa Gastoni and Gian Maria Volontè. The film is about a dangerous fugitive who meets a nightclub singer with whom he falls in love. They both get cau…
Ad Ogni Costo
Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and Universal Music Publishing Ricordi, presents a completely revised, remastered edition of the catchy Ennio Morricone score for Ad Ogni Costo (aka Grand Slam), a 1967 comedy-caper movie directed by Giuliano Montaldo, starring Janet Leight, Edward G. Robinson, Klaus Kinski, Robert Hoffmann and Adolfo Celi. The story is about Professor James Anders, who, upon retiring, presents a famous criminal with an elaborate plan to rob a diamond company in Brazil …
Time, Islands and Thresholds
Lay Llamas is an open musical project founded in 2012 by Sicilian composer, musicologist and graphic designer Nicola Giunta. Not a band, but a shifting constellation of collaborators, visions and sounds. Rooted in psychedelic traditions yet untethered from genre, Lay Llamas explores ritual rhythms, imagined folklores and escapist exoticism, where past and future blur into something new each time. The project has featured collaborations with artists such as Gioele Valenti (JuJu/Herself), Mark Ste…
Yoga - Be An Enlightened Soul
The Osunfisan Brothers & Sisters were a Nigerian musical group active during the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for their unique blend of Afrobeat, funk, and psychedelic soul. Their discography includes notable releases such as the 1979 album "Yoga - Be An Enlightened Soul - Stay Young And Pure With Yoga", which features tracks like "Dancing Mood." Their music has garnered attention among Afro-funk enthusiasts, with tracks like "Iyawo", "Animal Doctor, “Dino”, " “Dancing Mood” being highlight…
Ghost Music Library
*100 copies limited edition* With "Ghost Music Library", RhaD, acronym for Research of Historical Audio Documents, returns after the 2021 debut Metamusic, further exploring the margins between archival research, improvisation, and sonic abstraction. Created by Italian sound artist Raffaele Pezzella, also known for his main project Sonologyst, RhaD represents a more instinctive and unrestrained counterpart to his usual conceptual rigor. Here, the music unfolds as a collage of forgotten tapes, mal…