LIBRERIE MUSICALI

First studio album by DANCEFLOOR STOMPERS
100% black and cinematic groove!
OUT ON 7 DECEMBER 2018

TRACKLIST:

A1 – 4 DITA E UNA PISTOLA
A2 – A MAN OF JUSTICE
A3 – POP! SHAKE! BEAT!
A4 – ARMANDO IN INCOGNITO
A5 – RAPINA ALLA BRINKS

B1 – DOUBLE PIMP
B2 – CAR 28
B3 – COUNTRY RIDE & BOAT CHASE
B4 – ARMANDO’S WALK
B5 – ROMANCE

With the main intent to pay homage to the soul-jazz labels like Blue Note, Verve, Stax / Volt and the Mod style, Dancefloor Stompers finally arrive at their first studio album after reaching propensity for “cinematic” taste through the work for different performances, reading-concert and commissions for short films.

LIBRERIE MUSICALI starts with the intent to merge these different experiences, trying to put together passion for black music (soul-jazz, rhythm’n’blues, Hammond sound and funk) and fascination for the great music for cinema, television and radio, in particular produced in Italy between Sixties and Seventies.

Devotion to those models is clearly stated by the attempt to reproduce sound, instrumentation, recording and mixing techniques, graphics… risky choice in times of digital recording and plugins. Not a simple nostalgic attitude, though. More the desire and curiosity to rebuild the taste for research, the great joy of interpretation or the arranging creativity that you could breathe, for example, at the Italian RCA and RAI TV studios of that time.
That’s why, besides the basic quartet (drums, bass, guitar and organ/keyboards), we can listen also saxophones, trumpets, trombones, flute, vibraphone, percussion, harmonica, 12 strings guitar, ancient instruments such as harpsichord and fortepiano, string section, recorded mostly live, except for some overdubs.

A special set that tries to blend the groove of Booker T. & The MG’s, The Meters, JB’s, Horace Silver and Jimmy Smith with a beat & orchestral sound typical of Marc 4, Piero Umiliani, Ennio Morricone, Stelvio Cipriani, Armando Trovajoli, Franco Micalizzi, Gian Piero Reverberi. Without forgetting the overseas examples of Lalo Schifrin or Jerry Goldsmith and the most modern ones like Corduroy, BBNG, Adrian Younge. The result is a riot of organ riffs, guitar phrasing, explosive horn section and ultra-syncopated rhythm section.

Like the music for a TV series that has not yet been written…100% BLACK & CINEMATIC GROOVE!

AFRICA OSCURA

LP 180gr. with inner sleeve
including high-quality download in MP3 320kpbs
Afro-Dark Electronic Percussions
The unreleased dark side of Zoo Folle
OUT ON 15 OCTOBER 2018

TRACKLIST:

A1 – OASI NELLA GIUNGLA (2:58)
A2 – MIRAGGIO (2:37)
A3 – SORTILEGIO (1:44)
A4 – SENZA SCAMPO (2:33)
A5 – INIZIAZIONE (2:27)
A6 – NOTTE NELLA SAVANA (5:15)

B1 – PREDATORI (1:27)
B2 – AFRICA OSCURA (1:19)
B3 – SACRIFICO UMANO (2:46)
B4 – VIAGGIO NEL DESERTO (3:22)
B5 – ANACONDA (2:03)
B6 – VOODOO (3:09)
B7 – AGGUATO (3:13)

all tracks composed and recorded between 1974 and 1976 by Giuliano Sorgini at Cat & Fox Studio – Rome

drums, percussions, synth Giuliano Sorgini
compiled & conceived by Pierpaolo De Sanctis
transferred & restored from original master tapes by Riccardo Ricci at Ultrasonic Studio
mastered by Fabrizio De Carolis at Reference Mastering Studio
artwork Luca Barcellona
thanks to Andrea Fabrizii, Francesco Brancaccio
© & ℗ 2018 Four Flies Srls

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 masterpiece, celebrated today by the most influential connoisseurs from all over the world. Some others came right after, for a mysterious documentary whose title was supposed to be “I corsari della savana” (as stated by the credits written on the reels that we have found).
All these tracks remained unbelievably unreleased until now, forgotten on some old and dusty ¼-inch reels, amazingly survived up today, then transferred and restored to compile this much-needed release. A sort of concept-album about darkest Africa, with a kind of eerie mood, nearly esoteric, to which Sorgini was very close in these years, working on horror and b-movies soundtracks or experimental libraries.
All tracks are entirely played by composer himself, with drums, percussions and all sorts of analog synths overlaps, to create an afro-ambient soundscape, something halfway between electronic and minimalism, with a vibrant prog flavour. Among John Carpenter’s reminds, occultism, large prairies and Saharan landscapes, this amazing score truly reveals the creepy dark-side of Zoo Folle.

LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO

Limited edition 550 copies 2xLP Gatefold 180gr.
feat. I CANTORI MODERNI DI ALESSANDRONI & EDDA DELL’ORSO
including 23 bonus tracks previously unreleased

recorded on November, 19 September 1973 at Ortophonic Studio (Rome) by Sergio Marcotulli

TRACKLIST:

A1 LA SCHIAVA 1:57
A2 SAMBANDO 2:06
A3 DOLCE SCHIAVITU’ 3:46
A4 CORSETTA DI PARTENZA 1:39
A5 SEDUZIONE 1:39
A6 COPPIETTA DI RIO 1:51
A7 SEQUENZA ALLA RIDOLINI 1:29
A8 L’INDIGENA PIU’ BELLA 2:46

B1 A CACCIA DI DONNE 2:02
B2 IO E LA MIA SCHIAVA 2:54
B3 ARRIVO A RIO 1:58
B4 TANGO DELLA SEDUZIONE 1:46
B5 RICERCA ED INCONTRO 2:04
B6 IN RISSHO 1:51
B7 BATTESIMO 1:34
B8 FLIRT A RIO 2:53

C1 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 1 2:14
C2 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 2 1:15
C3 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 3 1:02
C4 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 4 1:12
C5 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 5 0:55
C6 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 6 3:03
C7 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 7 0:51
C8 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 8 0:55
C9 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 9 1:06
C10 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 10 1:20
C11 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 11 1:29

D1 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 12 1:29
D2 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 13 1:03
D3 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 14 1:41
D4 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 15 1:17
D5 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 16 0:35
D6 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 17 1:07
D7 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 18 1:50
D8 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 19 0:38
D9 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 20 1:03
D10 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 21 2:04
D11 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 22 0:57
D12 LA SCHIAVA IO CE L’HO E TU NO – SEQ. 23 1:01

Thanks to the partnership between roman labels and distributors Cometa Edizioni Musicali, Beat Records and Four Flies Records, one of the most iconic and essential works by Piero Umiliani has finally emerged from the archives. Recorded at Ortophonic studios in Rome in September 1973, La schiava io ce l’ho e tu no is the original soundtrack of a Giorgio Capitani’s movie with Lando Buzzanca and Chaterine Spaak, widely regarded as one of the most sought-after productions from the famous Italian composer, and whose original LP has now considered as a kind of holy grail among the most serious worldwide record diggers.

The reason is maybe the magnificent quality of the composition and the arrangements, written by the Maestro himself, who reaches here one of his top-level creative peaks ever. His music is the quintessential Italian sound for 70’s sophisticated comedy: an unmistakable flavor now carved into our imagination, blending samba-bossa rhythms, funk guitars, dynamic and airy strings, but most of all, those brilliant choirs, always functional in relation to movie’s mood (performed here by ominpresent Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni in a leading role). Together with the sensual vocalisms of Edda Dell’Orso, they truly represent the identity of an entire genre.

The release of this double LP makes us really proud, not only because it brings to light one of the most fresh and topical soundtracks of Piero Umiliani, but also because, after a long and patient research work, we have had the chance to locate the original master tapes with the complete recording sessions of the soundtrack.

That’s why we are able to present here, in addition to the LP’s original track listing, 23 tracks never before released in any format, revealing Umiliani’s compositional eclecticism and his ability to transition effortlessly from jazz to funk, easy listening to symphony. Personal memories by Umiliani’s daughters enrich this edition through their contributions to the liner notes, giving us a familiar and intimate perspective about the composer’s private life.

The Pawnshop (white sleeve)

FLIES DJ-02
THE PAWNSHOP | EP
(Braen / Raskovich / Kema)
The finest Italian stuff exclusively for DJs, producers & worldwide music lovers

Limited Edition: 300 white cover | 300 black cover
Artwork by Francesco Franz Longhi
Out on June, 8

TRACKLIST:

A1 – Please, Don’t Say No! *
A2 – Telegraph is Calling
A3 – My Shade
A4 – Laura

B1 – Carol
B2 – Telegraph is Calling (instrumental) *
B3 – My Shade (instrumental) *
B4 – Laura (instrumental) *

* previously unreleased

Warped guitars, screams and voices gone berserk; furious drums, tenacious bass guitars, frenzied Hammonds, avalanches of sitars, dramatic inflections, and hypnotics breaks. All these things together and many more are THE PAWNSHOP. A moniker for an obscure supergroup behind which three truly unforgettable heroes of the Italian library music used to conceal themselves and experiment without any musical boundaries whatsoever. They were the celebrated Giuliano Sorgini (Raskovich), Alessandro Alessandroni (Braen) and Giulia De Mutiis (Kema), the latter’s wife. To this day, the only proof of their existence was a handful of 7” – wildly sought after today by collectors and DJs who worship mod music, prog and funk – recorded in the November months of 1970 and 1971 at Piero Umiliani’s legendary Sound Work Shop, the greatest, the best equipped and totally over the top studio of its era among all those working with or for RAI television. Later on, the moniker completely disappeared from the musicians’ discographies, but the sound of those tracks bore vital fruits in library gems such as INCHIESTA GIUDIZIARIA, DRAMMATICO or QUARTA PAGINA (poliziesco) through which Braen & Raskovich were to contaminate and transform the b-movie sound, newscasts and radioshows at a time when Italy was shaken to its core by the occult and shady dealings of secret agencies, bombings in public squares, kidnappings, and the so-called proletarian expropriation carried out by the left wing movement. Having miraculously recovered the sessions’ original master tapes recorded for both 7”, we were also able to retrieve the group’s whole output, comprehensive of three instrumental versions of the four tracks released on 45rpm between February 1971 and March 1972. Furthermore, we were able to hunt down Please, Don’t Say No!, a true hidden gem, a track that has never been released before in any form. Recorded during the group’s first session, it was sacrificed – and completely forgotten afterwards – to make room for the iconic tracks Telegraph is Calling e My Shade on the A and B sides. This one is perhaps the most surprising piece of music of the whole bunch. The most innovative and ground-breaking track. The impossible melting point between freakbeat, garage-punk and psychedelic pop! With the precious help of Maestro Giuliano Sorgini and the Alessandroni family, who have actively helped put the project on its feet by opening their most secret vaults for us, Four Flies Records is honoured and proud to present and bring out in the open another hidden masterpiece of the secret history of Italian music. Presented in a limited edition of 600 copies with two different covers with complementary colours.

The Pawnshop (black sleeve)

FLIES DJ-02
THE PAWNSHOP | EP
(Braen / Raskovich / Kema)
The finest Italian stuff exclusively for DJs, producers & worldwide music lovers

Limited Edition: 300 white cover | 300 black cover
Artwork by Francesco Franz Longhi
Out on June, 8

TRACKLIST:

A1 – Please, Don’t Say No! *
A2 – Telegraph is Calling
A3 – My Shade
A4 – Laura

B1 – Carol
B2 – Telegraph is Calling (instrumental) *
B3 – My Shade (instrumental) *
B4 – Laura (instrumental) *

* previously unreleased

ESTERNO GIORNO D’ESTATE

Limited edition 500 copies | Inner sleeve LP 180gr. + CD bonus
Open air grooves, daytime breaks, sunny and scat beats from Italian untapped ﬁlm music archives (1969-1978)
artwork & lettering: LUCA BARCELLONA
remastered from the original master tapes by FABRIZIO DE CAROLIS at REFERENCE MASTERING STUDIO (ROME)

TRACKLIST:

A1 – Mario Migliardi – Pensiero D’Amore | M1 (Titoli)
A2 – Bruno Zambrini – Crociera Verso il Sud
A3 – Silvano D’Auria – Porto Cammelli
A4 – Bruno Lauzi – Incontri
A5 – Gianni Oddi, Gianni Dell’Orso – Soul Meeting
A6 – Gianni Marchetti – Un’Altra Donna
B1 – Alessandro Alessandroni – Don Milani | M23
B2 – Nico Fidenco – Cugine Mie
B3 – Manuel De Sica – Rough
B4 – Sandro Brugnolini, Giorgio Carnini – Verso La Droga
B5 – Alberto Baldan Bembo – Gideon
B6 – Carlo Pes – Bossa Party
B7 – Stelvio Cipriani – Poliziotto Senza Paura | Seq. 6

The sunny side of ESTERNO, between warm rhythms, percussions, bossanova, wah wah guitars, psychedelic flutes and explosive synth sounds.
Musiche leggere e gaie [Light and joyful music] – to use the title of a collection from the RCA SP series in which some of these tracks could have ended.
Listening to the record, you can perfectly breathe the unmistakable atmosphere of certain movies of that time: a luxurious world of cocktail parties by the pool, countryside escapes, and scuba diving. Sets that could have been easily found in a variety of genres, from cool ‘musicarelli’ and mondo-movies to sexy comedies, thriller, poliziotteschi and TV
documentaries.
ESTERNO GIORNO D’ESTATE brings together unreleased material and tracks from a number of hard-to-find library music LPs. Among the artists featured are: Carlo Pes & i Marc 4, Alberto Baldan Bembo, Stelvio Cipriani, Alessandro Alessandroni, Nico Fidenco and Gianni Oddi.

ESTERNO NOTTE JAZZ

Limited edition 500 copies | Inner sleeve LP 180gr. + CD bonus
Latenite jazz and cool breaks from Italian RCA ﬁlm music vaults (1962-1969)
artwork & lettering: LUCA BARCELLONA
remastered from the original master tapes by FABRIZIO DE CAROLIS at REFERENCE MASTERING STUDIO (ROME)

TRACKLIST:

A1 – Armando Trovaioli – I Nostri Mariti | M1
A2 – Robby Poitevin – Amore All’Italiana | M1
A3 – Enrico Simonetti – Tempo Di Charleston | M701
A4 – Piero Umiliani – Colpo Gobbo All’Italiana | Seq. 2
A5 – Amedeo Tommasi – Non Mi Dire Mai Goodbye | M26
A6 – Gino Peguri – Desideri D’Estate | M14
A7 – Nino Tassone – Un’Ora Per Vivere | M23
A8 – Silvano Spadaccino – Amarsi Male | M24
A9 – Piero Piccioni – La Donna è Una Cosa Meravigliosa | M14
B1 – Giovanni Fusco – La Corruzione | M20
B2 – Nino Oliviero – La Moglie Giapponese | M2+M16
B3 – Romano Mussolini – La Ragazzola | M49
B4 – Luis Bacalov – Questa Volta Parliamo Di Uomini | M12
B5 – Robby Poitevin – L’Uomo Del Colpo Perfetto | M38
B6 – Gianfranco Reverberi & Gian Piero Reverberi – Una Jena In Cassaforte | M13
B7– Franco Potenza – Avventura Al Motel | M14

A volume entirely dedicated to the jazz atmospheres of the Italian movies from the ‘60s, including genres such as noir, melò, giallo, dark comedy and crazy ‘musicarelli’. With a great variety of styles and moods, jazz represented the perfect soundtrack for the Italian “nouvelle vague” season: an element of great innovation that radically disrupted the way traditional scores were conceived. No longer entrusted to cumbersome orchestras but light combos, with a fresh and dynamic sound. This record is the result of a research that focused on the soundtrack archive of RCA Italy and consists of songs that have remained unpublished until today. It demonstrates how Italian jazz beneﬁtted from its relationship with the ﬁlm industry, which provided a fertile ground to experiment and create to great musicians such as Piero Umiliani, Romano Mussolini, Amedeo Tommasi, Robby Poitevin, Piero Piccioni or Armando Trovajoli.

ESTERNO NOTTE VOL. 2

Limited edition 500 copies | Inner sleeve LP 180gr. + CD bonus
More jazz-funk, latenite breaks, cinematic prog & psych from Italian untapped ﬁlm music archives (1968-1978)
artwork & lettering: LUCA BARCELLONA
remastered from the original master tapes from FABRIZIO DE CAROLIS at REFERENCE MASTERING STUDIO (ROME)

TRACKLIST:

A1 – Silvano D’Auria – Rafﬁca | M8
A2 – Carlo Pes – Riff
A3 – Silvano D’Auria – Porto Cammelli
A4 – Ruggero Cini – 3 Superman a Tokyo | M30
A5 – Sandro Brugnolini, Giorgio Carnini – Giovane Clan
A6 – Gianni Ferrio – La Liceale Nella Classe Dei Ripetenti | Seq. 6
A7 – Guido e Maurizio De Angelis – L’arbitro | M7
B1 – Romolo Grano, Berto Pisano – Working in the city
B2 – Paolo Ormi – Provaci anche tu Lionel | M8
B3 – Piero Piccioni – Gunz Concerto
B4 – Luciano Michelini – La Polizia Accusa Il Servizio Segreto Uccide | Seq. 17
B5 – Claudio Tallino – Smoke Gets In Your Head
B6 – Severino Gazzelloni – La Profonda Luce dei Sensi | M13

A new stunning chapter of the ESTERNO series, dedicated to the rediscovery of rare and unreleased soundtracks and library music from Italy. While the previous volumes consisted of unreleased material from the mythical RCA Italy archive, the research has been extended thanks to some new mysterious sources, unveiling some of best kept secrets from the ‘60s and ‘70s. The result is a deep journey into the secret history of Italian Library music, dedicated to sounds that were designed for a cityscape pervaded with action, car-chases, and hightension scenes set in smoky nightclubs. Jazz-funk, deep breaks, prog and psych ﬂavors from some of the most hip names from the Italian scene: Alessandro Alessandroni, Piero Piccioni, Carlo Pes and I Marc 4, Sandro Brugnolini. This all-star cast is completed by Silvano D’Auria, here with another terrifying unreleased track after the shocking ‘Sortilegio’, presented for the ﬁrst time in volume UNO.

AFRO DISCOTECA ★ digital release

DIGITAL RELEASE (mp3 320 kbps)

℗ 1978 ALESSANDRO ALESSANDRONI
© 2017 FOUR FLIES RECORDS

Remastered from original master tapes
Previously unreleased on every format

TRACKLIST:

A1 – Afro Voodoo – 3:53
A2 – Afro Darkness – 3:15
A3 – Afro Discoteca – 3:08
A4 – Afro Sentiment – 3:08

Four Flies Records is back in full force, this time with an EP that looks at the more sophisticated and modern dancefloor…
The Italian label embarked on another journey of rediscovery, a specialty they seem to master.
The destination of this trip was a dusty vault in Africa, where a famous Italian musician moved years ago…
The Italian film and TV industry provided in the 60s and 70s countless opportunity for talented musicians to compose and produce a rich variety of music: soundtracks, library music, experimental music – an infinite amount of recordings that still represents a paradise for the most curious and passionate diggers.
So here we have the proof that there’s still lot to discover. 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 hundreds of tapes and obscure recordings from that period. Among the many, a dusty tape bearing the hand-written label “Afro Discoteca” captured the attention of Four Flies.
The music contained in the tape had never been released until now.
When he listened to the tracks, Italian legendary DJ LEO MAS (one of the undisputed inventors of the Balearic sound) told us: “It is surprising to listen to something that sounds so modern… This EP is the perfect union of Afro influences and Italian taste. There’s something Afro lounge here but also incredibly cinematic – it makes me think of John Carpenter’s atmospheres. B1 (Afrodiscoteca) reminds me of clubs I’ve been in Malindi in the late 70s and the closing track is absolutely spellbinding. This is wonderful.”
PAOLO SCOTTI, head of Déjà vu Records and an authoritative Italian jazz expert said: “Alessandroni’s contribution to music is huge, he’s a great musician and a great experimenter. Afrodiscoteca sounds like it’s been produced yesterday by a DJ of our times, an absolutely surprising EP and proof of Alessandroni’s spontaneous genius!”

LOST & FOUND

LP 180gr. | Limited Edition 500 copies
CD bonus included
inner sleeve with extended liner notes by Pierpaolo De Sanctis
artwork by Luca Barcellona
LAST COPIES AVAILABLE!!!

TRACKLIST:

A1 – Sea Breeze
A2 – Sweet Emotions
A3 – Underground Disco
A4 – Soul Meeting
A5 – After Crime
A6 – Night Fly
A7 – Flirt n° 2

B1 – Memento
B2 – Saltiness
B3 – Shot Undercover
B4 – Homecoming
B5 – Pipe Dream
B6 – Obstinate Pop
B7 – Strip-Tease
B8 – Synthetic Rendezvous

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 Maestro

Jazz, Disco, Electronic music – there’s no genre Alessandroni hasn’t explored – this compilation testifying the incredible diversity of his production and immense musical mind

IO, EMMANUELLE

LP 180gr. | Limited Edition 400 copies
inner sleeve with original movie artwork by Sandro Symeoni
Out on DECEMBER, 25

TRACKLIST:

A1 – Emmanuelle
A2 – Micropsichia
A3 – Contestazione
A4 – Analisi
A5 – Preludio
A6 – Profondità
B1 – Osmosi
B2 – Angoscia
B3 – Tempo
B4 – Ricerca
B5 – Nausea
B6 – Equazione
B7 – Caos

Four Flies Records is proud to present the first vinyl reissue of the original soundtrack to IO EMMANUELLE (also known as A MAN FOR EMANUELLE), Cesare Canavari’s 1969 erotic-drama starring Italian screem-queen Erika Blanc.
The score was composed and arranged by Maestro Gianni Ferrio, who created one of his most famous and iconic soundtracks ever, with music that perfectly follows the neurotic character of the young protagonist – from moments of intimacy and introspection to others of insanity and madness. The result is a terrific cocktail of the best late 60’s Italian grooves: orchestral beat, r’n’b, jazz and avant garde numbers, with an essential contribution of “I Cantori Moderni di Alessandro Alessandroni” (vocal and choir) and featuring Gino Marinacci on flute. One of the rarest records from CAM archives is finally back in the spotlight, remastered from original master tapes and pressed on 180gr vinyl, including an inner sleeve featuring original movie artwork by renowned Italian cinematic painter Sandro Symeoni.

AFRO DISCOTECA (new edition)

NEW EDITION with orange lettering on cover

Remastered from original master tapes
Previously unreleased on every format

TRACKLIST:

A1 – Afro Voodoo – 3:53
A2 – Afro Darkness – 3:15
A3 – Afro Discoteca – 3:08
A4 – Afro Sentiment – 3:08

Four Flies Records is back in full force, this time with an EP that looks at the more sophisticated and modern dancefloor…
The Italian label embarked on another journey of rediscovery, a specialty they seem to master.
The destination of this trip was a dusty vault in Africa, where a famous Italian musician moved years ago…
The Italian film and TV industry provided in the 60s and 70s countless opportunity for talented musicians to compose and produce a rich variety of music: soundtracks, library music, experimental music – an infinite amount of recordings that still represents a paradise for the most curious and passionate diggers.
So here we have the proof that there’s still lot to discover. 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 hundreds of tapes and obscure recordings from that period. Among the many, a dusty tape bearing the hand-written label “Afro Discoteca” captured the attention of Four Flies.
The music contained in the tape had never been released until now.
When he listened to the tracks, Italian legendary DJ LEO MAS (one of the undisputed inventors of the Balearic sound) told us: “It is surprising to listen to something that sounds so modern… This EP is the perfect union of Afro influences and Italian taste. There’s something Afro lounge here but also incredibly cinematic – it makes me think of John Carpenter’s atmospheres. B1 (Afrodiscoteca) reminds me of clubs I’ve been in Malindi in the late 70s and the closing track is absolutely spellbinding. This is wonderful.”
PAOLO SCOTTI, head of Déjà vu Records and an authoritative Italian jazz expert said: “Alessandroni’s contribution to music is huge, he’s a great musician and a great experimenter. Afrodiscoteca sounds like it’s been produced yesterday by a DJ of our times, an absolutely surprising EP and proof of Alessandroni’s spontaneous genius!”

MILANO TREMA: LA POLIZIA VUOLE GIUSTIZIA (THE VIOLENT PROFESSIONALS)

LP 180gr. | Limited Edition 500 copies (100 red, 400 black)
inner sleeve with original movie artworks included
exclusive liner notes by SERGIO MARTINO, director of the film, and EMANUELE LEOTTA
artwork by LUKE INSECT

TRACKLIST:

A1 – Blue Song
A2 – Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia – M16 + M8
A3 – Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia – M12 + M18
A4 – Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia – M10
A5 – Blue Song – Finale
A6 – Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia – M14
A7 – Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia – M10 + M19
A8 – Blue Song – M11
A9 – Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia – M2

B1 – Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia – M14
B2 – Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia – M5
B3 – And Life Goes On
B4 – Blue Song – M15
B5 – Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia – M16
B6 – Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia – M19
B7 – Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia – M12 + M19
B8 – Blue Song – Titoli
B9 – Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia – M3

Right after LA POLIZIA INCRIMINA, LA LEGGE ASSOLVE (HIGH CRIME), the magic duo of Italian poliziotteshi conceive yet another highlight of the genre – the groovy, melancholic score of MILANO TREMA: LA POLIZIA VULE GIUSTIZIA (THE VIOLENT PROFESSIONALS, 1973), which perfectly sets the tone of metropolitan violence presented on the screen. A dramatic sound, which preludes the acid-prog and gloomy music created for IL GRANDE RACKET (THE BIG RACKET) just
three years later, with lots of flutes, clavinet, frenzied percussions, deep basslines and experimental effects.
The result is a disturbing atmosphere of suspence, always on the verge of exploding in deep piano notes that highlight the most violent moments of the film. With the main theme “Blue Song”, repeated several times with endless instrumental variations, the De Angelis brothers set a dark-romantic atmosphere which becomes a manifesto of disenchantment and the perfect accompaniment for the detective story.
Four Flies Records, in collaboration with BLOODBUSTER EDIZIONI, is proud to present the complete soundtrack for the first time on vinyl (only the two songs of the movie were published before on a 7”-inch by RCA), featuring exclusive liner notes by the film’s director,SERGIO MARTINO.

STUDIO UMILIANI

2LP Gatefold 180gr. + CD bonus included
Limited Edition 500 copies
liner notes by PIERPAOLO DE SANCTIS
artwork by FRANCESCO FRANZ LONGHI

TRACKLIST:

A1 – Avventura
A2 – Missione Speciale
A3 – Petra – Tema Jazz *
A4 – Petra – Sottofondo Generico in Re minore *
A5 – L’Invasione dei Folletti

B2 – Non Mollare
B3 – Commandos
B3 – Il Burattinaio M8+M9 *
B4 – Vita Cittadina
B5 – C’è Un Fantasma Nel Mio Letto M47 *
B6 – Pane Burro e Marmellata M52+M47 *

C1 – Preistoria
C2 – Ratko e L’orso – Tema Moog *
C3 – Grand Canyon *
C4 – C’è Un Fantasma Nel Mio Letto M68 *
C5 – Le Cascate di Iguaçù

D1 – Musica Nell’aria
D2 – Risaie
D3 – Millenni
D4 – Ritrovarsi

* previously unreleased on every format

• Four Flies Records explores Piero Umiliani’s Sound Work Shop archives to select rare and unreleased tracks• First archive compilation of Piero Umiliani’s work for the Rome-based record label and the first one focussing on Piero Umiliani in recent years

• Exotica, psychedelic jazz-funk, proto-trip hop: this selection is a cross-cutting portrait of Umiliani’s activity during the golden years of his Sound Work Shop, the studio-laboratory where he has been playing, creating and experimenting with total freedom from 1969 to 1983

• The compilation will be released as a limited edition 2LP, accompanied by Four Flies’ Pierpaolo De Sanctis liner notes and archive images

Four Flies Records strikes again, releasing their first archive compilation of Piero Umiliani’s work and the first compilation focussing on the Maestro’s legacy in years.
“Studio Umiliani” is a collection of sunken treasures and hidden beauties yet to be re-released, and of stunning unpublished works surprisingly unknown for quite some time. The project, born from the initial effort of Andrea Fabrizii, who has far and wide been exploring Umiliani’s soundtracks before anyone else, led Four Flies research to seek for new unreleased recordings at the Maestro’s archive.
A challenge that Pierpaolo De Sanctis from Four Flies Records accepted without hesitation – with the help of the Umiliani family. His two daughters Alessandra and Elisabetta Umiliani, true keepers of their father’s memory, together with their husbands Francesco Argento and John Linkowski, and of course, Piero’s wife Stefania Baffa, have been pivotal in compiling this exciting project.
The result is a cross-cutting portrait of Umiliani’s activity during the golden years of his Sound Work Shop, the studio- laboratory where he has been playing, creating and experimenting with total freedom from 1969 to 1983.

DEBITO CONIUGALE

LP 180 gr. | Limited Edition 500 copies
Inner sleeve with original movie artwork included
liner notes by ANDREA FABRIZII
artwork by LUCA BARCELLONA

TRACKLIST:

A1 – Beat Al Sud
A2 – Shoppin’
A3 – Quella Sera A Piazza Navona
A4 -A Slow Down
A5 – Salmo 1970
A6 – Hot Dog
A7 – Middle Sound
A8 – Brick

B1 – Cowboy Party
B2 – Just Be Mine
B3 – Ballata Per Un Flauto
B4 – Palme
B5 – Costa Smeralda
B6 – A Un Passo Dai Lingotti
B7 – There’s A River

Holy Grail Alert! This is absolutely the rarest, and probably the best MARC 4 album ever, pressed as a library on Ricordi label (LR 10) in 1970 with the title I MARC 4 PER VOI, but composed for the original soundtrack of DEBITO CONIUGALE; a brilliant comedy directed by Franco Prosperi, and starring Barbara Bouchet and Lando Buzzanca.
A truly amazing album, ranging from jazz to bossa nova, from funk to rhythm ‘n’ blues and psychedelic – all touched with the unique and distinctive sound of I MARC 4, the premier backing band of soloists in the panorama of Italian soundtracks and library music, here accompanied by the vocal work of EDDA DELL’ORSO as well as the choir, I CANTORI MODERNI DI ALESSANDRONI.
An essential record that resonates with that distinctive Italian sound from beginning to end, and which pays tribute to the incredible work of our finest session musicians and creators, rather than of simple executors of a rustproof groove that is not affected by the passage of time. Go South Italy! Armando Trovajoli
An absolute must-have for any serious soundtrack collector, and reissued here on vinyl for the very first time!

LA FAMIGLIA BENVENUTI

Lp 180 gr. | Limited Edition 500 copies
artwork by LUCA BARCELLONA

TRACKLIST:

A1 – La Famiglia Benvenuti (Sigla Della Trasmissione E Titolo Di Testa)
A2 – Vivere Felici
A3 – F.M.B. Shake
A4 – Fettuccinata
A5 – I Giovani Benvenuti
A6 – Donato’s Blues

B1 – Si Dice Sempre Così
B2 – September Day
B3 – Decisione
B4 – Stavolta No
B5 – Se Non Ho Te
B6 – Vivere Felici

Presenting one of the greatest works by maestro ARMANDO TROVAJOLI; a solid Italian easy listening masterpiece. After its commercial debut in 1968 as an original soundtrack of famous Italian TV-movie, this record gained renewed interest in the 1990s when four tracks were compiled in the immortal Easy Tempo series. From then on, LA FAMIGLIA BENVENUTI has not only been considered one of Trovajoli’s most sought after records, but has achieved the status of being the manifesto of the Roman swinging sixties – a lively addition to the delightfully cool sounds of the late 1960s, made possible by the following key ingredients: the MARC 4 sound (a steady presence for almost every Trovajoli recording); the outstanding I CANTORI MODERNI DI ALESSANDRONI, with their unmistakable vocal harmonies; and lastly, the eccentric use of the harpsichord (a signature of Trovajoli’s spaghetti soundtracks of the period). Behold a brilliant cocktail of groovy bossa, terrific shake, catchy tunes, and pop songs, as the amazing LA DECISIONE, sung by DONATELLA LUTTAZZI, daughter of the great Lelio. An absolute must-have for any serious soundtrack collector, and reissued here on vinyl for the very first time!