An Italian progressive rock masterpiece, Cold Nose is the debut solo outing from Franco Falsini, an Italian guitarist and producer most known as the leader of influential space […]
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A balearic ethno-jazz masterpiece, Kaunis Maa is the debut album by Italian guitarist, film composer, and philosophy student Riccardo Giagni. Giagni worked for years as a cultural curator […]
A Neapolitan jazz, disco, and rock bomb from Pugliese band Milords. Fans of Nu Genea will recognize the classic characteristics of the Neapolitan sound with beautiful melody-driven compositions, […]
Taking cues from Harold Budd and Brian Eno, Venice-born sonic alchemic Bebo Baldan (who has appeared on albums from many legends including Frank Zappa, Jon Hassell, Ryuichi Sakamoto, […]
Forty years ago, the Italian experimental artist Doris Norton helped cross a divide that changed music production: She linked an early Apple II computer to synthesized instruments, channeled […]
Atmospheres is a collection of experimental electronic compositions from Italian film and library music composer Piero Umiliani. Created during a time of “musical confusion” for Piero Umiliani, who […]
Neapolitan Power legend Tony Esposito started his career as a session musician playing percussion on classic albums by Italian icons like Alan Sorrenti, Francesco de Gregori, Lucio Dalla, […]
Gino Soccio released his third album in 1981 titled Closer, consisting of 6 major tunes that hit every emotion. The opening song “Try It Out,” is a disco […]
An obscure gem originally released in 1980 on tape only, Futuro Antico contains the hypnotic debut sessions of Walter Maioli (Aktuala) and Ricardo Sinigaglia’s “Italian cross-culture ethnic meets […]
“Four years after Nuova Napoli, Nu Genea are back with Bar Mediterraneo, a new album and journey, which projects the sounds of the Neapolitan duo formed by Massimo […]
“1988, Northeast of Italia, Treviso, Luigi Morosin founded Cabaret Du Ciel: a musical project exploring electric guitar soundscapes. Some cassettes were secretly put out on self label << […]
Italian hypnotic techno master Donato Dozzy Plays Bee Mask transforming the experimental electronic artist’s 13-minute epic “Vaporwave” into a suite of seven time-stopping ambient tracks. White noise, bell […]
A cult classic album from the ’80s Italian avant-garde music scene, Scorie by Tiziano Popoli and Marco Dalpane is a surprisingly accessible work weaving new age pop sensibilities […]
From the liner notes: “Like much Italian experimental music from that magical decade of the 80s this is not your dad’s fourth world music, with all of its […]
Implosion is a two-piece ensemble formed by self-taught musicians Gianni Rosati (guitars) and Stefano Focacci (keyboards, bass, drum machines). Driven by a very much independent approach, the duo […]
A classic from Italian duo The Countach, Aqua Marina is a downtempo house re-working of Santana’s “Aqua Marine” off of his 1979 Marathon album. Seductive, whispered vocals, light […]
We don’t often put up 12″ singles on this site but this one is a classic… A simple drum machine beat, glossy production, slightly melancholic vocals – Clio’s […]
A daytime favorite at the In Sheep’s Clothing listening bar, violinist Giusto Pio’s Motore Immobile is a sonic masterpiece from the late 70’s Italian avant-garde scene made in […]
This once unobtainable Italian library music classic was recently repressed by Sonor Music Editions and represents some of the best work of the great jazz pianist & library […]
Lucio Battisti released a slew of successful rock and pop albums in the late 60’s and early 70’s, but it would take him a few years before the […]
The debut solo LP from Italian saxophonist/composer Gianni Gebbia is a beautiful contemporary jazz masterpiece that we first discovered circulating around Japanese shops like SHE Ye, Ye and […]
If you frequented the listening bar during the daytime you might’ve caught us playing the early compositions of Roberto Cacciapaglia including the 1975 classically fashioned Sonanze (see “3rd […]
A split release between two titans of the Italian avant-garde movement with production coming from electronic pioneer Franco Battiato, Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo is one of the […]
Maria Monti, a talented Italian folk singer and actor who appeared in films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Sergio Leone, was backed by some incredible talent on her fifth […]
After the success of their first LP, The Tony Allen Experiments, in which Berlin based Nu Guinea reworked Afrobeat god Allen’s percussion into their own cosmic synth funk, […]
Italian multi-instrumentalist and composer Pepe Maina describes his music as “ambient & prog rock music for dreams and illusion.” His debut album Il Canto Dell’Arpa e Del Flauto […]
