Mario Nascimbene - Psycorama

1LP Vinyl - SIR018LP

If conceivable, imagine a collaboration between Brian Eno and Aphex Twin, both in their ambient periods, recording stock music for an Italian Library music label. If so, then behold Psycorama!, a collection of experimental music used to soundtrack a series of films and documentaries produced by the Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini. Composed by Mario Nascimbene, a name synonymous with the golden age of Italian film music, a composer whose grandiose scores of the 1950s and 60s defined the very essence of Cinecitta. While the widespread influence of these soundtracks is undeniable, it is beyond the commercial domain of the major studios where this compendium takes focus, revealing a deeper, darker and more complex composer. Forged on the ‘Mixerama’, a unique homemade sampling instrument, Nascimbene employed visionary techniques to deconstruct and render sound, sculpting pre-existing recordings into intense and evocative other-worldly soundscapes (most notably used for the 1971 existential TV drama Socrates and the 1969 Egyptian modernist film Al-Mummia (The Night Of Counting The Years). Previously unpublished except for a lone and mysterious Library music LP, the soundtrack cues are collected here for their first commercial release. Psycorama is a fascinating document of electro-acoustic music comparable to the beautifully dark music of fellow colleague Egisto Macchi. Including liner notes and rare photos.

• Reissue of a rare Italian experimental Library LP.
• Music used to soundtrack Roberto Rossellini films.
• Pioneering sampling techniques and tape manipulation.
• Brian Eno’s Music For Airports meets Aphex Twin’s Ambient Works II!

Condition:

Media: Mint (M)

Sleeve: Mint (M)

Track List: 

A1. Totalità Violini
A2. Totalità Viole-Celli
A3. Totalità Celli-Bassi
A4. Totalità D'archi
A5. Vento Musicale
A6. Riverbero Di Tam Tam
A7. Situazione Orientale
A8. Attesa Antica
A9. Rievocazione Lontana
B1. Lunare
B2. Pensiero Lontano
B3. Classicheggiante
B4. Tragedia Greca
B5. Angoscia
B6. Percussione Variata
B7. Percussione A Strappate
B8. Percussione Di Bassi
B9. Percussione Di Timpani
B10. Aritmica Di Tremolo