From experimental and avant-garde music to radical electronic music, new wave, library music and avant-jazz, this showcase highlights the rich underground music culture of Italy, one of Europe's leading powers of experimental music.

The Rough Guide To Italian Avant-Garde Underground

gro Nu-Disco - Part 1

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- taken from "Superimpositions" (BKEDIT010)

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Hakuna Matoma grows a little bit more today. When I met Astrid S she played me a guitar demo for this song and I was so inspired...her voice and her emotion is just so incredible. We decided to do this song together, and we're excited to finally share it with the world! I want my music to follow the mood of the seasons, and as the sun is running out and we get more into the cold I think this song is just perfect. I hope you like it! #hakunamatoma #followthejourney

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Running Out

Roman

Roman (Oliver Remix)

Hurting

Hurting (C2 Runway Edit)

Paris

Paris (Aeroplane Remix)

Rêves Mecaniques

Masterplan

The year 2007 saw one of the most remarkable findings in the long treasure-hunting history of Die Schachtel: the complete set of recordings of the early manifestation (1967-1969) of one of the most legendary improv group of all times, the Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza. Rescued by the private archives of Mr. Walter Branchi, one of the original founding members – alongside with Franco Evangelisti, Ennio Morricone, Ivan Vandor, Roland Kayn, Egisto Macchi, Mario Bertoncini and John Heineman – the tapes were then restored in their entirety, but only a part of them were published in an epic 500 copies -CD-only boxset titled "Azioni 1967-1969", which also featured a DVD with the original film "Nuova Consonanza" shot by Theo Gallher during the rehearsal and the concert that the group held on March 19th and 20th, 1967, at the Galleria d'arte Moderna in Rome. Spanning from free-jazz to total abstract noise to wild electronic sounds (thanks mainly to the wizardry of Roland Kayn and Walter Branchi), their music was – and remains – one of the most dynamic, original and uncompromising expression of a period defined by intense experimentation and musical bravery, that anticipated a lot of the experiments to come in later years. Or, to put it simple, "They were utterly unique", as per the words that John Zorn – a long time admirer of the Gruppo – expressely wrote for this edition.

To mark the 10-years anniversary of its original release, and to finally make it available for the vinyl aficionados throughout the world, Die Schachtel is proud to present AZIONI/REAZIONI 1967-1969, the complete cycle of improvisations (which in fact means thirteen additional inedit pieces, spanning over 2 and a half LPs and two CDs ), taken from the original tapes, lovingly remastered by Mr. Giuseppe Ielasi and masterly cut to five black vinyls, with a new design and an even more complete information apparatus, that includes a 64 page LP-size book in English and Italian, complete with essays, memories from the members of the Group, a new article by Valentina Bertolani exploring in detail the techniques of the group (based on the enclosed DVD), a chronology and a collection of original reviews by Maurizio Farina, and – to add an additional cherry on the almost rather juicy cake - a set of stunning (and inedit) black and white photos of the group playing in the glorious Venice "Teatro della Fenice" in 1968, taken from the archives of the Venice Biennale.

Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza "Kate"

Waschmaschine

To Alter and Affect

This Eternal Vanishing

First released in 2000 as a 7" on the Bad Jazz label, then on the CD version of Solvent's Morr Music album "Solvent City" in 2001, now also available on the 2008 retrospective "Demonstration Tape" (2-CD/digital).

Problèmes d'Amour (Demo)

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