never listen to this genre of music, but this is one of the best mixes on NTS for the recent past! fantastic

FLIES 52 - Piero Umiliani (alias M. Zalla) | PAESAGGI

excerpts:
A3 - Risaie
A1 - Prime nebbie
A5 - Ciliegi in fiore
B1 - Pianure d'Asia
B2 - Tanto lontano
B3 - Borgo montano
B4 - Laguna tropicale
A2 - Nel parco

Finally putting an end to a long wait for library music lovers, Four Flies Records is proud to present the first reissue of Piero Umiliani’s PAESAGGI – a record that, despite remaining for many years pretty obscure compared to other titles in the maestro’s discography, is now regarded by collectors and experts as the gold standard in Italian library music.
 
Originally released in two versions with different sleeves, the first on Liuto Records in 1971 and the second on Ciak Record in 1980, the album features tracks composed by the maestro himself (under his alias Zalla) and performed by the legendary super-group of Italian session players I Marc 4, this time with Angelo Baroncini instead of Carlo Pes on guitars (which probably explains the name being spelled with a ‘k’ instead of a ‘c’ on the album cover).
 
The Italian word PAESAGGI means “landscapes”, and that is exactly what the music in the album has been designed to evoke – a journey of moods and emotions, through exotic and pastoral scenery, with loungey sounds that caress your ears like the song of an enchanted nightingale. Mysterious yet captivating soundscapes transport you to a faraway and peaceful place, possibly somewhere in rural Asia. While listening to the record, you’ll feel as if you are sitting under a pavilion, right in the middle of a tea plantation, enjoying a freshly brewed green tea and watching the calm sunset.
 
In addition, Paesaggi is paradigmatic of Italian library music and its genre-defying nature. By using a multitude of instruments, such as flute, vibraphone, harpsichord, sitar, gong and others, it brings together a variety of arrangements, styles, and genres spanning from bossa nova to jazz, easy listening to psychedelic, Latin, exotica, and many more.
 
Under Umiliani’s brilliant direction, the pianos and keyboard instruments of Antonello Vannucchi, the guitars of Angelo Baroncini, the bass of Maurizio Majorana, and the drums of Roberto Podio dance together and – enriched by other instruments played by top session musicians like Bruno Battisti D'Amario (sitar), Franco De Gemini (harmonica), or Franco Chiari (vibraphone) – create the sound that makes Paesaggi so unique.
 
With the honour of reissuing this masterpiece so many decades since its release comes a responsibility to do full justice to one of the greatest Italian composers of the 20th century and his now celebrated legacy. Four Flies have done their best to put out a record that replicates as closely as possible the value of the original as a cultural artefact, providing Italian library connoisseurs and novices alike with an exquisite sonic, and tactile, experience.
 
Paesaggi will be available in 3 different formats:
Limited Edition Vinyl LP – 1971 album cover, thick tip-on sleeve, 700 copies only
Vinyl LP –  1980 album cover;
First ever CD version – 1980 album cover

Piero Umiliani | PAESAGGI

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Sean Nicholas Savage & Better Person
Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)
written by Chris Isaak
Mix Master By Dawid Szczesny of Normal Echo
Special thanks To Jimi Hey for turning us on to the tune
and Karolini for a hand with it
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Sean Nicholas Savage & Better Person - Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me) - Chris Isaak Cover

Originally aired on Sirius XMU on February 19 2016.

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NTS Guest Mix

The finest and rarest chapter of EMANUELLE saga by the cult maestro Nico Fidenco and his loyal orchestra director Oscar Lindok (Giacomo Dell'Orso). Majestic original soundtrack of the sex thriller movie "EMANUELLE IN AMERICA" from 1977 directed by the legendary Joe D'Amato. Sexploitation cult and acclaimed director's third instalment of Black Emanuelle film series starring Dutch actress Laura Gemser. The deepest, intense and most thrilling volume of Black Emanuelle adventures with the best music cuts of the whole series. Spellbinding, breathtaking and wordless music with dreamy orchestral movements, unbelievable downtempo Funk and timeless beats, mental Afro-beat and dancing percussion, sweet Psychedelic guitars, subtle female chorus, heavy strings and orchestra, loungy sounds, driving funky drums and so on. Essential Italian OST masterpiece, top-notch recording for any fan of soundtrack music. Artwork is by the maestro Sandro Symeoni.

1. EMANUELLE IN AMERICA THEME
2. TROUBLE
3. SPELLBOUND
4. EMANUELLE IN AMERICA SWEET
5. VENICE REPORTAGE
6. EMANUELLE IN AMERICA DREAM

Mixed by Lorenzo Fabrizi
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Emanuelle In America

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Alice Coltrane - Reflection on Creation and Space (A 

Five Year View) LP 1973 [FULL ALBUM]

REFLECTION ON CREATION AND SPACE
Released — 1973
Recorded — 1968 - 1972
Length — 1:20:41
Label — Impulse! Records
Producer — Alice Coltrane, Bob Thiele, Ed Michel


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Alice Coltrane - Reflection On Creation And Space (A Five Year View) LP 1973 [FULL ALBUM]

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