I Fenomeni ‎- Un Vuoto Appeso 2013 (Psych-Out Records)

Label : Psych-Out Records (re: Merlins Nose Records 2016)

Value :

Here we go and check some rather fresh band : I FENOMENI, formed in 2010 in Italy with the intention to create the dirtiest and most fuzzed out garage beat ever. Dirty guitar sounds and cheesy Farfisa organ lines on a solid and straightly pushing rhythmical substraction with some melodic vocals sung in Italian language are the ingredients of a joy – and colorful record that feels like a lost gem from not later than 1967. Nobody could tell this was first released in 2013 and reissued right now. Sound, interplay, melodies and spirit speak of smoky clubs with swirls of colors ornamenting the walls and acid drenched drinks being served by topless waitresses in short skirts.
You find yourself back in the mid sixties when it all began and the music here brings to mind tons of popular acts from that era. Starting with the early BYRDS, moving along to the US underground heroes such as THE SEEDS, THE STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK, THE THIRD BARDO or the later ANIMALS and psyched out JEFFERSON AIRPLANE stuff. If you look for innovations, please stop reading and grab some modern progressive rock for your own joy but if you want to be swallowed into a tunnel of sounds and colors where you can trip easy and free, this is yours. Despite the rather short length of these acid garage beat tunes you will leave what people call reality for a while. Everything here just grabs my soul and melts it away. Memorable melodies, moody riffs and those simmering fuzzed out lead guitars get me lose my senses.
This is definitely addictive stuff. If you are a fan of current acid rock like BABY WOODROSE you will not only dig but definitely worship I FENOMENI. The language is rather not important in this context as the voice alone is commanding and you understand the message without understanding the language. Beautiful and haunting. A must have for all psyche and garage freaks. By Merlins Nose Records

 
Taste :

I Fenomeni - Ti aspetto ancora

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ZacF Vs Χρηστάκης - Έμαθα πως είσαι μάγκας (Retromaniax Mix)

Zac F - They say that you are a tough guy in Dub ZacF Vs Χρηστάκης - Έμαθα πως είσαι μάγκας (Retromaniax Mix)

John Keating ‎– Space Experience 1972 (Studio 2 Stereo)

Label : Studio 2 Stereo

Value :

John "Johnny" Keating (10 September 1927 – 28 May 2015) was a Scottish musician, songwriter and arranger.

Keating arranged and conducted a series of albums for London Records' Phase 4 series, notable for its use of synthesiser technology such as the Moog synthesizer and the EMS VCS 3. The records were often used as demonstration discs in the 1970s in Hi-Fi stores because of their quality. Much of his work was rereleased following the Lounge music revival of the mid 1990s and its use as breakbeats.

Taste :

John Keating - The Unknown Planet

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Space : 1999 The Future Is Fantastic! 1976 (Power Records)

Label : Power Records

Value :

«Διάστημα 1999» (αγγλ. “Space 1999”) είναι αγγλική τηλεοπτική σειρά επιστημονικής φαντασίας, που προβλήθηκε σε 48 συνολικά επεισόδια κατά τη διάρκεια των ετών 1975-1978 στο βρετανικό τηλεοπτικό κανάλι ITV και αποτελεί την επιτυχή εξέλιξη των παλαιότερων παραγωγών του καναλιού BBC της δεκαετίας του ‘60, οι οποίες ήταν γυρισμένες σε στούντιο. Δημιουργοί της είναι οι Τζέρι και Σίλβια Άντερσον, που έγιναν διάσημοι χάρη στην παραγωγή των σειρών «Thunderbirds», «Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons», «Fireball XL5» και «UFO».

Label : Power Records

Value :

Στις 13 Σεπτεμβρίου του μελλοντικού έτους 1999, στην κατοικημένη από γήινους Σελήνη, μια πυρηνική έκρηξη που σημειώνεται εκτρέπει το δορυφόρο από την τροχιά του με αποτέλεσμα οι 311 κάτοικοι της «Σεληνόβασης Άλφα» να περιπλανώνται αβοήθητοι στο αχανές σύμπαν.

Οι βασικοί πρωταγωνιστές του σίριαλ ήταν οι Αμερικανοί ηθοποιοί Μάρτιν Λαντάου (στο ρόλο του Διοικητή Τζον Κόνιγκ) και Μπάρμπαρα Μπέιν (στο ρόλο της Δρ. Έλενα Ράσελ), οι οποίοι την εποχή που γυρίστηκε η σειρά ήταν σύζυγοι και είχαν προηγουμένως μια επιτυχή εμφάνιση στη σειρά «Mission: Impossible». Η επιλογή του συγκεκριμένου ζεύγους που έγινε από τον παραγωγό Λιου Γκρέιντ (κόντρα στην επιθυμία της Σίλβια Άντερσον, που επέμενε για Βρετανούς ηθοποιούς) έχει να κάνει με την προσπάθεια να προσελκυσθεί το ενδιαφέρον του Αμερικανικού τηλεοπτικού κοινού, με πιθανό στόχο η σειρά να πωληθεί σε κάποιο από τα μεγάλα τηλεοπτικά δίκτυα των ΗΠΑ.

Σαν τακτικά μέλη του καστ εμφανίσθηκαν επίσης ο Μπάρι Μορς (υποδυόμενος τον καθηγητή Βίκτορ Μπέργκμαν την πρώτη χρονιά), η Κάθριν Σελ (που ενσάρκωσε το ρόλο της εξωγήινης καλλονής Μάγια, τη δεύτερη σεζόν), η Ζίνια Μέρτον (σαν Σάντρα Μπινς), οι Άντον Φίλιπς (σαν Δρ. Ματίας), Πρέντις Χάνκοκ (Πολ Μόρο), Κλίφτον Τζόουνς (Ντέιβιντ Κέινο), Τόνυ Άνχολτ (Τόνυ Βερντέσι), Άντι Ντέμσι, Σάρα Μπούλεν, Τόνυ Άλιν και Κουέντιν Πιερ .
Επίσης, χάρις στο σίριαλ έγινε ευρύτερα γνωστός ο Αυστραλός ηθοποιός Νικ Τέιτ (σαν Άλαν Κάρτερ).

Έκτακτες εμφανίσεις πραγματοποίησαν οι Κρίστοφερ Λη, Τζόαν Κόλινς, Πέτερ Κούσινγκ, Τζούντυ Γκίσον, Ίαν Μακσέιν, Λέο Μακέρν, Μπίλυ Γουάιτλο, Πάτρικ Θρότον, Σάρα Ντάγκλας, Στιούαρτ Ντέιμον, Ρόι Ντότρις (σαν Επίτροπος Σίμοντς) και Μπράιαν Μπλέσντ.By Wiki

* Το original soundtrack ανηκει στον Ennio Morricone*

Taste :

Space: 1999 - TV intro (season 1)

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Les Baxter ‎– Hell's Belles 1969 (Sidewalk)

Label : Sidewalk

Value :

Fantastic funkiness! Although Les Baxter's best known for his easy listening work in the late 50s/early 60's, this 1969 biker flick soundtrack is a motherlode of funky funky tracks, and a veritable cornucopia of breakbeats! Highlights include the classics "Hogin' Machine" and "Hot Wind", but there's lots of other nice ones like "Soul Groove" and "Scoobee Doo". The drums are nice and hard, and there's plenty of fuzzy fuzzy guitar to go around nicely! A few tracks have vocals, but the instrumentals more than make up for any weak spots. Essential.

Taste :

Les Baxter - Hogin' Machine

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Yuji Ohno - Captain Future 2014 (Victory)

Label : Victory (Unofficial Release)

Value : From 40 to 60 euros

This isn't your everyday sci-fi animé score - Yuji Ohno's classy compositions for this 1970s TV series are more inspired by jazz and pop than the futuristic world inhabited by the characters. imagine a world of New York cops and private eyes, filtered through an eastern eye and transported to Japanese animation - that might get you in the direction of these masterful compositions. Easy as it is to make such claims, we feel this must have been an inspiration for a certain pair of French robots when they set about putting together their pop-tinged second album. Let it inspire you today, and step into the future.By Bleep

Taste :

Yuji Ohno - Shinobi Yoru Invader

Yuji Ohno - Ijimoto No Eden

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Peter King ‎– Shango 2002 (Afro Strut)

Label : Afro Strut (Re: 2013 by Mr.Bongo records)

Value :

Composer and multi-instrumentalist is a seminal yet under-recognized artist on the Nigerian music scene of the 1970s. Though he recorded nine albums in Africa, the U.S., and U.K., Shango is the only one currently available. Recorded in 1974, Peter King's Shango is a mixture of hard African rhythms, James Brown-styled funk, jazzed-up horn arrangements, and political messages.

From the standpoint of the Lagos scene, the album is a classic of the period rivaling virtually anything that Fela or Tony Allen were putting across at the time. With King blowing deep-groove soul and out jazz saxophone solos above the chants, the music becomes a boiling pot of hip-shaking sexiness and rage. King being a formally trained musician outside of Nigeria (one of the schools he attended was the Berklee College of Music), his conception of harmony is revolutionary as he strides blues, R&B, soul, post-bop jazz, whole-tone variations, and counterpoint to edgily shift the focus of each tune on the set -- note the sweet soul blowing on "Prisoner of Law" that becomes a big band extrapolation of seven shades in the key of C.

The title track choogles along, burning underneath with a series of percussive contrapuntal moves that accent a bassline already fragmenting under the power of the groove, and "Freedom Dance" takes the Brown ethic of overdriven funked-up brass aesthetics into territory that reflects both Eastern repetitive chanting and the gospel shout and roll of Ray Charles. There isn't a weak second here, not a maudlin note. Everything here is so deeply blue it's the brightest black you've ever heard.

Taste :

Peter King - Now I'm a Man

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By Electric Looser