Alex Serra ‎– Atmosfere (1974, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1. Old Castle (1:42)
A2. Antonello's Dream (2:37)
A3. Alonissos (3:05)
A4. Blue Boat (2:30)
A5. Dracmas for Taxi (2:55)
A6. Il Fiore Rosso (4:35)
B1. La Fabbrica Dei Pazzi (3:30)
B2. Torreveneri (2:15)
B3. L'Incubo Del Cronometro (3:19)
B4. Il Sogno Di Mike (2:27)
B5. Alex Mood (2:45)
B6. Green Sea (2:16)

Quite an elusive album issued on the obscure Iller label from Rome. I don’ know much about Serra except that he was a jazzman who worked as a session player for various Italian jazz labels. I believe he was a drummer. Atmosfere is an incredible incidental set of hypnotic tribal and psychedelic-baroque mood music. Sometimes reminding me of the German composers Siegfried Schwab and Manfred Hubler’ score to Jess Franco’ legendary cult film, Vampyros Lesbos. The music is very similar to Piero Umiliani’ trilogy of superb erotic-exotic scores, Il Corpo, La Ragazza Fuoristrada and La Ragazza Dalla Pelle Di Luna.