Psichiatria Primo Piano – Psichiatria Primo Piano (2013, Cassette, Italy)

Tracklist:

A. Cascata

B. Sollievo Dal Terrore

Recorded By – Stefano Iannone/ N. Ritter

Recorded 2012-2013 in Italy + Wisconsin

The haunter mastermind behind Spettro Family, takes us on an all-new journey. Psichiatria Primo Piano revels in the heights of Italian symphonic progressive keyboard music; but despite this cassette being well within that sub-tradition, it also looks towards a far beyond future. Throughout the album, while manic shifts in style and texture continue to churn and churn, they haphazardly orbit into a kaleidoscopic universe of musical miniatures. At times these vignettes begin as elaborate deconstructions of the syncopated structures of prog-rock, but just as quickly evolve into massive collages that can bring to mind anything from radio rock, kosmiche musik, death metal, nursery rhymes, library music, Skinny Puppy, Phillip Glass, The Residents, Goblin, Stockhausen, and on and on. Aided and enabled by contributions from Nathaniel Ritter (Circulation of Light, Kinit Her, et al), this composition moves fast and rushes past you like the end of a dream, full of colors ecstatic, tranquil, and grotesque. (Heathen Harvest)

Nino Nardini ‎– Musique Pour Le Futur (1971, LP, France)

An experimental, musique concrete, sci-fi masterpiece. Originally recorded for Crea Sound Ltd., a sub-label of Louis Delacour's Neuilly imprint, Musique Pour Le Futur finds the French composer, arranger, producer, possible time-traveler, and all around music library legend Nino Nardini experimenting with synthesizers, percussions, prepared piano, echo, and special effects. Fans of electronic oddities, eerie cinematic audio-landscapes, Piero Umiliani, Ruth White, Tod Dockstaeder or Bernard Parmegiani, will rejoice at this full-length musical adventure that could very well be the soundtrack for a film in which characters from a '70s Italian horror movie visit a distant (forbidden) planet from a '50s sci-movie. It's bizarre, hypnotizing, slightly spooky, always out-of-this-world, and goddamn brilliant. Nino Nardini, also known as Georges Teperino, had a very fruitful career in library music, much like longtime collaborator Roger Roger. He composed a very large amount of works for French and British libraries which continues to be featured in numerous programs (radio, TV, films) all around the world. His passion for electronic music experimentations began in the late '60s and kept going until the '80s.

Dubravko Detoni / John Keliehor / John Lewis ‎– Avantgarde (1974, LP, Croatia / England)

Trucking right along, here’s the 1974 second entrant from British library Studio G’s “Avant Garde” series, featuring a trilogy of pieces composed by none other than “Acezantez” head Dubravko Detoni - only his second LP release following the storied “Graphie I.II.III / Phonomorphia 1.2.3” LP for Philips’ Prospective 21e Siècle series from a few short years prior.

Laid out with familiar Library-lexicon panache - the three pieces are described as “Acoustics for Piano Effects and Cello,” “Piano Effects and Electronics,” and “For Orchestra and Electronics” - Detoni’s music here is concerned with dense Electro-Acoustic grapplings with small-group instrumental timbres rivaling his “Above-Board” work for Jugoton. In particular the piano-transform piece “Phonomorphia” is a fantastically dark Musique Concrète workout that calls to mind such canonic work as Raaijmakers’ “Pianoforte,” yet retaining Dubravko’s extended sense of space & dense tonal clusterings.

To round things out, there’s a piece by Studio G regulars - their pieces dot the tracklistings of both “Dramatic and Horror” volumes along with many Bruton & Standard Libraries - John Lewis & John Keliehor consisting of some very cinematic atonal organ & a-rhythmic marching-band figures that erupt into a big grisly blowout worthy of the closing credits of a Lucio Fulci film. (Soundohm)

Pierre Henry / Michel Colombier ‎– Messe Pour Le Temps Present (1967, 2xLP, France)

This is the much admired, somewhat groovy and extremely experimental Messe Pour Le Temps Present from French composer Pierre Henry - one of the pioneers of the music concrete movement. Recorded in 1967, Messe Pour Le Temps Present was originally scored for a Maurice Bejart ballet, Henry being an ardent admirer of the French choreographers work. Messe Pour Le Temps Present was one of a handful of collaborations with Bejart and Pierre Henry even travelled the world as sound engineer with Bejart's group.

Art Zoyd Studio ‎– Expériences De Vol # 8 (2010, CD, France)

Songs / Track list
1. Jesper Nordin Pendant I (11:46)
2. Jesper Nordin Pendant II (7:38)
3. Jesper Nordin Pendant III (8:42)
4. Steve Reich Reed Phase (9:14)
5. Carol Robinson Laima (21:18)
6. Karlheinz Stockhausen Solo (15:29)

Composer
Karlheinz Stockhausen / Carol Robinson / Steve Reich / Jesper Nordin

Performer
Ensemble l'Itinéraire / Dominique Dournaud / Carl Faia / Serge Bertocchi / Carol Robinson

Musicians
Basset Horn – Carol Robinson (5)
Composed By – Carol Robinson (5), Jesper Nordin (1/2/3), Karlheinz Stockhausen (6), Steve Reich (4)
Conductor – Dominique Dournaud (1/2/3)
Electronics – Carl Faia
Ensemble – Ensemble L'Itinéraire (1/2/3)
Soprano Saxophone – Serge Bertocchi (4/6)