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BACK IN STOCK !!!Limited Edition 500 Gatefold LP 180 gr. + CD BonusUrban jazz-funk, latenite breaks, cinematic prog & psych from Italian RCA film music vaults (1970-1976)A trip into unchartered Italian RCA film music vaults, including lots of unreleased gems from great Italian soundtrack Maestros such as Alessandro ALESSANDRONI, Giuliano SORGINI, Piero UMILIANI, Alberto BALDAN BEMBO, Giovanni TOMMASO, and so on. As an uninterrupted flow of lost soundtracks from the most subversive and psychedelic age of Italian cinema, ESTERNO NOTTE evokes, above all, the night time cityscape settings of Italian movies of the 70's (thriller, horror, erotic, comedy, noir, and action). It captures that spirit and its musical core with a captivating concentration of funk, jazz-funk, deep breaks, prog and psych - all capable of seducing even today's dancefloors.LISTEN HERE :https://soundcloud.com/fourfliesrecords/esternonotte

Early Sounds presents this compilation of Qvark’s demo recordings (early 80’s band from Milan) which is an important find to define the sound of late 70's and early 80's Italian club sound.Milan, Italy, 1983. In the midst of the 80s economic boom, which gave an injection of optimism after the heavily political 70s, a group of young local musicians meet every night in a basement to rehearse and record a peculiar breed of Italian disco music.Originated from the ashes of various other projects, and rooted in the broader jazz-funk tradition, the group creates music which is equally inspired by contemporary fusion as well as by the first wave of the italo-disco sound. Over approximately 3 years the band has recorded and played live, until the dismantling of the project towards the mid 80's.Fast forward 35 years and the genuinely mediterranean flavor of Qvark's demo recordings are still enjoyable, both for the actual resurgence of the Italian disco tradition and for the groovy quirkiness of a project which has been too long forgotten. After an intense work of audio restoration of such tapes, heavily affected by time, Early Sounds presents a compilation which is an important find to define the sound of late 70's and early 80's Italian club sound."

Limited 12"

Ultra spacey, pitched down, cosmic anthem based around fellow Italian band Traks' "Drums Power" record. Orange vinyl – 500 copies hand-numbered It takes the rhythm track and adds a wealth of killer sound FX, synth washes and sinister vocoded voices inviting us to join them in some intergalactic space travel. Released in 1982 on Full Time records off-shoot Good Vibes, "Space Operator" would not sound out of place on DJ Harvey's infamous "Sarcastic" mix, this one's a real bullet for all the Italo, cosmic, esoteric Disco freaks.

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