Sun Ra And His Outer Space Arkestra
Live In Egypt Vol. I (Nature's God) (Dark Myth Equation Visitation)

To celebrate 80 years since the birth of Orquestra Afro-Brasiliera, a long-overlooked outfit that cannily combined "Yoruba spirituality, Candomble chants, West African percussion and big band jazz", producer Mario Caldato, Jr has joined forces with the last remaining member, percussionist Carlos Negrioros, to record a brand-new album in tribute. 80 Ans, the resultant set, is undeniably special: a richly percussive, spiritual, jazz-fired journey through Afro-Brazilian music that's so well produced that you can hear each instrumental and vocal element in crystal clear clarity (something that could not be said about the collective's two original albums, from 1968 and '70 respectively). Terrific stuff all told.

“Atmospheres” is one of his most interesting Piero Umiliani's albums, published in a limited edition in the mid-Seventies. A period of musical confusion even though not for him, who had always been eclectic. The charming soundtracks for Luigi Scattini's documentaries were already behind him, as was the great orchestral jazz production: his career had already been long and full of professional satisfactions. The present for the composer consisted of the scores for a number of Italian comedies and, most all, a set of sonorizations. These appeared projected into the future, thanks to their avant-garde attitude and the electronic sounds which seemed to arrive from a parallel universe.The sixteen tracks of “Atmospheres” belong to this group of works which were not tied to specific cinema projects, where the composer's incredible imprint is at its height. In all this creative freedom it is clear how the titles of several pieces pointed to specific thematic suggestions, so that they could instantly be adopted by producers and documentary film editors. A choice that is not accidental. Just like that of Musica Per Immagini which continues to select hiddentreasures from the rich catalog of the maestro to be reprinted for the first time in over forty years, remastering them from the original tapes.