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Nocturnes weaves intricate layers of samples, loops, and live instrumentation, combining elements of hip-hop, dub, jazz, and electronic music, all while maintaining a sense of urban cinematic flair. 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It was later issued on the highly collectible Music Scene label rebranded as Action Beat Group (MSE-144), featuring different track titles and attributed to the pseudonym Luigi Ferracioli. Although much about him remains unknown to this day, Mario Molino was a prominent figure in the world library music, celebrated for his genre-spanning versatility. On one hand, he was a virtuoso classical guitarist, while on the other, he had a strong foundation in jazz and contemporary music. This duality, spanning from classical guitar solos to spaced out psychedelic rock with fuzzed guitars, eccentric funk-infused Hammond organ grooves, proto-hip hop, and orchestral compositions, is reflected in his discography. His catalog includes rare and sought-after releases like Antico e Moderno (C 364) on Fonit's Usignolo series, Love on Vroommm Records, Beat Gregoriano on Montecarlo, I Beats on Pentaphon, alongside numerous library and soundtracks releases. The Diamonds Four stands as a hidden gem in Molino's oeuvre, seamlessly aligning with his best releases, as it contains a superb blend of groovy psychedelic funk, breezy bossa nova, killer jazz beat tunes and expansive mood-music. 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Does Geoff Bastow have a claim for the best album title of all time? It's certainly up there. It's also one of the hardest to find library funk records. But don't let the eye-catching name fool you into thinking this isn't serious business. As a key member of Giorgio Moroder's team, the legendary Geoff Bastow shouldn't need any introduction. You'll be familiar with his singular brilliance as the brains behind the much-sampled boogie\/disco classics \"You Don't Like My Music (Hupendi Muziki Wangu?!)\" and \"Don't Stop,\" released by his group, K.I.D. But 1975's Music To Varnish Owls By is where it all began. It's packed with incredibly soulful, soothing music that -- despite being utilized a few times by Knxwledge -- remains still largely un-mined. So, beat-makers, get cracking. Born in 1949, Bastow was a Munich-based English songwriter and record producer. 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Cicely Balston's expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the records have been pressed to the highest possible standard at Record Industry in Holland. The original, iconic sleeve has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"be with","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44973068320962,"sku":"bewith168","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8351\/3794\/files\/geoffbastowmusicto.jpg?v=1740682204"},{"product_id":"the-sorcerers-in-search-of-the-lost-city-of-the-monkey-god-lp","title":"the sorcerers-in search of the lost city of the monkey god lp","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in 2020. The Sorcerers began working on a new album during the winter of 2018 and it was during the writing sessions for this album that the concept for the LP began to take shape. 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Drums, bass and percussion provide the solid foundation onto which flutes, bass clarinets, xylophones, and vibraphones add the atmospheric and melodic counterpoint, deftly weaving between one another to conjure up images of the unforgiving environment of the dense jungle, unknown eyes watching the protagonists of the imagined film as they make their way towards their ultimate goal, their pursuit by unseen assailants, the arcane mysticism of undiscovered cargo cultists and the ancient ruins of long passed civilizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/64zp0wtAqj4?si=Sg9clWYww8CKXnAz\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"ata records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45012368588994,"sku":"ata018","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8351\/3794\/files\/sorcerersinsearchof.jpg?v=1742563137"},{"product_id":"alessandroni-e-il-suo-complesso-lora-del-cocktail-lp","title":"alessandroni e il suo complesso-l'ora del cocktail lp","description":"\u003cp\u003eFar Out Recordings presents a special Record Store Day 2025 reissue of L'Ora del Cocktail, an exquisite and rare gem by the legendary Italian composer and multi-instrumentalist Alessandro Alessandroni. Originally released in the golden era of Italian library music, L'Ora del Cocktail is a sonic masterpiece that encapsulates the sophistication of mid-century cocktail culture with Alessandroni's unmistakable flair for magical melody and otherworldly brilliance. Renowned for his work on iconic Spaghetti Western scores with Ennio Morricone and his groundbreaking contributions to library music, Alessandroni channels his genius into this album, blending jazz, bossa nova, and lounge music with his signature wordless vocal arrangements and lush instrumentation. Featuring his remarkable talent on guitar, piano, and mandolincello, this album paints a vibrant portrait of 1970s cosmopolitan cool. This Record Store Day exclusive reissue has been remastered from the original tapes, offering crystal-clear fidelity while preserving the warm analog charm of the original pressing. 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Originally released on the Octopus Records imprint by Flipper Music in 1972, this obscure and spooky library has been long out-of-print -- 50 years past its release we are happy to bring this back on vinyl in collaboration with Flipper Music as a limited edition of 500 copies!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"holy basil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45094818152642,"sku":"hbr011","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8351\/3794\/files\/alessandroalessandronistorie.jpg?v=1746652849"},{"product_id":"atmo-telegiornale-lp","title":"atmo-telegiornale lp","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoly Basil is back digging through Flipper's legendary catalog, more precisely in the Octopus Records section, and after bringing back Alessandroni's Storie Di Guerra here is the return of Amedeo Tommasi's Telegiornale, released under his Atmo alias. 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Vacanze album (in English \"holidays\"), was originally released in early\/mid '70s on Sermi output, and is one of the most elusive records from the label out there. From refined lounge music to stunning jazz-funk and groovy vibes, this album features an unbelievable set of the coolest themed music from the whole library scene, with maestro Rino De Filippi's harpsichord on evidence in many tracks and soaring, lounge-y and dreamy moods throughout the entire album. A superlative recording, with an incredible sleeve design that has obsessed library collectors for years, and for sure among the best releases from the gold Sermi label along with Nel Mondo Del Lavoro. 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Up-and-coming Leeds trumpeter Olivia Cuthill was chosen to augment the brass sections, and regular collaborator Danny Templeman fills out the percussion palette. As ever, the Ethiopique sound is front and center, as evidenced in flute features \"Bebaynetu\" and \"Kid Mahout,\" and the final track, alto sax feature \"She Who Perceives The Sounds Of The World.\" Beyond the Addis influences, I Too Am A Stranger references other unique and striking sounds that have always enthralled members of the ATA family: the declamatory baritone sax-heavy chanbara soundtracks of Fumio Hayasaka, the fuzzed-out vibes sound of Vibrafinger-era The Stark Reality, and Moondog's popping woodblocks. I Too Am A Stranger is a resolutely maximal endeavor, reflecting the cosmopolitan and cross-cultural networks that comprise the world. The Sorcerers pay homage to the rich history and cultural significance of this influential style of music while bringing their own unique energy and perspective to the table. 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On Il Ponte Dell'Asia, Umiliani constructs a cinematic bridge between continents, layering modal melodies, sinuous flutes, shimmering vibraphones, and richly orchestrated strings over hypnotic rhythms and subtly psychedelic touches. The result is a masterful fusion of East-meets-West that channels both travelogue fantasy and avant-garde sophistication -- a rare synthesis of traditional instrumentation and modernist sensibility. Exported from the original tapes, and pressed on high-quality vinyl with faithfully restored artwork, this reissue offers a long-overdue return to one of Umiliani's most immersive sonic journeys, an essential for fans of Italian library music, film scores, and genre-defying jazz. 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Almost all of the artists for the eighth art have finalized at least one or more music libraries. Names famous and not, old and young composers, real outsiders and meteors, usually hidden behind pseudonyms: this is the case, for example, of Braen and Peymont. The first needs no introduction, it was the one adopted by the former arranger, multi- instrumentalist, singer and composer Alessandro Alessandroni. The second is closely linked to the mysterious American composer, but resident in Italy, David Hoyt Kimball. The two are authors in different measure of an interesting album with an experimental background, Paese Sotto Inchiesta (1971), originally published by Flirt Records. The titles of the tracks appear in connection with the socio-cultural climate of Italy after 1968 and can be relocated as a background for journalistic-like images. The latter is a hypothesis not supported by facts, but some titles seem to be referred to the perception of a subsisting economic backwardness of the southern regions compared to the other ones; to a situation of collective tension, thanks to the global revolutions; in addition to the new concerns with an ecological background. Overall, the seventeen tracks on the album are mostly \"dirty,\" characterized by an even atonal setting, with long repetitions in a noisy key, more fundamental reverbs and echoes for the different keyboard instruments. In a few words, abstract sounds, some guitar notes, echoes of Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, flute melodies and proto- ambient intuitions. Composers like Alessandro Alessandroni and David Hoyt Kimball deserve to be rediscovered. 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Originally released in microscopic quantities and long considered a holy grail of Italian library music, the album has now been lovingly restored and reissued in its most faithful analog form. Under the alias Complesso Gisteri, Alessandroni and De Filippi explored a warm, pastoral palette that distills everything collectors cherish about early-'70s Italian soundtracks and library sessions. Alessandroni's unmistakable guitar style -- lyrical, shimmering, instantly evocative -- sets the tone throughout, weaving effortlessly around De Filippi's expressive keyboards, from rich piano passages to the crystalline touch of spinet and harpsichord, an emblematic signature of the era's finest Italian productions. The duo enriches these intimate arrangements with flute flourishes and the ethereal vocal textures of Giulia De Mutiis, whose wordless melodies elevate several pieces into dreamy, almost cinematic vignettes. 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From Jonny: \"My first encounter with Peter Patzer was when I was writing and researching the updated and fully expanded version of The Music Library Book, published by Fuel. The initial book -- called The Music Library, was the first ever overview of library music and the wild, unpredictable graphic art of their sleeves. It was first published in 2005 and featured about 400 sleeves and about 120 library companies over 200+ pages. The book was based on over a decade of intense library LP collecting by myself and a handful of other geeky weirdos and made for fascinating and revealing reading and looking. A few years later the price of the original book had gone bananas. But the geeky weirdos like me had all carried on voraciously consuming and collecting library music so I strongly felt the first book could easily be doubled in size with new info, new sleeves and many newly discovered lost library companies. Which is exactly what I set about doing. The Music Library expanded edition came out in 2015. You have to realize here that The Music Library book was very much a first -- until its unexpected arrival (and even the arrival of the much larger expanded edition) there was no published survey, accessible catalogue or anything about international library music. It was still an odd old world shrouded in some historical mystery -- even the internet had not really caught up. And I was still finding unusual British one-off library LPs, more unusual Italian library diversions, hidden French funky things and then I finally found Peter Patzer. From Germany. Hidden away in a very obscure music library corner. All on his own. Peter was unusual in that he was an artist and musician who made his own music and issued it all on his own library, called Crea Music, based out of Bremen in North Germany. Over a series of eight white vinyl LPs produced in the 1980s, Peter Patzer created synth heavy experiments for possible use in film, TV, video and anything else coming along. All his LPs had the same simple red, white and blue sleeve and a typed name and number. 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Credited to Lee Mason \u0026amp; His Orchestra, the album is in fact the work of renowned British composer and arranger Pete Moore -- best known for producing the iconic \"Asteroid\" theme in 1968 for the Pearl \u0026amp; Dean cinema advertising company. One of the funkiest library albums of its era, blending cinematic tension, funky grooves, and jazzy undertones, Music By Lee Mason features the track \"Shady Blues,\" famously sampled by Madlib. Newly remastered and featuring liner notes by Kevin Le Gendre, this long-overdue reissue brings a lost classic back to vinyl for the first time since 1971. Recorded at the dawn of the prolific '70s UK library music boom, Music By Lee Mason was part of the successful Chappell Recorded Music series -- produced for television, film, and advertising professionals. Working under the \"Lee Mason\" alias, Pete Moore used the format to explore a wide palette of sounds: funky rhythm sections, fat horns, bumping bass lines, and catchy melodies that reveal both sophistication and swing. Across its eleven tracks, the album moves seamlessly between funky grooves, jazzy arrangements, and cinematic moods. \"Shady Blues\" in particular has become a cult favorite among crate-diggers, its slow-burning groove later sampled by Madlib for the Lootpack track \"Answers\" featuring Quasimoto, giving the piece new life in the spheres of hip-hop and digging culture. A prolific composer and orchestrator for television, radio, and film, Pete Moore (1924-2013) worked with the likes of Peggy Lee, Fred Astaire, and Connie Francis, bridging the worlds of orchestral scoring and modern jazz-pop arrangement. 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