- Digital
Giuliano Sorgini
Africa Oscura
Four Flies
- Cat No: FLIES33
- Release: 2018-10-19
Track List
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1. Giuliano Sorgini - Oasi Nella Giungla
02:58 -
2. Giuliano Sorgini - Miraggio
02:37 -
3. Giuliano Sorgini - Ricognizione
01:43 -
4. Giuliano Sorgini - Cannibali
02:33 -
5. Giuliano Sorgini - Iniziazione
02:27 -
6. Giuliano Sorgini - Notte Nella Savana
05:15 -
7. Giuliano Sorgini - Predatori
01:26 -
8. Giuliano Sorgini - Africa Oscura
01:19 -
9. Giuliano Sorgini - Sacrificio Umano
02:46 -
10. Giuliano Sorgini - Viaggio Nel Deserto
03:22 -
11. Giuliano Sorgini - Anaconda
02:03 -
12. Giuliano Sorgini - Voodoo
03:09 -
13. Giuliano Sorgini - Agguato
03:13
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FLIES 33
GIULIANO SORGINI | AFRICA OSCURA afro-dark electronic percussions LP 180gr. with inner sleeve | artwork: Luca Barcellona
The unreleased dark side of Zoo Folle!
Recorded by composer and multi-instrumentalist Giuliano Sorgini between 1974 and 1976 in his studio in Prati district in Rome, a stone’s throw from Italian television offices, Africa Oscura is a set of tracks inspired by the wildest and most obscure secrets of those lands, intended to be the background of some tv documentaries.
Some tracks were recorded during the same session of “Zoo Folle”, the album widely recognised as his masterpiece, celebrated today by the most influential connoisseurs from all over the world. Some others came right after, for a mysterious documentary whose title was supposed to be “I corsari della savana” (as stated by the credits written on the reels that we have found).
All these tracks remained unbelievably unreleased until now, forgotten on some old and dusty1⁄4-inch reels, amazingly survived up today, then transferred and restored to compile this much-needed release. A sort of concept-album about darkest Africa, with a kind of eerie mood, nearly esoteric, to which Sorgini was very close in these years, working on horror and b-movies soundtracks or experimental libraries.
All tracks are entirely played by composer himself, with drums, percussions and all sorts of analog synths overlaps, to create an afro-ambient soundscape, something halfway between electronic and minimalism, with a vibrant prog flavour. Among John Carpenter’s reminds, occultism, large prairies and Saharan landscapes, this amazing score truly reveals the creepy dark-side of “Zoo Folle”.
GIULIANO SORGINI | AFRICA OSCURA afro-dark electronic percussions LP 180gr. with inner sleeve | artwork: Luca Barcellona
The unreleased dark side of Zoo Folle!
Recorded by composer and multi-instrumentalist Giuliano Sorgini between 1974 and 1976 in his studio in Prati district in Rome, a stone’s throw from Italian television offices, Africa Oscura is a set of tracks inspired by the wildest and most obscure secrets of those lands, intended to be the background of some tv documentaries.
Some tracks were recorded during the same session of “Zoo Folle”, the album widely recognised as his masterpiece, celebrated today by the most influential connoisseurs from all over the world. Some others came right after, for a mysterious documentary whose title was supposed to be “I corsari della savana” (as stated by the credits written on the reels that we have found).
All these tracks remained unbelievably unreleased until now, forgotten on some old and dusty1⁄4-inch reels, amazingly survived up today, then transferred and restored to compile this much-needed release. A sort of concept-album about darkest Africa, with a kind of eerie mood, nearly esoteric, to which Sorgini was very close in these years, working on horror and b-movies soundtracks or experimental libraries.
All tracks are entirely played by composer himself, with drums, percussions and all sorts of analog synths overlaps, to create an afro-ambient soundscape, something halfway between electronic and minimalism, with a vibrant prog flavour. Among John Carpenter’s reminds, occultism, large prairies and Saharan landscapes, this amazing score truly reveals the creepy dark-side of “Zoo Folle”.