For today, a set of freshly ripped Gemelli twins.
[Gemelli] GG. ST. 10.023 - Ricerca (1972)
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(mp3)Our first, "Ricerca" by Vittorio Gelmetti, is one of several outings on the label that sit firmly in the "avant-garde" camp. It features complex and often quite tense compositions pushing unusual sounds out of acoustic instruments- or as the liner notes puts it, 'using traditional instruments is in a non-traditional way'. As an example, the second track sounds like it starts by someone throwing coins on the strings of a piano, followed by someone slapping the keys of a flute, then someone playing a very rough sequence of pizzicato tones on a violin. We encounter some really cool textures and sounds throughout - surely the result of quite a bit of experimentation.
The further liner notes give an explanation of the LP's concept:
ciascun brano tende ad individuare una situazione psicologica e l'intera raccolta si articola alla maniera di un viaggio immaginario attraverso una serie di condizioni soggettive in cui viene particolarmente sollecitata la memoria, sia richiamandosi a momenti di stress, sia in rapporto a precise condizioni esterne (richiamo, partenza), affiorano talvolta brandelli di musiche «altre» (un valzerino alla francese in «solitudine» e un tipico accordo wagneriano in «attraverso»).
roughly translated:Each piece tends to individuate a psychological situation, and the entire collection is articulated in the manner of an imaginary journey through a series of subjective conditions in which memory is particularly solicited, by recalling moments of stress, by relating to a specific external condition (recollection, departure), sometimes shreds of "other" music surfaces (a French valzerino in "Solitudine" and a characteristic Wagner chord in "Attraverso").
Heady stuff.
And it absolutely works - cues like "Inquietudine" (
restlessness), "Indecisione" (indecisiveness) or "Apprensione" (apprehension) certainly convey their respective emotions very effectively.
... though how you'd
ever use this stuff for film scoring, I don't know.
So anyways, on our second LP the tracks are named after cartoon characters.
[Gemelli] GG. ST. 10-027 - Merry Melodies (1973)
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(mp3)Need a palette cleanser? This record is very cheery, light-hearted and a bit goofy. It's not all synths either, Giorgio Carnini backs the novelty electronic sounds up with a small group of acoustic instruments, including organ, piano, drums and banjo.
(p.s. Can someone identify which synth is being played on this?)
Enjoy!
