Piero Piccioni - L'Alba Dell'Uomo - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

RADIOHEAD / OK COMPUTER - CD - Even at it's most adventurous - such as the complex, multi-segmented InchParanoid AndroidInch - the band is tight, melodic, and muscular, and Thom Yorke's voice effortlessly shifts from a sweet falsetto to vicious snarls. It's a thoroughly astonishing demonstration of musical virtuosity and becomes even more impressive with repeated listens, which reveal subtleties like electronica rhythms, eerie keyboards, odd time signatures, and complex syncopations. - Yet all of this would simply be showmanship if the songs weren't strong in themselves, and OK Computer is filled with moody masterpieces, from the shimmering InchSubterranean Homesick AlienInch and the sighing InchKarma PoliceInch to the gothic crawl of InchExit Music (For a Film).Inch OK Computer is the album that establishes Radiohead as one of the most inventive and rewarding bands of the '90s. - Using the textured soundscapes of The Bends as a launching pad, Radiohead delivered another startlingly accomplished set of modern guitar rock with OK Computer. The anthemic guitar heroics present on Pablo Honey and even The Bends are nowhere to be heard here. Radiohead have stripped away many of the obvious elements of guitar rock, creating music that is subtle and textured yet still has the feeling of rock roll.

John Luther Adams - Place We Began [COMPACT DISCS] Digipack Packaging date 05/12/2009

Two CDs. CAM Sugar presents the definitive edition of SMOG, the original soundtrack composed and conducted by Piero Umiliani for Franco Rossi's film of the same name. Written and recorded in Rome in 1962, the score features an extraordinary collaboration with jazz legend Chet Baker, alongside the timeless voice of Helen Merrill. Digitally restored from the original CAM Sugar archive tapes with great care to preserve the warmth and dynamics of the analog recordings, this is the most complete and faithful version ever issued, expanded with 7 previously unreleased tracks from the original sessions. A landmark of Italian film music and European cinematic jazz, SMOG blends cool jazz phrasing, light orchestration, and minimalist textures to capture the loneliness and allure of early-1960s Los Angeles. This CAM Sugar edition is not a simple reissue, but a true work of historical and cultural restoration, further enriched with editorial content, including an essay by American screenwriter and film historian Larry Karaszewski, and personal recollections by Alessandra and Elisabetta Umiliani, the composer's daughters. A soundtrack that stands equally as a film score and an independent jazz album-elegant, suspended, and strikingly modern-this is a rare and enduring meeting of two masters.