Various Artists - Ionosphere / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In the summer of 1970, Dr. Amnon Shiloah captured a small sampling of the Greek Jewish musical tradition that had survived for millennia until the WWII-era Holocaust nearly obliterated this community. The religious and secular vocals represent three styles The Byzantine (Romaniot), the Judeo-Spanish (Sephardic) and Italian (from Salento in Apulia-Puglia). Album Tracks 1. Adonay Malakh - Psalm 93 2. Yom Shabbaton - Day of Rest 3. Yom Shabbat Ein Kamohu - the Sabbath Day Is Unique 4. El D?O Alto - God Most High 5. Kamti Be-Ashmoret - I Got Up at Dawn 6. Ahot Ketana - Little Sister 7. Et Sha'are Ratzon - a Moment of Grace 8. Et Sh'are Ratzon - a Moment of Grace 9. Keter - the Trisagion, for the Day of Atonement 10. Ein Addir Kadonay - There Is None Mightier Than God 11. Purim Purim - Song for the Carnival Feast of Purim 12. Had Gadya - the Song of the Kid 13. Llamolo a Mose - He Called on Moses 14. Odekha Ki ' Anitani - I Thank Thee That Thou Has Answered Me 15. Amon Yom Ze - Glorified Is This Day 16. Alavar Alavaremos - a Circumcision Song in Judeo-Spanish 17. Yerusha Nahalah - a Circumcision Hymn 18. Excerpts from a Circumcision Ceremony 19. Tora Ta Pulia - a Wedding Song in Greek 20. Si Tu Me Quierias Como Yo Tu Quiero - If You Only Wanted Me As I Want You 21. Cante de Novia - Song for the Bride 22. El Rey de Francia Tres Hijas Tenia - the King of France Had Three Daughters 23. Lavaba la Blanca Ni?A - the Pure Maiden Washes 24. Ma?A?A y Ma?A?A - Morning at Morning

Album Tracks 1. Fleeting Clouds - Dannon Yogurt 2. Pastorella - Bollo Wine 3. A Fleeting Glimpse - Ship & Shore Fashions 4. A Walk Thro' the Meadows - London Fog 5. Guitarama - Coty Perfume 6. Theme for Two Lovers - Volkswagen 7. Walking on Velvet - Revlon 8. Slow Glow - Lincoln/Mercury 9. Sun Trap - Ford Motors 10. Pilgrams' Way - Xerox 4000 11. Beat Bossa Nova - Oldsmobile 12. Rockaway - Buick-Station Wagon 13. Apollo 15 - Zenith TV 14. Powerhouse - Atlas Tires 15. Devil's Delight - Shell Steel-Belted Tires

Federica Grappasonni aka Mistura Pura is an Italian DJ, composer, singer, vinyl collector and music producer. She started to play and produce music at the age of 19 in Bologna, Italy. Before becoming a DJ she wrote and performed her songs live, either as a duo or with a complete band. In the 'Acid Jazz' era she was totally immersed in Bossanova, Jazz-funk and Jazzy Hip Hop music. At the time she wrote poetry and songs, singing melodies that burned in her mind. 'Ed è...' is one of the first songs she wrote. While 'Vamo Vive' is the result of the mix of more songs connected as part of her repertoire, made as a later piece of her musical puzzle. At the end of the '90s and for the following decade Federica became known in the so called 'lounge scene' as a selector with Mistura Pura DJ sets in great demand, she gained residencies in the most beautiful and cool places in Milan, the isle of Panarea, Eolian Islands, and Sicily. Coming into the present day she decided to edit and rework some of her repertoire with both songs being revisited while keeping the original voice she recorded at the time and with the support of the pianist and co-arranger Alberto Napolioni and the flautist Carlo Nicita whom worked very well to define the harmonies of the musical works. After 25 years from that period and during the pandemic, Federica repeatedly told herself as a loop 'go to live Fede'. It was during a walk on the beach that she remembered capturing a frame of a couple of children building a castle in the sand on the Adriatic sea with all the meaning and poetry that this image portrays; a sense of freedom, innocence and truth. In this sense 'Vamo Vive' and 'Ed è...' is a gentle scream of hope in a time when humanity was closed and living like prisoners in their own houses. Album Tracks 1. Vamo Vive 2. Ed È