Out of all Franco Micalizzi’s soundtracks, this is the Holy Grail! The criminal domain usually occupied by the master in his famous police thrillers has been left behind. In Laure, also known as Forever Emanuelle, the territory explored is purely exotic/erotic: unadulterated Italian cinematic trip-hop, with the sensual vocals of Baba Yaga, the phenomenal percussion of Tony Esposito, the clavinet and fender rhodes of Enrico Pieranunzi. One of the most controversial films produced in Italy in the 1970s also hides one of the most surprising and original soundtracks ever completed in that period. Published in 1976 on RCA SP label, the record has been a joy and torment for whole generations of collectors, one
of the most elusive of the series. Now, finally, remastered from the original master tapes preserved from the RCA archives, Laure can
spin once again.
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released September 15, 2015
Music By: FRANCO MICALIZZI
Percussion: TONY ESPOSITO
Piano: ENRICO PIERANUNZI
Voice: ROBERTO DAVINI (tracks: A2, B4)
Choir: BABA YAGA
Outstanding work, and I have no idea how it remained unknown to me for so long. There’s so much attention paid to timbre and arrangement, where every sound is exactly what’s called for at the right time and place in the stereo field. It almost sounds electronic, like the best album never made with bunch of Serge panels. RIYL everything from old Cold Meat Industry to Maurizio Bianchi to La Monte Young to Morricone soundtracks. A revelation, by my reckoning. Niall Munnelly
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