Monday, June 19, 2023

Dream Weapons present: 2x45 MINUTES OF MUSIC BY STELVIO CIPRIANI (C90)

It's summer and hot outside. This means it's gonna take a while until our 200th official DWp-mix is ready. But I got one more oldie up my sleeve. This one. Originally compiled eleven years ago. It's a little cleaned up, but 95% identical. Here's most of what I wrote in 2012:

Whenever Stelvio; the hippest cat of all the italian soundtrack composers really nailed it, his approach fits my tastes just perfectly. Lots of heavy percussion and strings, seriously groovin' cembaloriffs,  deep dark moog, lovable melodies and tons of suspense... The music is selected from 26 different albums out of the 35-36 I got. Track no. 10 is composed by Cipriani and recorded by Goblin. Track 14 and 15 are taken from Library albums, the forner of the two by Stelvio's own band: Blue Sharks -Moahaha 

The correct 2023 tracklist. Too lazy to include movie titles:

1 Marsa Matruh, 1970
2 Incontro Con Marlene (Versione 3), 1970
3 Cani Arrabbiati [Titoli], 1974
4 Love Symbol, 1969
5 Sophisticated Shake, 1969
6 The Run in the Alley, 1969
7 La Fuga, 1980
8 Too Risky A Day For A Regatta, 1977
9 Un'ombra Nell'ombra (Main Titles), 1979
10 Incubi Ricorrenti (Opening Titles), 1979
11 La Polizia ha le Mani Legate (suite), 1975
12 Venture Flight, 1979
13 Emergency Call, 1979
14 It Became Crystal, 1972
15 Accadde Una Notte, 1973
16 Interrogatorio, 1971
17 Death Watch (Alternate 2), 1979

18 Main Titles (Blindman), 1971
19 La Fine di Cobb, 1975
20 Kruber il Tedesco, 1975
21 Picnic, 1975
22 The Spawning, 1981
23 L'Attesa, 1980
24 Metropolis, 1980
25 Agguato, 1980
26 Spruzzi d'Acqua, 1970
27 L'Iguana Dalla Lingua Di Fuoco, 1971
28 Lotta & Morte Dell‚Assassino, 1971
29 Inseguita & Un Ospite Inatteso, 1971
30 Rivelazioni Di Un Assassino, 1971
31 Reazione A Catena, 1973
32 Diabolico Piano, 1971
33 Gli Ultimi Angeli, 1978
34 Il Barone E Fuga Di Eva, 1972
35 Fascinum, 1970

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(my original cover art - one added song at the end of side 1, but otherwise identical)  

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Dream Weapons present: VOICES IN THE AIRWAVES C60

Much like the cover art suggests, these two ladies are tuning in from one radio station to the next. Both reception and sound is surprisingly good. And what they hear is a wondrous selection of Eastern European and South East Asian folk & pop songs. I might as well have titled it «Female Voices in the Airwaves». Apart from the seven matching instrumentals, that’s what it is. An hour full of life, beauty and sadness and joy. What more could you possibly ask for? -Moahaha

1 Dainuoja Liliana Ablėnaitė - Motinos Sapnas Ir Lopšinė
2 Bazaar - Duina
3 Lucyna Owsinska - Wyruszymy W Cztery Strony Świata
4 Liepaitės & Afrikos Būgnai - Kas Tar Taka
5 Boris Kovac & Ladaaba Orchestra - Octoberburrekfest
6 Aïda Aznavour & Kevork Yanbekian - Pahraden' Meradz
7 Мухаббат Шамаева Muhabbat Shamayeva  Matniyoz Yusupov - Песня о Чарване
8 Yoshiki Kinjoh - Meiji Ichidai Onna
9 Folkloro Ansamblis Gilė - Lydžiu Laide
10 Elektro-Dschungel - Şekeroğlan Oyun Havasi

11 Petranka Kostadinova - Dedo Mili Zlatni
12 Sharifa Fadel - أم البطل Hero’s Mother
13 Rafic Hobeica - Ya Salat El Zein
14 Emilia Contessa - Djula Djuli Surabaja
15 Buppah Saichol - Won Lom Fak Rak
16 Idris Sardi - Angin Mamiri
17 은방울자매 / Silverdrop Sisters - 뗏목 이천리 / Catamaran Icheonli
18 Tuti Sangid  - Buaian Malam
19 Dream Rhythm - Man Li
20 Haruko Wanibuchi - 五ッ木の子守唄 Lullaby of Itsuki

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