• Mario Nascimbene - Socrates (aka Psycorama). Limited Edition LP.

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  SOCRATES (AKA Psycorama). Limited art-edition. White label test pressing.
  
  In 2019, against all good music business judgement, The Roundtable followed their heart and reissued one of their personal favourite Library albums, Psycorama, a largely unknown and highly experimental recording from the murky depths of Italian stock music. A collection of electro-acoustic cues that were used to score a series of films and documentaries produced by the filmmaker Roberto Rossellini. (most notably used for the 1971 existential TV drama Socrates). Nearly 5 years after the reissue, we are excited to offer a limited, re-imagined cover design. This special edition is housed in a rigid stitched seam phonograph sleeve with unique individual duo-colour gradiant screenprinted artwork. Including an inner sleeve with liner notes and rare photos. Designed by friend of the label ANDY VOTEL from Finders Keepers records
  
  Limited edition of 10 test pressing copies. Includes digital download.
  
  *Higher shipping costs due to heavy sleeve.
  
  Includes unlimited streaming of Psycorama via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... more
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  If conceivable, imagine a collaboration between Brian Eno and Aphex Twin, both in their ambient periods, recording stock music for an Italian Library music label. If so, then behold Psycorama!, a collection of experimental music used to soundtrack a series of films and documentaries produced by the Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini. Composed by Mario Nascimbene, a name synonymous with the golden age of Italian film music, a composer whose grandiose scores of the 1950s and 60s defined the very essence of Cinecitta. While the widespread influence of these soundtracks is undeniable, it is beyond the commercial domain of the major studios where this compendium takes focus, revealing a deeper, darker and more complex composer. Forged on the ‘Mixerama’, a unique homemade sampling instrument, Nascimbene employed visionary techniques to deconstruct and render sound, sculpting pre-existing recordings into intense and evocative other-worldly soundscapes (most notably used for the 1971 existential TV drama Socrates and the 1969 Egyptian modernist film Al-Mummia (The Night Of Counting The Years). Previously unpublished except for a lone and mysterious Library music LP, the soundtrack cues are collected here for their first commercial release. Psycorama is a fascinating document of electro-acoustic music comparable to the beautifully dark music of fellow colleague Egisto Macchi. Including liner notes and rare photos.
  
  - Reissue of a rare Italian experimental Library LP.
  - Music used to soundtrack Roberto Rossellini films.
  - Pioneering sampling techniques and tape manipulation.
  - Brian Eno’s Music For Airports meets Aphex Twin’s Ambient Works II!
  
  Includes unlimited streaming of Psycorama via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... more
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