Alessandro Adriani
Program & Rhythm
Mannequin Records
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2022
2LP
14.99/20.99
MNQ151
Edition of 400 copies
Incl. VAT plus shipping / Orders from outside the EU are exempt from VAT
Tracklist
1PR 002 - II 1:11
2PR 001 - I 1:38
3PR 004 - XIII 1:42
4PR 001 - II 1:24
5PR 002 - X 2:06
6PR 001 - V 2:18
7PR 002 - XIV 1:55
8PR 002 - IX 1:36
9PR 002 - VIII 1:54
10PR 004 - IX 1:28
11PR 003 - IX 1:07
12PR 003 - II 1:26
13PR 003 - VIII 0:50
14PR 002 - XIII 0:48
15PR 003 - X 0:44
16PR 003 - III 2:10
17PR 004 - IV 0:31
18PR 006 - X 2:37
19PR 002 - V 1:36
20PR 001 - VII 2:10
21PR 001 - III 0:43
22PR 004 - III 1:32
23PR 004 - VI 0:41
24PR 004 - VII 0:54
25PR 005 - IV 0:52
26PR 004 - IV 1:30
27PR 004 - VIII 0:38
28PR 006 - IX 2:39
29PR 004 - X 1:48
30PR 003 - I 1:22
31PR 004 - XII 1:36
32PR 006 - XII 1:04
33PR 005 - II 0:59
34PR 005 - VI 1:41
35PR 002 - VII 1:26
36PR 006 - I 1:33
37PR 006 - III 1:21
38PR 006 - II 1:04
39PR 006 - IV 1:30
40PR 006 - V 1:57
41PR 006 - VII 2:08
42PR 006 - VIII 1:22

Alessandro Adriani marks his comeback on Mannequin Records with an impressive body of work on this 2xLP 'Program & Rhythm', inspired by the Italian library music and soundtrack composers.

Italian composers from the 60s to the 80s seemed limitless in their experiments and endlessly colorful, despite being a hidden part in the history of music. Library music takes weird and fantastic detours, between garish drum machines, seedy guitars, synthesizers gone haywire, and fractious brass sections. The scene’s big names included Ennio Morricone, Piero Umiliani, Alessandro Alessandroni, Giampiero Boneschi, Egisto Macchi, A.R. Luciani and Bruno Nicolai, just to name a few.

After spending weeks on end in an improvised-by-covid home studio recording hours and hours of music every day, Alessandro was turning and shaping his analog machines into an experimental synth pop, psychedelic funky jazz and weird ambient fusion, making up six different releases called simply 'Program & Rhythm' from the Roland CR-78 programming buttons.

The final selection of 42 tracks out of the six releases - originally intended to be put out as tapes - would finally compose the tracklist of the double vinyl presented here, with the catalog number PR and roman numerals used for the track titles.

An exceptional document of music in Alessandro's discography, 'Program & Rhythm' enters into an ultimate unknown journey, creating music for films that do not yet exist, putting his steps deeper into a faceless obscure music.