Welcome to whirlpool; where we’re spiraling into musical madness at 1000RPM.
The opening song is a haunting Brazilian 10” record released in 1975. I talked briefly about the boxset (which I don’t have) as well as how much I love this cover art. The group is named Persona and the record is called ‘Som’. If you’ve played the game or know how to play it, hit me up, I am curious as to how it’s played.
The CAM library (CML 022) serves as the soundtrack to many different films such as: WHIRLPOOL (1970), Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971), & Web Of Deception (1971) just to name a few. The list of composers credited are: Stelvio Cipriani, Ennio Morricone, Daniele Patucchi, Luis Bacalov, Roberto Pregadio, & Gianni Ferrio.
Le Harlem Pop Trotters are a French group that are credited for a few different entries. Most notable player for Le Harlem Pop Trotters is Jean-Bernard Raiteux who also has credits for soundtracks for director Jess Franco. This 45 was released in 1972 on PSI (S. 101).
Alpha Percussion (PEL 0101) is an 80’s library on Penta Flowers credited to Giovanni Cristiani. Although the title and the cover would suggest a percussion heavy record, it has light moments that allow you to faze out, but reels you back in with heavy percussion throughout. World’s Navel was of course used in the Lucio Fulci movie ‘Demonia’ (1990), but it’s a super short scene and if you’re not paying attention you could miss it. Highly recommended library that you can just sit and vibe with.
Chester Novell Turner’s ‘Black Devil Doll From Hell’ really is an oddity. It’s violent, it’s obscene, it’s hilarious, it’s literally everything you want out of an exploitation flick. It’s shot directly to video and features this lo-fi synth soundtrack that Chester Novell Turner is credited for. The 45 (it actually plays on 33 1/3) was released in multiple variants, but the version I have is the simple black vinyl which was released in only 150 units. The cover art was done by artist Shagrat and came with a poster of the art.
Although I wanted to go all out for episode one, I also wanted to pay my respects to Il Maestro Ennio Morricone. This second half of episode one is a half an hour mix of some of my favorite Ennio Morricone cues that span different genres of film (giallo, comedy, drama, and of course horror) but also opens with a bit of experimentation that he did with Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza (aka Il Gruppo).
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