rino de filippi: oriente oggi

Limited edition of 500. Glossy sleeve. First reissue. Eastern-tinged Italian library music by Rino "Awake" de Filippi. Recorded in 1972 at Orthophonic Studio in Rome by RCA sound engineer Pino Mastroianni, with collaborators including the drummer Vincenzo Restuccia and Bruno Battisti D'Amario on stringed and ethnic instruments. Includes the mid-tempo funk-break tune "Oriente Contemplativo." Originally released in 1973. "One of the most sought after library LPs, breathtaking east meets west musical ideas by one of the absolute masters of Italian composition. A rarely seen LP -- even rarer with a sleeve!" --Jonny Trunk