EGISTO MACCHI il deserto LP 1974 electronic avant library nuova consonanza RARE

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Egisto Macchi "Il deserto" LP issued by Aldo Bruzzichelli Editore through Ayna Records (AY 19) in Italy, 1974. ****** Rec:ex / Cov:vg+++ ****** Offered here is my absolute favorite LP by Egisto Macchi and probably his rarest one… "Il deserto"! Think of the most enigmatic atmospheres of Nuova Consonanza electronic improvisations (like "Credo" on the DGG avant-garde series) and you will get close to the sound of this LP. This is the second copy i find in thirty (30!) years, i never saw one offered for sale, nor i found any info on the web about this masterpiece! This is not moog kitsch pretending to be electronic modernistic, these are some of the most sidereal and obscure musics i ever hear! The inspiration is the desert and its unknown tribes and rituals, but it could also come well from an outer-space alien tribal incivilization. Egisto Macchi (1928-1992) has long existed in the shadow of his friend and famous collaborator Ennio Morricone. As Morricone melded pop idioms and western scores, Macchi too melded classicism, the avant garde and early electronic music. Aside from his frequent collaborations with Morricone. Macchi was a busy film (LSD Inferno, Bandidos, The Assassination Of Trotsky) and TV (E.S.P, many commercials with Mario Bava) composer in late 1960s and 1970s Italy and France. Macchi also cut a number of highly desirable library LPs for the Gemelli, Sermi and other Italian labels in the 1970s. The first years of his work were dedicated to instrumental composition. He was then involved in the investigation of musical theater, for which he wrote experimental works, as A(lter) A(ction) (1962), based on texts by Antonin Artaud. In 1965, he founded with Domenico Guaccero and Sylvano Bussotti the Compagnia del Teatro Musicale di Roma. Starting in 1968, Macchi wrote scores for films and television, for Joseph Losey, the Taviani brothers, Bernardo Bertolucci, among many other filmmakers. From 1980, he was dedicated to the composition of works for the female voice, combining voices with chamber orchestras, small instrumental groupings and even fireworks, and experimenting with new technologies. This led to the creation of the Istituto della Voce in 1983, with Guaccero. With his friends Franco Evangelisti, Daniele Paris and Guaccero, Macchi was active throughout his life in organizations related to music, such as an editorial, the publication "Ordini", dedicated to reviews and studies of new music, and the Palermo New Music festival, all in 1959; the group Nuova Consonanza in 1960, to promote contemporary music; in 1967, with Evangelisti, Guaccero and Gino Marinuzzi Jr, he was one of the founders of Studio R7, an electronic workshop for experimental music, he was a member of the Italian Commission of Music for UNICEF, with Evangelisti, Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone and Luis Bacalov, and he joined the Gruppo d'Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, created by Evangelisti; from 1976 to 1981 he organized the Corali Riunite in his home town, Grosseto, and since 1984 he directed the sound archives of the Institute of Research for Musical Theater. In his last years, Macchi had been working with Morricone on a project to promote the "new opera". He had arranged "La Bohème" for 16 instruments and four synthesizers, and Morricone had worked on "Tosca". Both works were ready to be staged, when Macchi died in 1992. ****** Record in perfect conditions! ****** The sleeve would be graded ex if it was not for some yellowing, more noticeable on the back sleeve (see photo!). My other copy presents the same problem, probably due to the nature of the paper. ****** Please check my other auctions for more ultra-rare Egisto Macchi original LPs on Ayna Records. ****** Please wait to receive my invoice before sending the payment after the auction ends. Attention! Real postage costs are not USD 4 as all the items are located in Doha, Qatar (which has a very safe and professional post system). Postage costs registered up to 1 Kilo (generally 3 LPs): to Europe and Japan is USD 16,50 / to America and Oceania is USD 22,50. Postage costs registered up to 2 Kilos:  to Europe and Japan is USD 28,00 / to America and Oceania is USD 34,00. ****** Thank you for your kind attention and good luck with your bids.