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01. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Roma Amor
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02. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Eliogabalus
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03. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Delenda Cartago
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04. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Bucolica
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05. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Bucina
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06. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Neronis Cetra
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07. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Roma Opulenta
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08. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Cicero Pro Domo Sua
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09. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Veni, Vidi, Vici
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10. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Si Vis Pacem
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11. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Para Bellum
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12. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Musici
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13. PIERO UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI - Miles Gloriosus
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ARTIST
UMILIANI & I SUOI OSCILLATORI, PIERO
TITLE
Il Mondo Dei Romani
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
WRWTFWW RECORDS
CATALOG #
WRWTFWW 010LP
WRWTFWW 010LP
GENRE
SOUNDTRACK
RELEASE DATE
5/6/2016
Limited 2021 restock. First vinyl reissue. Limited edition of 500 orange LPs (vinyl only; no digital release). Remastered from the original reels. The sought-after experimental gem
Il Mondo Dei Romani
, by soundtrack and avant-garde maestro
Piero Umiliani
, is now available on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 1972. Originally recorded for a TV documentary about ancient Rome and released on Umiliani's Omicron label,
Il Mondo Dei Romani
finds Umiliani experimenting with electronic instruments (
Suoi Oscillatori
or "his oscillators") to offer a fascinating rendition of what synthesizer-based avant-garde ancient Roman music would sound like. It's a weird and extremely hypnotizing retro-futuristic experience of faux cithara, lyre, organ, and trumpet sounds driven by proto-techno sequences and minimalist rhythms. This brilliant electronic oddity is the perfect companion to We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records' previous Umiliani reissue,
Tra scienza e fantascienza
(WRWTFWW 003LP, 2015). Born in 1926, Piero Umiliani began his career as a jazz pianist (occasionally recording with
Chet Baker
) and started working on film soundtracks in the late '50s. Known as the man who brought jazz to Italian cinema, he left his mark on a long series of notorious giallo and mondo movies, soft sex films, and Eurospy thrillers, garnering praise for mastering sleazy funk, experimental electronica, and jazzy themes, and making a name for himself among his peers, including
Ennio Morricone
or
Riz Ortolani
. It was with the 1968 Italian mondo film
Sweden: Heaven and Hell
that Umiliani landed his biggest hit, "Mah Nà Mah Nà" (originally "Viva la Sauna Svedese" ("Hooray for the Swedish Sauna")), which would later be used on
Sesame Street
,
The Muppet Show
,
The Benny Hill Show
, and many more.
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