Ritmo Dell'Industria N°2

There are some artists within the Italian library world that you never tire of. And in over 30 years of listening to this kind of music, there is one artist who I often return to: Alessandro Alessandroni.

His magical, charismatic output across film, TV and library music is extraordinary, and much of it was written, arranged, played and recorded in hours.

For this desirable 1969 session he turns his attention to the sounds of industry, producing a set of simple, usable cues that conjure up busy factory floors, repeating conveyor belt activity, and then menacing psychedelics. I'm not sure in which factory you might find such things.

It's also worth noting that much of Alessandroni's work has a blissful, melancholic sound that you feel you already know as it plays out. Just listen to the opening cue Dialogando and wonder what lovelorn industrial scene he may well have been composing for.

Jonny Trunk