In the late 60's and 70's, the small record label Costanza Records has published many releases focusing on background music, including works of famous composers such as Peppino De Luca, Roberto Pregadio and many more. Every track on this release will excite lovers of the wildest funk, producers in search of rare breaks and those with a penchant for the psycho-beat atmospheres of the sixties.

"B 81" and "B 82" - both released in 1970, are library music in its most traditional meaning - short tracks aiming to accompany radio and TV shows, orchestral Pop a la Bacharach, spage age pop, hints of boss and beat for the previous decade. If we take for good the description of "Paradiso Hippy", one of the tracks on the record, the release is a "moderato pop, melodic, effectively nostalgic but vibrant." Fabio Fabor was a composer and musician who wrote mostly operas, symphonies and chamber music. Lingering between his love for the classic canon and pop and electronic experimentalisms, Fabor developed a parallel career as author of Italian pop music and - more interestingly for us - as a composer of experimental and electronic library music.

It is hard to believe (and somehow a relief) that in this internet age we live in is still difficult to find information on some records. The few information available on "Nell'anno della luna" by Gino Conte and his orchestra, tell the story of a soundtrack composed specifically for the movie by the same name directed by Romolo Marcellini in 1969. Marcellini was a director who specialized in documentaries (his most famous work is "La Grande Olimpiade", a movie dedicated to the Rome olympic games in 1960), but also directed adventure movies such as "I pirati del golfo" or "Sentinelle di bronzi". Not even the ever-precise internet movie database is able to help us, and mystery surrounds the movie and its soundtrack, which was released one year later. A beautiful work that lingers in between swing and melodies, in a fad that was popular a few decades earlier, complmented by some elements of novelty borrowed from beat and rock. Tracks such as the title track, "Alla brasiliana" and "Samba Querida" sound more traditional, while titles like "Afro Swing", "Underground", "Beatmania" (all featuring the vocal ensemble I 4 + 4, led by Nora Orlandi) representa more adventurous side of this soundtrack. This reissue is complemented by 5 alternative versions.

This release is the third installment of the soundtrack composed by Alex Puddu for the third chapter of the DVD series, “The Golden Age of Danish Pornography 1970-1974.” The project began in 2011 with the release of a collection of twelve 8mm vintage hardcore short movies from the early ‘70s directed by the pioneer of Danish porn cinema Freddy Weiss. A second DVD published by Jan Schmidt’s Pink Flamingo Entertainment followed in 2014. Jan Schmidt, a personal friend of Alex Puddu, is the mastermind of this project. The two share a taste for Italian movies from the 60s and 70s and a love for their unique soundtracks. When Jan decided to produce this series, he realized the original audio was forever lost and immediately thought of involving Alex in writing the new soundtrack. Alex is doing (almost) everything by himself here- writing, arranging, producing, and performing with a little help from his few trusty friends. The recipe is rich and tasty, likely to please the most refined palates. Disco funk, tribal and exotic percussions, smooth Memphis soul riffs, fuzzy guitars, interstellar synths, electric sitar, wild vocals, groovy saxophones and trumpets, all of this and much more can be found in this incredible release!

La ragazza dalla pelle di luna is the first chapter of Piero Scattini's acclaimed movie trilogy, completed by La ragazza fuoristrada and Il corpo, whose soundtracks were all entrusted into Piero Umiliani's expert hands. The orchestrations and prestigious stars in the movie made this a great hit.

Alex Puddu is at the top of his game, with a strong set of tight-produced soulful and melodic tracks that bring you back to the late '70s / early '80s, in the middle of the Soul-Funk and Boogie music scene. "Discotheque" also hosts the brilliant collaboration with Gene Robinson Jr., singer of the legendary Philadelphia R&B/funk band Breakwater, on three tracks. If you believed the modern soul/funk/R&B scene had nothing else to say, "Discotheque" is here to prove you wrong! Alex Puddu is one of the most direct and creative artists and composers of our day; a multi-instrumentalist with visions and skills. He was born in Rome in 1967 and moved to Copenhagen, Denmark in 1987. He began his music career as a drummer at the age of fifteen. He is truly devoted to the Italian vintage sound of the giallo/poliziottesco and horror movies from the early seventies: Jazz/percussive psych-groove. His work is inspired by soundtrack maestros such as Piccioni, Umiliani Cipriani, Morricone, Ferrio, de Masi, and Micalizzi.

Given his fascination with obscure and esoteric topics, an interest that lasted throughout his whole career as a composer of library music, Fabio Fabor must have been diabolic and mysterious for real. The Milan-born composer, who passed away in 2011, had always showcased a darker side compared to other fellow musicians of his ear. A side that is well portrayed in works like the famous masterpiece "Pape Satan", or "Satanas", which is included in the very accessible "B 81" or in this splendid and experimental "Mr. Diabolicus - Mr. Mysterious". This is still a library music release, but it is kind of diffuclt to imagine TV or radio shows accompanied by tracks like "Neutroni", "Mr. Mysterious", "Fucina diabolica" or "Idillio Cosmico". We have nonetheless to acknowledge that in 1973, Italian TV was often surprising the audience with innovative shows, likely to host music such as Fabor's compositions - however, listening againt o these 14 short compositions is still an extraordinary experience if we consider their impact and influence on contemporary music and on hip labels of our days like Ghost box. "Sea Melody" and "Mare di ghiaccio" could have been taken from aquatic/biological-themed releases like "Ittiologia" or "Biologia Marina", but the whole album quality is impressive. Along with "Pape Satan", this is probably the best Fabio Fabor ever.

Torossi recently said that this album “was played only by studio musicians… the best we could find at the time, and the results show,” and the album has become a cult inside the library music scene. “Feelings” shows the collaboration of Sandro Brugnolini, Giancarlo Gazzani, Puccio Roelens, and Stefano Torossi, all of whom are famous songwriters in the field of library music and soundtracks. “A sweet groover from the Italian scene of the 70s- music that’s got a lush feel, but a funky one too- a great mix of strings and electric instrumentation that rivals the best cop/crime work of the time…” (dustygroove.com)

Piero Umiliani's brought us bold experimentation, excursions into popular music and avantgarde however The Folk Group still represents a peculiar work in Umiliani's discography. Recorded initially for a background music series, it is now speculated that this music could have been used to score a Wild West movie or documentary. This album helps to uncover Umiliani's passion for folk and 60's/70's music.

2007 issue of the fifth album by the funky, cinematic oriented band. The tracks include 5 instrumentals and 6 songs with different atmospheric sounds mixing funk, Blues, Jazz, and noir moods. Some songs are sung in different languages ie: Portuguese, French and English. The enhanced CD also includes 2 promotional videos for "Hear US Now" and "Thank You?".

This release is one of the numerous collaborations betrween the director Luigi Scattini and Piero Umiliani and is one of the most interesting and varied soundtracks within the composer's repertoire. Scattini's compositions focus on topics such as artificial insemination and the teaching of contraception techniques in Sweden. Many of these works portray sounds of the 60's and 70's.

Percussion and special effects showcases the prolific career of Piero Umiliani, consisting of collaborations for television and cinema. Recorded the same way as most of Umliani's works, at his small shop in Rome, this album is full of percussive experiements, some planned and some more abstract.

Handful of Soul, Mario Biondi's debut album - triple platinum at the time - and to this day still by far his greatest success, was released in the Fall of 2006: a bolt from the blue that immediately reached the top positions of the charts. To celebrate ten years of his recording career, the Sicilian singer has come back last November with a new project: ''Best of Soul'', a set that combines songs spanning throughout his entire discography and seven unreleased tracks produced by Schema Records. Since the very beginning, Mario's songs proved to be a perfect material for an electro / dance / dub rework, and ''Stay with Me'', the first single from ''Best of Soul'' i s no exception. This album is a must for both fans of Mario, as it contains the only ''physical version'' of the song ''Never Stop Dreaming'', and for any dancefloor DJ, who'll find outstanding material for their mixes in LTJ Xperience's work.

Sante Palumbu has studied the work of contemporary pianists and transformed all his experiences into jazz - a modern kind of jazz - very personal, breaking the rules of the foten badly imitated American free jazz. For Sante jazz means to be able to convert his own inner world, emotions and culture in swing. This release is Palumbu's first release where all the compositions and arrangements bare his signature.

Codice d'Amore Oriental had been often labelled as one of the lowest points reached by the B-Movies from the 70's. Essentially, it was merely an attempt to exploit the success of the erotic genre, which was very popular at the time. Consisting of nine tracks, the soundtrack spans several genres and lingers between Italian pop music and orchestral pop along with Asian influences, breakbeat, funk and experimentalism.