Tropicale

Through rare and unreleased cuts from the CAM Sugar archive, 'Tropicale' traces the incendiary liaisons between Italian film music and tropical culture in the 1960s across bossa nova, samba, Latin jazz, exotica, calypso, mambo and other tropical rhythms. Featuring music by the likes of Ennio Morricone, Piero Piccioni, Bruno Nicolai, Armando Trovajoli and many more cult composers, the collection stands as the dancing side of the Dolce Vita years when Italian cinema, and society as a whole, looked for escapism via exotic music, design and lifestyle. Across 26 tracks - 8 of which are completely unreleased and 13 never before published on digital format - the South-American and Caribbean soundscapes meet with the flamboyance of Italian jazz resulting in a one-of-a-kind hybrid of Mediterranean and Latin melodies and sensitivities, bursting with congas, igniting percussion, tense double-bass riffs, horns and uplifting drum breaks. The collection stands as a testament of the fascination Italian cinema developed for tropical sounds, equally applied to carefree comedies and high-browed essai cinema from the likes of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Michelangelo Antonioni.

1: Paura - Various Artists
2: Squillo - Various Artists
3: Solitudine - Various Artists
4: Che Notte Ragazzi - Various Artists
5: Duello Nel Mondo - Various Artists
6: Chiamate 22-22 Tenente Sheridan (Night Beguine) - Various Artists
7: Sambissima - Various Artists
8: Forse Un Giorno Andrò a Rio - Various Artists
9: Bianco E Nero - Various Artists
10: Baleari Operazione Oro - Various Artists
11: Easy Calypso - Various Artists
12: Franca - Various Artists
13: Zio Giuda - Various Artists
14: F.B.I. Operazione Vipera Gialla - Various Artists
15: Top Sensation - Various Artists
16: Mozarteum - Various Artists
17: Afro - Various Artists
18: Consuelo (Danza Voodoo) - Various Artists
19: Frenesia - Various Artists
20: Un Mambo Sentimentale - Various Artists
21: Nudo, Crudo E Cha Cha Cha - Various Artists
22: La Cento Chilometri - Various Artists
23: Pupa Cha Cha Cha - Various Artists
24: Cha Cha Cha - Various Artists
25: Cha Cha Cha Cantato - Various Artists
26: Mambo in Piscina - Various Artists

Number of Discs: 1

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