Goodfellas HHV Records 4 Items

This is Gianni and Erika third album, after two works released by Voodoo Rhythm Records and produced by Jim Diamond, musician and producer for two iconic bands from Detroit, The Dirtbombs and The White Stripes. The record features former Screaming Trees vocalist - and acclaimed solo artist - Mark Lanegan and Chilean multi-instrumentalist Alain Johannes (Queens Of The Stone Age, Spinnerette, Ten Commandos, The Desert Sessions). “The title track of the new album was born during our last day of re-cordings” - says Gianni Blacula and Switchblade Erika.. “Alain is an enthusiast of strings instruments, and on the last day he arrived at the studio with a Neapolitan mandola he bought in the historical centre of Naples. We were astonished about how a traditional instrument as the mandola can get a rock sound, so we followed up went to the recording room. Alain at the mandola and vocals and us on guitar and drums. There was suddenly the right atmosphere that to Alain reminded “ the Desert Sessions” , so much that the song came out at the first take. Then Alain wrote the lyrics and the last line “Beast Must Regret Nothing” affected us , we have chosen it as the title of the album because it totally reflects his mood, and it does taste of Devils!” Gianni and Erika got in touch with Alain for the first time in September 2019, during a Spanish tour, while they were looking for inspirations for their new record. In the same moment Alain was on a European tour which ended in Italy. The collaboration was born in a spontaneous way, for a mutual esteem between the Devils and the famous producer and musician. The album have been recorded in Naples, Italy, with a two weeks session in a historic studio equipped with a large tracking room with truly unique acoustics. Alain actively collaborated in the production of the album taking part to creative process and helping them with the arrangements. The Devils formed in Naples in 2015 and their first two albums “Sin,You Sinners!” in 2016 and “Iron Butt” in 2017 were produced by Jim Diamond (The White Stripes, The Sonics and the Dirtbombs), pub-lished by Voodoo Rhythm Records. From 2016 the duo constantly tour, and has played everywhere doing over 400 shows between Europe and Canada. The Devils are the sound of desolation and chaos; their style is primitive, filled with sex, sin and rock’n’roll. They are wild, loud and sexy. The name of the band was chosen has tribute to the movie “The Devils” by Ken Russell and they have been on tour with Jon Spencer, The Sonics, Boss Hog and The Monsters, and has open act around Europe for Mudhoney, Nashville Pussy, Guitar Wolf, Kid Congo and many more.

Picchio Dal Pozzo can be considered as the definitive “Canterbury” inspired band, coming from Italy’s 1970 progressive rock scene. Their 1976 debut album shows an incredibly rich sound tapestry, made out of some peculiar ingredients. Oblique tunes and liquid harmonies, airy flutes, crispy horns, loads of electric piano and fuzz bass, drops of jazz, pop romanticism, waves of minimalism and deep pataaphysical vocals and lyrics. The whole album develops through a sequence of highly composed material and wide open sound forms. A deep journey through a multi layered soundscape with echoes of Hatfield & The North, Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt and Zappa. Picchio Dal Pozzo first work, was out on Grog records and subsequently reissued only in japan (Grog records: an independent label known for releasing the work of Italian undeground pop groups of the seventies such as Corte Dei Miracoli, Latte e Miele and Celeste).

In Django, music plays an evocative role, supporting and emphasising the mystical and visionary character of the characters. The existence of two opposing realities, sudden changes, explosions, earth and fire are elements that musically inspired the composition of the soundtrack, alternating between tense, rarefied, intimate and psychedelic moments with epic, pressing and impactful moments. To bring the sound universe of Django to life, we turned to the use of acoustic instruments belonging to the country-western tradition, such as the guitar, harmonica and banjo. We often sampled these instruments and used them as compositional elements, through granular synthesisers and samplers, in parallel with analogue and digital synthesisers. The idea was to combine contemporary techniques with the sounds of the era, while maintaining a continuity with our musical research." - Mokadelic

'Django' is a French-Italian miniseries produced by Sky and Canal+, an English-language reinterpretation with an international cast of the 1966 Italian film of the same name directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Franco Nero. The series designed for an international audience boasts a leading cast including Noomi Rapace, Matthias Schoenaerts, Nicholas Pinnock, Lisa Vicari and Tom Austen. The 'Django' series was created by Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli, adored by international critics and successfully aired in Italy, France, the UK and Australia. The double CD edition will contain the full tracklist with the OST created by Mokadelic for the TV series, while on vinyl there will be a selection of tracks approved by the band and the production of 'Django'.