CALIBRO 35 DECADE

KEY SELLING POINTS

• The legendary Italian cinematic combo Calibro 35 was

sampled by both Dr.Dre and Jay-Z

• “DECADE” marks 10 years of Calibro 35’s releases and it’s

the very first album recorded by Calibro with an orchestral-

inspired enlarged line-up that features horns, strings and

percussions

DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Calibro 35 Italian super cult combo Calibro 35 release their 6th much awaited studio TITLE: DECADE album “DECADE”. “DECADE” marks 10 years of Calibro 35’s releases CATALOG: L-RKX068 / CD-RKX068 and it’s the very first album recorded by Calibro with an orchestral- inspired enlarged line-up that features horns, strings and percussions. LABEL: Record Kicks GENRE: Funk Mixed and recorded by Calibro’s usual suspect and Grammy Award BARCODE: 5050580682900 / 5050580682887 winner Tommaso Colliva, on the album all the influences collected by the band during their last ten years’ journey like music, collaborations, FORMAT: LP / CD movies, gigs, books find their space. “DECADE” is Calibro 35’s “time HOME MARKET: Milan, capsule” and is as rare and complex as a timeless work. RELEASE: 2/16/2018 LIST PRICE: $24.98 / CT / $15.98 / AP Musically Calibro 35’s inner influences like , listen for instance to the epic journey of the album’s end credits “Travelers”, and David Axelrod are still there but are now mixed with TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) elements from afrobeat or cosmic . “Psycheground” sounds like Tony Allen involved in writing a score for a vintage Hollywood production while 1. Psycheground Sun Ra lurks on “Modo”. Everything is mixed up with new influences from modern musical languages. References to Jaga Jazzist, Budos Band 2. SuperStudio or Alternative Jazz and Alternative Hip Hop new acts such as Makaya 3. Faster Faster! McCraven, Yussef Kamaal, Oddisee can all be found on the album. In tracks such as “Modulor “you realize that Decade is certainly not a 4. Pragma point of arrival and expresses the ambition of the band to look further 5. Modulor and evolve. All classic Calibro’s vintage instruments such as clavinet, eco, analog synths, fuzz guitars are now supported by new ones such 6. ArchiZoom as Dan Bau, Balafon and Waterphone (“Polymeri”) in the band’s new 7. Ambienti wall of sound. Thanks to the enlarged line-up and the orchestrated 8. Agogica parts involved, which pushed the band to experiment new methods of composition, Calibro 35 on “DECADE” sound strong, full and tight as 9. Polymeri never before. 10. Modo Active since 2008 Calibro 35 enjoys a worldwide reputation as one of 11. Travelers the coolest independent bands around. During their ten years career, they have been sampled by Dr. Dre on his Compton album and Jay-Z, they shared stages worldwide with the likes of , Muse, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sharon Jones, Thundercat, Headhunters and as unique musicians they’ve collaborated with, amongst others PJ Harvey, Mike Patton, John Parish and Stewart Copeland and Nic Cester (The Jet). Described by Rolling Stone magazine’s as “the most fascinating, retro- maniac and genuine thing, that happened to Italy in the last years”, Calibro 35 now count on a number of aficionados worldwide which includes VIP’s fans such as Dj Food (Ninja Tune), Mr Scruff and Huey Morgan (Fun Lovin’ Criminals) among others.

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