Giovanni Cristiani: Alpha Percussion Vinyl LP

Lost ambient breaks library record by Italian percussionist Giovanni Cristiani. Cristiani recorded this library album for the Penta Flowers label after years of live and session work with renowned jazz musicians. Alpha Percussion has become somewhat of a holy grail for diggers and beat flippers for its tantalizing passages of ominous vibraphone and marimba and stripped down percussion, ripe for the chopping. Demand for the record surged when Black Milk sampled Fragments Of Crystal for Danny Brown, Kendrick, Earl & Ab-Souls Really Doe on Browns acclaimed Atrocity Exhibition LP last year, andItalian reissue imprint Mondo Groovecome through right on time with this crisp limited edition reissue with slick artwork (sorta reminds us of Battles Mirrored) and extensive liner notes (in Italian) on the back.

• 500 copies pressed
• limited edition
• music label: Penta Flowers 1985 / Mondo Groove 2017

reviewed by mayor of hounslow 05/2017