PERM-012
Umberto
From The Grave... LP

  • Edition of 500 - 100 on Red, 400 on Black

  • Edition of 500 - Black (2nd Press, 2011)

  • Edition of 300 - Officially Licensed 2011 European Repress on Burka For Everybody

  • Edition of 300 - Black (3rd Press, 2013)

  • Edition of 300 - Black (4th Press, 2014)




For Fans Of: Goblin, John Carpenter, Zombi, Classic Italian Horror Film Soundtracks


Expo ’70 bass/synth player Matt Hill has gone solo.  His debut LP under the Umberto moniker is an analog masterpiece heavily influenced by the classic film score work of Goblin, except arguably better.  From the moment you drop the needle, you’ll be transported to Italy as an extra in a vintage horror flick directed by Dario Argento.  This is some of the most accessible, yet totally authentic sounding music of the “giallo” genre we’ve ever heard.  It was previously only available as a hyper limited edition CDr and cassette tape via Sonic Meditations.  REPRESS NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL IN AN EDITION OF 300 COPIES!

Review of Umberto “From The Grave…”:

From aQarius Records:

"Doubtless many movie (and music) buffs would agree that Italian '70s and '80s "giallo" (horror/thriller) cinema, from directors like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci, had soundtracks usually as evocative and inspirational as any visual aspect of the films, soundtracks which often stand as effective works of art all on their own. The scores by prog band Goblin being perhaps best known, influencing such modern day bands as Zombi and Crime In Choir. Now here's another, utterly blatant and most excellent example of Italian giallo soundtrack worship by a current artist: Umberto!
 Umberto has a heavily synthesized sound, keyboards buzzing and droning and squelching, crunchily distorted or eerily ethereal, sounding at once like ominous Gothic organ music and also spacey futuristic electronica. Mechanical drumming plods along, propulsive beats adding to the menacing atmosphere. There's also plenty of fat disco synth-bass, and we bet folks into Italians Do It Better 12"s, or Black Devil Disco Club, or even skweee would get a kick out of this too, not just Goblin fanatics... but yeah Goblin fanatics (and John Carpenter and Zombi fans too) REALLY ought to check this out! Very cool, very creepy, and even at times kinda catchy-groovy.. "

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