Ellroy Vs L.A.

Description

There are collaborations that seem inevitable, as if they have been waiting in a dark corner of culture. The meeting between the Italian visionaries of cinematic funk Calibro 35 and the internationally recognized master of noir fiction James Ellroy is one of them. Invited to compose the soundtrack for Francesco Zippel's documentary Ellroy vs L.A., Calibro 35 did not just write music for the film. They delved directly into Ellroy's universe, the most dangerous corners of American crime fiction, and discovered that its darkness felt strangely familiar to them. The result is Ellroy vs L.A., twelve new tracks of cinematic crime funk, psychedelia, and hypnotic groove that do not just accompany Ellroy's world but inhabit it. From the dark and suspenseful groove of Black Dahlia to the final piece Moonlight Sonative, through the breathless tension of L.A. Confidential, the explosion of Riots, the hallucinatory drift of LSD on Sunset Boulevard, and the suspended noir jazz of White Jazz, the album paints Los Angeles as a fractured landscape between glamour and violence, myth and reality. Born in Milan in 2007 with the mission of unearthing the golden age of Italian film music, Morricone, Piccioni, Trovajoli, Calibro 35 have spent nearly two decades transforming this obsession into a unique artistic language. Sampled by Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Damon Albarn, praised by Rolling Stone and Far Out Magazine, they confirm their international stature with Ellroy vs L.A. Released on October 9 on Record Kicks.