(Gerardo Iacoucci is an Italian composer and pianist; combining all the traits of an international superhero or intrepid comic
book adventurer, the true identity, whereabouts and history of the
spectacular Italian composer known as Gerardo Iacoucci has been a
mystery to record collectors for many years.
As a result of the best
efforts of secretive archivists and DJs as well as and the
overprotective force field that surrounds the clandestine world of
Italian library music, the commanding experimental psychedelic pop music
made singlehandedly by this early pioneer of the anti-genre time after
time rises to the top of collectors’ want lists, commands huge ransom
notes, ignites dancefloors and decimates genre tags before returning to
its mythical status as one of the kings of the underworld without
removing his mask.
Despite the fact that original Italian copies of
records by Gerardo Iacoucci are amongst the rarest, enigmatic fixtures
of European psychedelia, his music simply refuses to be ghettoised and
as the name of this album suggests the history of this artist reads like
the memoirs of a genuine musical adventurer as well as a well-travelled
prophet of experimental music and unsung pillar of Italian jazz and
sound design).
