Destination: Mars

Moonbrew + Paolo Apollo Negri – Destination: Mars

After two years of lunar wanderings, Moonbrew and Paolo Apollo Negri move the horizon a little further and embark on a new adventure that takes them, this time, to Mars. In retracing the history of space missions that have investigated the red planet, the sound becomes more modern and layered, even if there is no lack of references to the previous adventure. A common thread links the new “Destination: Mars” to the two chapters of LEM Tales: taking inspiration from the past to talk about the present, drawing on an epic and shared imagination to tell the challenges that face us all. Once again, jazz merges with hip-hop, funk with electronics, vintage instruments with new technologies to paint the portrait of a changing world, oriented towards the future but firmly anchored in the past.

2025 | digital | MARS001 | 24-GEN-2025 | Four Flies Records [ITA]

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Tracklist:

01 – Approaching the Red Planet
02 – Ride of Perseverance
03 – Curiosity on Mount Sharp
04 – Viking program
05 – Opportunity’s last farewell
06 – Far beyond galaxies

As If It Matters

Moonbrew + Paolo Apollo Negri feat. Tilde – As if it matters b/w Nel villaggio

Beat-maker and bass player Moonbrew, along with composer and keyboardist Paolo Apollo Negri, reimagine the iconic Piero Umiliani, whose influence resonates deeply with anyone who grew up with a passion for b-movies, library music, and soundtracks. Joined by singer-songwriter Tilde, the duo put their unique spin on Umiliani’s “Nel Villaggio” (featured on side B of this release), an instrumental piece from his 1975 library album Continente Nero.

2024 | 7 INCH | ILS02| 08-NOV-2024 | Four Flies Records [ITA]

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Tracklist:

01 – As If It Matters
02 – Nel Villaggio

Sambabila

 

Paolo Apollo & Antonio Negri – Sambabila

The roots of these new tracks have to be found in the deep love for Brazialian music that Antonio passed down to Paolo when he was young, a love that kept on growing through the years and resulted in this homage to some of their musical heroes like Os Catedraticos, Walter Wanderley and Jair Rodriugez.

2022 | 7 INCH + DIGITAL | SN057 | 25-FEB-2022 | Spinout Nuggets [UK]

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Tracklist:

01 – Walter il brasiliano
02 – Samba della Ghisolfa
03 – Con la FIAT al Maracanã
04 – Saudade in Corvetto

The LEM Tales – Chapter Two

Moonbrew + Paolo Apollo Negri – The LEM Tales (Chapter Two)

In this second chapter the sound expands and is enriched by classical atmospheres, with reminds to the ’70s progressive rock, digging in generally separated music styles, searching for a modern and original balance where they can coexist.

2021 | DIGITAL | LEM002 | 22-APR-2021 | Record Kicks [ITA]

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Tracklist:

01 – Soyuz 7k: Orbital Module
02 – Soyuz 7k: Reentry Module
03 – Soyuz 7k: Service Module
04 – Gravity Simulator
05 – Zond Program
06 – Above The Kármán Line

The LEM Tales – Chapter One

Moonbrew + Paolo Apollo Negri – The LEM Tales (Chapter One)

Inspired by iconic images that are part of our collective visual memory, Moonbrew and Apollo’s first collaborative effort tries to provide a contemporary sonic representation of what the past means to us today – and, perhaps, will mean to future generations. It does so through a feast of vintage synthesizers, transistor and tonewheel organs, string machines, electric pianos, tube amplifiers, obscure analogue devices, electric bass, and modern samplers.

2022 | LP + DIGITAL | Flies DJ-11 | 28-JAN-2022 | Four Flies Records [ITA]

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Tracklist:

01 – Project Gemini
02 – Capsule Communicator
03 – EMU
04 – Saturn V
05 – Mercury Seven
06 – Tranquillity Base

Rare & Unreleased

Paolo Apollo Negri – Rare & Unreleased

The long awaited collection of unreleased tracks, singles and alternate takes from the sessions of Paolo Apollo Negri. The tracks have been recorded during the last 15 years and collected together for the first time in this anthological volume.

2022 | DIGITAL | PAN2201 | 16-JAN-2022 | Amuse Music [USA]

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Tracklist:

01 – Le cirque du MIDI
02 – Retrotheque (instrumental version)
03 – Gumbo funk (radio edit)
04 – Paparazzi
05 – Hope so!
06 – Lightswitch
07 – Glory day
08 – Hole in a sock (radio edit)
09 – Preacher in the well
10 – A slice of funk! (remix)
11 – Orange peel (extended version)
12 – Closer (instrumental version)
13 – Filtersweeping, mommy is weeping (alternate version)

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