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Mladen Franko - Amazing Space (1980, 2015)
Artist: Mladen Franko
Album: Amazing Space
Year: 2015 (First release 1980)
Genre: Disco, Jazz-Funk, Easy Listening, Electronic
Country: Croatia
Format/Quality: Ape CD rip/Full HQ scans
Size: 510 Mb
Amazing Space vol.1
01. Sound safari
02. wind in your hair
03. Jumpin' colours
04. Freedom on Earth
05. Alexandra
06. I remember Ikarus
07. Attention, please!
08. Back from Wonderland
09. Long, long straight on
10. Kolibry
11. Midnight party
12. Yellow balloon
13. Blue holiday
Amazing Space vol.2
14. Samba international
15. I'm goin' home
16. Merery chariot
17. Spirit of sports
18. Venus and Aquarius
19. Domino
20. Clown Town
21. Cometino
22. Leading star
23. Lazy Daisy
24. Melancholy gorl
25. Documentary theme
Multi-instrumentalist / composer Mladen Franko was born in former Yugoslavia,
but left for Germany immediately after graduating from high school
and slowly climbed the ladder towards establishing his name as a composer,
which eventually led him into the field of library music.
He became one of the most prolific contributors to Sonoton, world's
biggest music library founded by composer Gerhard Narholz.
Sonoton licensed its music to many TV stations all over the world,
including Poland, where Franko's instrumentals were often used as background music
for TV productions, including the legendary popular science program "Sonda".
Two collections of Franko's compositions were named "Amazing Space" (Vol.1 & 2)
and were among his most widely used pieces, although the TV audiences were completely
oblivious as to the composer's identity.
This album collects the music included on both original "Amazing Space" vinyl albums,
which were used to distribute the music but not released commercially.
The music was composed, arranged and eventually performed by Franko, who played all
the instruments by himself. It is based mostly on extensive use of synthesizers
and presents an interesting collection of melodic pieces, with a slight Jazzy feel and
Groove, spiced up by short improvised solos. Although many such productions often tend
to represent the kitschy side of the music industry, Franko's pieces are anything but
corny or trivial and withstand the tides of time splendidly.
Although the overall sound is somewhat dated, this is a most pleasing piece of
instrumental music, with a dash of nostalgia, which is a great fun to listen to,
without insulting the listener's intelligence. Kudos to GAD Records for making this
available for the general public!
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