Votary Australia レコード& CD

Review: Votary Records proudly presents the first full reissue of the soundtrack to 'Inner Space'. This aqua-exotic score, composed
and conducted by Sven Libaek has long been a prize for record collectors and for the more erudite of beat diggers. Originally
composed for Ron and Val Taylor's 1973 underwater documentary, it is not only a classic Australian score but also an example
of the unjustly overlooked Australian Jazz scene of the 1960s and 70s.

Review: Based on the novel written by Australian actor Roger Ward ("Mad Max", "Stone", "Turkey Shoot"), "The Set" was a highly controversial film upon its release in 1970, its attitudes towards sexuality challenging the traditional mores of the mainstream society. The film, now regarded as a lost piece of Australian genre cinema, is considered the precursor to the Oz Sex-Wave films of the following decade such as "Fantasm", "Libido", "Naked Bunyip" and "Felicity". Scored by the highly respected and unique jazz original Sven Libaek, the music has also been unjustly overlooked from any recent focus on Australian cinema.

After scoring several television scores and documentaries in the 1960s ("Nature Walkabout", "To Ride A White Horse", "Man And A Mural"), "The Set" was Libaek's first commission to score a feature film soundtrack. Incorporating elements of baroque and sunshine pop as well as moody mod jazz, "The Set" is an incredible time-piece of Swinging Sydney. Featuring Libaek regulars and top rank Australian jazz players Don Burrows, John Sangster and Errol Buddie, this long forgotten but classic soundtrack has now been fully restored and presented again in all its original glory.

Including rare photos, original newspaper cuttings and extensive liner notes from Australian cult cinema expert & Mu Meson archive curator Jaimie Leonarder.

Review: Scored for Vince & Carol Serventy's 1966 Australian Television series "Nature Walkabout", Sven Libaek's pioneering soundtrack has long been considered the landmark recording of the unique genre eco-jazz - impressionistic modern jazz composed for television documentaries, library music, educational and travelogue films. Creating a singular vision of his adopted homeland, Libaek composed conceptual themes and moods depicting the magnificence, the mystery and the sometimes brutality of the Australian rural environment. Similar to his legendary score for Ron and Valerie Taylor's TV series "Inner Space", "Nature Walkabout" stands as an important recording of modern jazz used in film.

Featuring many top Australian jazz musicians including Don Burrows, John Sangster and Errol Buddie, his deeply evocative style of jazz waltz, hypnotic flute/vibraphone rhythms and gorgeous bossanova conceptually represent the grandiose of the Australian landscape as well as the whimsical sound of animal behavior. "Nature Walkabout" is similar in approach to other notable nature scores such as Edward William's "Life on Earth", Francois de Roubaix's psychedelic score to Jean Painleve's "Transition De Phase Dans Les Cristaux Liquides", and the specifically Australian strand of visionary 'nature jazz', John Sangster's score to the Australian Museum's wildlife films (compiled on the 1971 album "Australia And All That Jazz").

Remastered from the original master tapes and presented with rare photos from the Serventy archive, plus extensive liner notes by jazz writer Francis Gooding.

Review: Australian label Votary releases a dinked gem 45 of sublime library funk music. Taken from the Sven Libaek & His Orchestra's holy grail album My Thing, this is quality material featuring the shimmering vibraphone from John Sangster and a tough groove. B Side ''Soul Thing'', lifted from the same album, features trombone and a dope brass section that builds and builds. Quality stuff for the funk connoisseur.