Released: 2026
SC 735 | EAN: 8018344217352 | 
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Following the underground cult success of “Mystical Funk”, Gerardo Frisina returns to the 7” format with a new double-sider aimed at dancefloors, collectors, and selectors with a taste for cinematic funk. A record that feels as though it emerged from a lost Afro-funk session, where cosmic funk and Afro-Latin grooves are filtered through a distinctly modern electronic sensibility.
On the A-side, “Duala”, inspired by the African city of Douala, pays tribute to Afro-funk in its most visionary era, evoking the unmistakable sound made famous by the great Manu Dibango. The track opens into a dense and hypnotic electronic funk journey: pulsating basslines, fluid guitars, psychedelic synthesizers, and a rhythmic tension that recalls the golden age of Afro-funk. A nocturnal voyage through rare groove and cinematic atmospheres, with the groove constantly remaining at the heart of the composition.
On the B-side, “Lindeza” is a tribute to the beauty and richness of Brazilian musical culture. A track that shifts perspective while keeping the temperature high: elegant, percussion-driven electronics with a Latin spirit, flowing at around 110 BPM. Warm and magnetic, the piece carries all the hallmarks of Gerardo Frisina’s sound, where futuristic jazz, tropical funk, batucada, and club culture meet in a refined production designed equally for deep listening and the dancefloor.
Two complementary tracks, two different atmospheres, one singular sonic universe: sophisticated, organic, and deeply groove-driven. A new 7” destined to become essential for DJs’ record bags and for collectors still searching for the perfect meeting point between rare groove, electronics, and the cinematic imagination of Italian sound.
CREDITS
Written, arranged and produced by Gerardo FrisinaPublishing by Edizioni Ishtar
Giovanni Guerretti - piano
Alfonso Deidda - saxophone
Ernesto Lopez - percussion
Francesco Borrelli - acoustic and electric guitar
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Francesco Borrelli at Blue Spirit Studio, Milan, Italy
Artwork by Eugenio Crippa